You can make these Low Calorie Breakfast Quesadillas Recipes vegetarian or with meat, with gluten free tortillas or flour tortillas. And no matter how you make this breakfast quesadillas recipe, it will be delicious and healthy!
Ingredients You’ll Need:
- Olive Oil Spray
- ½ bell pepper
- ½ jalapeno
- 1 garlic clove
- ½ cup diced ham (or crumbled vegan breakfast “sausage”)
- 2 eggs beaten
- 4 small tortillas or gluten free tortillas
- ¼ cup low fat cheddar cheese
- Hot Sauce or Salsa (optional)
- Greek Yogurt (optional)
- Homemade Guacamole (optional)
Low Calorie Breakfast Quesadillas
Healthy Breakfast Quesadillas Meal Prep and Storage
Meal Prep: You can easily meal prep these! Simply wrap individual portions in parchment paper, and stack in a gallon freezer bag or container.
Storage: Will hold in the fridge for 5 days and in the freezer for a month.
Reheating: You can add the wrapped servings to the microwave for 1-2 minutes. Or reheat in a pan on the stovetop over medium low heat, cover and flip every 2 minutes to avoid burning.
Low Calorie Breakfast Quesadillas
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Low Calorie Breakfast Quesadillas
Ingredients
- Olive Oil Spray
- ½ bell pepper minced
- ½ jalapeno sliced. Note: remove seeds and ribs if you don’t like a lot of heat
- 1 garlic clove smashed but still intact
- ½ cup diced ham or crumbled vegan breakfast "sausage"
- 2 eggs beaten
- 4 small tortillas or gluten free tortillas
- ¼ cup low fat cheddar cheese
- Hot Sauce or Salsa (optional)
- Greek Yogurt (optional)
- Homemade Guacamole (optional)
Instructions
- Spray a large skillet with olive oil and heat to medium-high.
- Add the bell pepper, jalapeño and garlic clove, cook for 5-10 minutes until the bell peppers soften.
- Remove the garlic clove and discard. And lower the heat to medium.
- Add the ham, and push all the veggies and meat to one side of the pan.
- In the empty side of the pan add the egg and push around until scrambled, remove from heat and mix well.
- To get started with the tortillas, put a little cheese on one tortilla, then layer the egg mixture then a little more cheese, and top with another small tortilla.
- Heat a clean pan on med-high place the quesadillas in the pan and cook until cheese is melted and tortilla is slightly browned, flip and repeat.
- Using a pair of scissors, a pizza wheel, or a knife slice the quesadillas, then plate with the optional toppings and serve.
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About the Author
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