Breakfast egg wraps

Why you should start your day with an omelette wrap

Move over BLAT and enter the BLATO – that is bacon, lettuce, avocado and tomato omelette. Well, the lettuce is spinach but you get the gist. Like a breakfast burrito without the bready tortilla, our breakfast egg wrap recipe uses a light, but sturdy eggy crepe to wrap and enclose the filling. The eggs are whisked with only a tablespoon of wholemeal flour, which is enough to give them structure but not enough to up the carb count. What’s more, on those mornings when time is not on your side, roll the completed wrap in a piece of non-stick baking paper and some foil and you have breakfast on the go. Love eggs for breakfast? Try our healthy breakfast fry-up which is perfect with some sourdough or this crowd-pleasing healthy poached eggs with spinach and mushrooms.  

How to make the best egg roll wraps

As this recipe comes together quickly, make sure all your filling ingredients are ready and prepped. Have your bacon and avocado chopped, tomato sliced and spinach ready to quickly fill your just-cooked eggy wraps. The eggs and whites need a good whisk – this not only breaks them up but also aerates them, helping the omelette to become light and fluffy. If making a bigger batch, use handheld beaters to make light of this work. Place your omelette on a chopping board and pile in the filling ingredients. Then carefully fold in the sides of the wrap and roll to enclose. For another nutritional option, try this healthy vegetable and ricotta omelette. 

Make egg wraps part of your batch cooking

If you’re the type to devote a bit of time over the weekend to get ahead through the week, then make this recipe part of your food prep schedule. Double or triple the recipe depending on how many wraps you’ll need and once cooked and cooled, stack them with baking paper between each one. You can then either wrap in a layer of plastic then foil, or place in a large sealable bag. Freeze the wraps for up to 3 months. Take a wrap out at night and allow it to defrost in the fridge, ready to be warmed and stuffed with your fillings for breakfast.

Breakfast wrap ideas for lunch and dinner

Some other ingredient alternatives include swapping the bacon for smoked salmon or crumbled fetta cheese or adding a warmed, chopped hash brown to the filling. By playing around with your filling ingredients our egg wrap recipe can also become a low-stress lunch, dinner or supper. For lunch, you could add shredded BBQ chicken and maybe some creamed corn. As this recipe riffs on the idea of an egg tortilla, play around with other Mexican ingredients. Add some cheese to the mix or swap the bacon for chorizo. Bulk out with some refried beans or fried potato and you have dinner. For an elegant supper, try sautéing some mushrooms and piling them into the omelette along with crumbled goat’s cheese and fresh rocket leaves. For more ideas, check out our collection of easy healthy recipes for more inspiration.