7. Make Ahead Low-Carb Breakfast Burritos
Here’s something we can’t quite explain: Most on-the-go breakfast choices are also loaded in sugar. Meaning, your portable breakfast options are pretty limited if you’re diagnosed with diabetes.
These low-carb breakfast burritos may not be quite as easy as tearing open a granola bar, but they can be made ahead of time. Made with low-carb whole wheat tortillas, cheddar cheese, and breakfast sausage, then topped with salsa and diced avocado, they’re an easy solution for busy weekday mornings.
Make ahead low carb breakfast burritos are a delicious and easy solution for busy weekday mornings. Just pop them in the microwave and breakfast is ready.
Ingredients
- Olive oil
- 1 lb bulk breakfast sausage
- 12 eggs
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 1/2 cups cheese
- 3/4 cup salsa
- 12 – 8 inch low carb flour tortillas
Instructions
- Heat a large skillet over medium high heat.
- Drizzle in a small amount of olive oil.
- Add sausage to skillet and break up with a spoon.
- Continue cooking sausage until no longer pink.
- Remove from skillet and drain on paper towels.
- Reduce heat to medium low.
- Whisk together eggs and milk.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Pour eggs into pan, gently stirring until eggs are set.
- Lay out the tortillas on the counter, to make an assembly line.
- Equally divide, in this order, the cheese, eggs, salsa and sausage between the 12 tortillas.
- Roll up each tortilla.
- Wrap each burrito in parchment paper or foil.
- Place the burritos in a single layer on cookie sheets and freeze.
- Once frozen, store in zip top bags in the freezer.
- To serve, leave wrapped in parchment and heat in the microwave for 60-90 seconds until hot.
- If wrapped in foil, remove before heating and wrap in a paper towel.
8. Smoked Salmon Pinwheels
If you were never one to turn down a bagel with cream cheese and lox, you may want to steal a glance at this low-carb, diabetic breakfast. Smoked salmon is sliced then rolled up with low-fat cream cheese, cucumber, red onion, and capers. After one bite, this high-protein breakfast may be your new everything (without the bagel, of course).
I love smoked salmon, especially Nova Lox with cream cheese so this appetizer has my name all over it! A few other smoked salmon, it’s a must when I set up a Bagel Bar for brunch, and in recipes like this Breakfast Omelet with Lox, and Avocado Egg Salad Toast with Lox.
This recipe is from the Everyday Ketogenic Cookbook (affil link) by Carolyn Ketchum. A fabulous cookbook and a great resource for anyone wanting to live a Ketogenic lifestyle.
This recipe is perfect to make ahead for a party, keep them refrigerated until ready to serve as they hold up best when chilled. You can make them a day ahead, I think they would also be wonderful with fresh dill.
These elegant smoked salmon pinwheels are perfect if you want to enjoy lox without the bagels for a low-carb, keto appetizer.
Ingredients
- 8 ounces thinly sliced cold smoked salmon, I like Nova Lox
- 4 ounces 1/3 less fat cream cheese
- 1/4 medium cucumber, cut into matchsticks
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped red onion
- 2 tablespoons capers, drained
- 1/2 lemon, sliced thin