Something New

Well, for me anyway.  There are times when I get into a food rut.  I really enjoy eating one particular thing and keep eating it until I don’t want to see it again for a long time.  With the gestational diabetes it’s gotten a little harder.  I’ve been eating a lot of the same things because it’s easier since I already know how many carbs are in it.  The downside is that it gets a little boring. 

So on a duty night I was stuck on what to have for dinner.  I decided bacon sounded good and figured scrambled eggs would go well with it.  I have to be in the right mood for scrambled eggs and didn’t want just plain scrambled eggs.  I thought about adding fruit but that wouldn’t give me enough carbs.  Then I had (what I thought was) a brilliant idea.  I’d make a breakfast wrap!  I’ve been eating wraps a lot because they have 25 carbs per a tortilla and that’s about half of what I need for lunch and dinner.  Adding eggs would make it different than the bean and cheese “quesadilla” I’ve been eating. 

Since I wanted my bacon on the side I decided to use some of the Canadian bacon I bought for egg sandwiches (ran out of English muffins so it’s just been sitting in the fridge.)  Here’s what I did:

1.  Cooked the regular bacon so I could still enjoy it.  I like mine extra crispy so I tend to let it burn.  So yummy!

2.  Cut up some strawberries and defrosted some frozen mango for 30 more carbs to round out my meal.  Munchkin and I have been loving fruit, especially mango.  I’ve had to cut back so this was a perfect chance to enjoy some!

3.  Once the bacon was done, I cooked the Canadian bacon on the same frying pan.  Once they were browned on both sides, I lined them up on my tortilla.

4.  I added some sour cream on top of the Canadian bacon for a little extra flavor.  Next time I would put the sour cream on first but it was an after thought.

5.  In the same frying pan I scrambled two eggs.  I added some salt and pepper and well as some cut up green onion.  I love me some green onion!  When they were done I put them on top on the sour cream.

6.  Then I topped the eggs with some cheese.  I had a few grape tomatoes hanging around so I cut them up and put them on top.

7.  I realized that I had to much filling.  This is a common problem for me so I decided to eat it more like a taco than a wrap.

Here’s what I ended up with:

The end result was delicious.  This might be a new go to meal while DH is gone!

Do you have an easy, favorite meal when it’s just you for dinner?