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- Hey munchies.
Welcome to the channel
if you're new or if you're not.
I'm Alyssia and I am stoked you're here.
I am showing you breakfast sandwiches today
that are all low-carb friendly.
If you have ever tried a low carb lifestyle
you know that bread is not typically on the menu,
but we can get creative to satisfy the craving.
Today we will do so with breakfast tacos,
a breakfast sandwich done two different ways
and a breakfast burger.
All of the meat I'm using today, I got through ButcherBox.
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Let's start with breakfast tacos.
You can't have a taco without tortilla,
so I am making my own using low carb ingredients.
First I add almond and coconut flowers, baking powder, salt,
and xanthan gum to a food processor and pulse to integrate.
Don't skip the xantham gum here, or you won't get
the right texture.
Then add an egg, some apple cider vinegar and water,
and blend that into a dough.
Add that sticky dough to plastic wrap and refrigerate
for about 15 minutes or up to a few days
if you're making this dough ahead.
Divide the dough into eight pieces and we are ready
to make our tortillas.
You can roll them out between parchment or plastic wrap
or use the bottom of a pan to press them,
but I've got a handy tortilla press to help me out.
I use a plastic baggy to help keep the tortillas
from sticking and make them more manageable to work with.
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Heat a cast iron skillet or a pan over medium high heat
and add the tortilla and let it just quickly sear
for about 20 to 30 seconds on each side.
No oil is needed.
It is fast and you don't wanna leave them for too long
or they'll overcook.
They are best served warm so you'll want
your filling ingredients ready to go.
For my filling, I decided to use
ButcherBox's breakfast sausage,
which is actually my number one favorite product they offer.
It is absolutely delicious.
It's pre-seasoned and it is so darn tasty as is,
and there's no added sugar.
So it's a Whole30 approved, which is hard to find
in breakfast sausage.
Not to mention, it is Heritage breed pork
so it is truly high quality and healthy.
I just cook that up until it's Brown
and leave that bit of fat,
I add some diced onion to the pan, and then chopped zucchini
for a little bit of veggie goodness.
Then I add some whisked eggs in with the zucchini
to make a scramble and that bit of fat from the sausage
is going to add even more flavor.
My taco shells get loaded with my sausage,
my scrambled veggie eggs, some cheese and green onion.
These taco shells though, seriously,
I think they are the best tortillas
I have ever shared on the channel.
They don't crack, they're soft, they're malleable,
and they're really delicious.
I also used the leftovers to make a quesadilla
and it worked great.
Of course, the breakfast sausage, egg, and cheese fillings
are totally a win.
This makes me want breakfast for every meal.
Why not?
Next up, let's do our breakfast sandwiches, two ways.
Of course it is called a handwich for a reason.
Wait, what?
That doesn't work?
Why is it called a sandwich?
The modern sandwich was named after Lord Sandwich.
Well, that was a burst, we need some dang bread.
Let's make a biscuit and let's make it low carb
and let's do it in the microwave.
Add butter to a wide mug and melt it in the microwave.
Then add in an egg,
some coconut flour and baking powder.
Whisk that together and microwave for about 90 seconds.
Cool, slightly, and then slice into two pieces.
Sandwich bread, check!
You guys, look at that bready texture, what?!
This one will be bacon, egg, and cheese,
so I am cooking up some ButcherBox bacon.
ButcherBox bacon is delicious and also Whole30 approved.
Actually all of their products are,
and it has no added sugar or nitrates
so it's practically magic,
plus it's from Heritage breed pigs and it's uncured.
For the egg on my sandwich,
I am cooking up a scrambled patty.
You could, of course, do a fried egg or cook it
however you prefer but here is a new tip.
If you want a perfectly round egg,
use the top of a wide mouth Mason jar.
Whisk up your egg, heat your pan, and spray down the pan
and the Mason lid really well before adding it to the pan.
In goes the scrambled egg, and you can actually do this
with a fried egg too.
Then let it start to set.
I prefer to cover the pan and then flip carefully,
remove the lid, I use the spatula to help.
And, Voila!
A perfect little scrambled egg Patty.
On goes a slice of cheese to melt while it's still hot
and then we can assemble our first sandwich.
Don't forget a little bit of hot sauce and avocado on top.
Wow!
That is legit.
A bacon, egg, and cheese breakfast sandwich bread and all.
Thanks Lord Sandwich.
I was actually really happy with this biscuit situation.
it was sort of like an English muffin,
but no carbs required.
But what if you don't want the bread at all,
or you don't wanna make the microwave biscuit
or you don't wanna make a whole batch of biscuits
in the oven, that is where the second
breakfast sandwich variation comes in
and if any of these are truly keto, it's this one,
the meatiest sausage, egg, and cheese sandwich of all.
I use a pound of the best ever ButcherBox
breakfast sausage and for funsies, I mix in some thyme,
sage, pepper, oregano and parsley.
Mix that up and then roll out the meat between two pieces
of plastic wrap until it's really thin,
less than a quarter inch if you can.
This is a fun experience if you've never done it before.
(laughs)
Use a glass or a cookie cutter to cut out your patties.
Add the meat to a pan over medium high heat
with a little bit of oil and cook for just about two minutes
on each side, until brown to your liking.
And that is your bread.
Seriously!
Don't knock it until you try it.
On goes the egg and the cheese with avocado
and any other desired toppings.
And those are your breakfast sandwiches, two ways.
I love both of these, they are very different,
but both very tasty.
The ButcherBox sausage is my favorite product,
so I may feel inclined to say I prefer
that second sandwich variation,
but I was also really impressed with the makeshift bread.
I don't know, I can't choose.
Okay, we are finishing up with a breakfast burger.
How do we make it breakfast?
Well, bacon and eggs help for one.
So cook up your bacon and I recommend keeping
some of that bacon fat for cooking the burger.
ButcherBox sells burger patties if you wanna make
this even easier but I usually just go with the ground beef
and then whip up a patty on my own.
The beef is a hundred percent grass fed and pasture raised,
and I can always tell the quality by the way that it tastes.
Just form the beef into your patty,
seasoned with salt and pepper and onto a hot pan
with the bacon fat, it goes.
Seriously, a good burger is that simple,
just a few minutes on each side,
depending on how done you like it and don't forget
to add your cheese of choice.
But we are not done breakfast (indistinct) it yet.
I was inspired by Alton Brown for this,
so I can't take credit for the idea,
but we are making a coffee ketchup to go on top.
It's breakfast, you get it?
Start with your favorite, no sugar or low-carb ketchup
and mix it in a sauce pan with brewed coffee, onion powder,
garlic powder and chili powder.
Depending on how strict you are
with your low carb lifestyle, you could also add sweetener,
I went with a squeeze of date syrup.
Let that boil and then simmer for about 30 minutes
to thicken and onto that burger, it goes.
I am serving this one with a lettuce wrap,
and of course, we also need the bacon and egg
to finish it off.
Holy moly!
That's good.
I can always tell the quality
of the ButcherBox ground beef when I make burgers.
It's so good on its own, but of course,
adding the bacon, egg, and cheese doesn't hurt.
That coffee, ketchup adds a breakfast flair too.
It's naturally tad sweet and tangy from the ketchup,
but it also has subtle bitter notes from the coffee
that incorporate perfectly, almost like a barbecue sauce.
We have taken breakfast burger to a whole new level.
You've got to try it for yourself.
I highly recommend trying out ButcherBox.
All of their products that I've tried have been amazing,
not only the ones that I share today,
but also all of their chicken, which is organic
and their salmon and scallops, which are wild-caught,
I get all the time.
Don't forget to use the link in my description
or head to ButcherBox.com/mindovermunch
to sign up now while you still can.
Let me know which of these recipes
you're most excited to try and what else
you would like to see.
If you try any of these out,
don't forget to tag me on social.
I hope you have a great rest of your week and weekend,
I will be back next week with a brand new episode
and remember it's all a matter of Mind Over Munch.