How Should a Diabetic Start Off Her Christmas Holiday?

With booze and pizza, of course!

Here's the menu:

Orange Carrot Ginger Mimosas

Ingredients
2 - 3 oranges

1 lb of carrots

2 inch piece of ginger

1 bottle champagne - we bought the cheap stuff. Andre is good enough for me!

Juicer

Method

1. Put carrots, ginger, and peeled oranges* in the juicer. 

2. Add 1 part juice to 2 parts champagne. Or whatever your taste is.

*Make sure to peel the oranges no matter what your juicer says! They're liars and the peels make the juice taste like citrus floor cleaner!

Breakfast Pizza #1 (with Eggs, Prosciutto and Potatoes)

Ingredients
2 eggs

3 - 4 slices of prosciutto

1/2 thinly sliced red potato

1 chopped garlic clove

1/2 c. shredded mozzarella cheese
1/4 to 1/2 cup of tomato sauce (always homemade!)
1 tbsp olive oil

whole wheat pizza dough (store bought or homemade)

Method
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. 
2. Thinly slice potato using a mandoline or very sharp knife (if you're that skilled). Chop up garlic into small pieces
3. Roll out pizza dough onto a cookie sheet and coat with olive oil. Using parchment paper is also helpful when baking. 
4. Layer on tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, and scatter slices of red potato and chopped garlic around the pizza. 
5. Place pizza in oven and bake about 15 - 20 minutes, until cheese is melted and the crust is browned. 
6. Remove pizza from oven and crack two eggs on the pizza. Bake for 5 more minutes and then add the prosciutto. Bake until eggs appear to be done and prosciutto is slightly crispy.

Breakfast Pizza #2 (with Eggs, Potatoes, Smoked Salmon, & Capers)

Ingredients
2 eggs
1 thinly sliced red potato
1 chopped garlic clove
1/2 tsp dried dill
1/2 c. shredded mozzarella cheese
1 tbsp olive oil
1 - 2 tbsp capers
6 oz smoked salmon
whole wheat pizza dough (store bought or homemade)

Method
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. 
2. Thinly slice potato using a mandoline or very sharp knife (if you're that skilled). Chop up garlic into small pieces
3. Roll out pizza dough onto a cookie sheet and coat with olive oil. Using parchment paper is also helpful when baking. 
4. Layer potatoes in a single layer with slightly overlapping pieces. Sprinkle potatoes with dried dill. Add the mozzarella cheese and scatter chopped garlic around the pizza.
5. Place pizza in oven and bake about 20 minutes, until cheese is melted and the potatoes are slightly browned. 
6. Remove pizza from oven and crack two eggs on the pizza. Bake for 5 - 7 more minutes, or until eggs appear to be done. 

7. After removing the pizza from the oven, add smoked salmon slices and capers.  

Then enjoy your mimosas and pizza while watching Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer! Yay!