This breakfast in a jar in only one of hundreds of meals that can be prepared and stored this way.

Your snooze alarm clock gets its third smack-down for the morning. It's time to get everybody out the door with minimal time to prepare a substantial breakfast. That is unless you're prepped with a speedy and uncomplicated meal like this Mexican-inspired breakfast-in-a-jar. Just the sort of cuisine that breakfast is all about; fresh, homemade and thought out ahead to start saving you priceless minutes during crunch time.

Today, you peak into the refrigerator and grab a modern Ball ® platinum jar stuffed with the goodness of scrambled eggs and chorizo that's covered with plenty of flavorful, Simple Creations ™ Salsa. Just nuke and eat in minutes, or even seconds. Reach for a plastic fork to make this handy breakfast delightful in your home, on the ride to school or at your desk as you check out your morning e-mails.

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Chipotle Lime Salsa Breakfast Enchilada

Ingredients:

1/2 cup chorizo or sausage, casing removed.

2 fresh corn tortillas, about 5-inch diameter.

2 large eggs.

1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes, optional.

1/4 tsp. salt.

1/8 tsp. pepper

1/4 cup prepared Ball ® Simple Creations™ ™ Chipotle Lime Salsa

Mix. 1/4 cup shredded Cheddar cheese

2 Ball ® Collection Elite ™ Platinum 8-oz. jars

Brown sausage in a frying pan over medium-high heat, stirring to crumble. Drain. Fold corn tortillas into quarters and place one on the bottom of each jar. Spoon half the sausage into each jar. Mix together eggs, pepper flakes, salt and pepper. Apply half the egg mixture over sausage. Top each with 2 tablespoons prepared Chipotle Lime Salsa and 2 tablespoons cheese. Fasten the cap and refrigerate overnight (optional).

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To serve, extract the lid from the jar and cover the jar with waxed paper. Cook in the microwave on medium-high setting about 1 minute or until the egg mixture is cooked. Makes 2 servings.

Note: For added variations, try Simple Creations Fiesta Salsa and Fruit Salsa.

As you can see these canning jars are very useful for not only canning but preparing pre-made meals and for storing meals for future use.