While sausage and eggs sound delicious, such low-carb standards can be a little impractical to prepare every day as dieters rush out the door. Try these satisfying yet portable recipes the next time you crave something a little different for breakfast.
Use the shopping list that follows to save time at the grocery store; it lists exactly what is needed for the low-carb breakfast recipes below.
Shopping List for Low-Carb Breakfast Ideas
- provolone cheese slices
- pesto, prepared
- grape tomatoes
- cream cheese
- mozzarella, fresh or shredded
- low-carb tortillas
- turkey bacon
- chicken, cooked and diced
- olive oil
- salt and pepper
- foil, roll or pre-cut squares
- sandwich bags
Buy items either already prepared, cut, or ready to eat when possible. Also, prep vegetables in advance on the weekend and store in single servings in plastic sandwich bags in the fridge. Find fully cooked diced chicken in the frozen section. Use foil to make these low-carb breakfast wraps portable.
Low-Carb Chicken Pesto Provolone Wrap
Using a provolone cheese slice as a base for the wrap, spread either basil pesto or sun-dried tomato pesto with a spoon on the cheese slice, leaving the outside quarter inch free of sauce to avoid spills once the wrap is folded. Layer on grape tomatoes cut in halves, fresh mozzarella slices (shredded mozzarella works, too), and refrigerated chicken cubes. Drizzle a little more pesto over the chicken if desired and fold the cheese gently into a wrap.
To make this recipe easier and faster to prepare, try to find jarred pesto in the pasta sauce aisle of the grocery store or prepared pesto in the specialty refrigerated section. Roasted chicken that is fully cooked and diced is available in the freezer section. In a pinch, chicken or turkey breast deli slices can be used, too. This recipe also works great for lunch; substitute fully cooked steak or chicken fajitas (also available in the frozen section) as desired.
Turkey Bacon and Cream Cheese Breakfast Wrap
This breakfast meal is easy and very fast to prepare. Layer cream cheese and turkey bacon in a low-carb tortilla. Add some grape tomato halves and drizzle a bit of olive oil over them, add salt and pepper to taste, then fold the tortilla into a wrap.
Cook some turkey bacon over the weekend to have it ready in the fridge, and get the spreadable cream cheese to limit any possible tearing of the tortilla during preparation. Substitute any type of bacon or deli meat for the turkey bacon for a change of pace.
More Low-Carb Meal Ideas
Wraps are extremely versatile and easy to prepare. Try different types of cheeses like muenster or havarti and proteins such as Canadian bacon slices, chicken or turkey sausage, or leftover steak cut into thin slices. For low-carbers on the go, explore the frozen meats section at the grocery store for fully cooked chicken, fish, shrimp, steak, fajitas, and other options. Low-carb salad dressings and sauces, once refrigerated, can also make excellent breakfast condiments and compliment any type of desired flavor profile.
Reference:
Atkins, Robert C., Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution, Collins Living, 2002
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