Keto Easy Ham and Cheese Pinwheels

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Keto Easy Ham and Cheese Pinwheels

If you’re new to the Keto diet, don’t make meal or snack time complicated! Make these easy Keto ham and cheese pinwheels for chilled meal prep or as a finger food at snack time. All you need is a vegetable peeler, but there’s no cooking required. Instead of chopping cucumber, you’ll peel the cucumber into strips. These cucumber strips will be the foundation of your pinwheels! This way, you’re not adding extra carbs like you would with a tortilla. Just add ham and cheddar cheese before you roll the cucumber up and slice it into pinwheels!

Other ingredients to use

Of course, you don’t have to stick to just ham and cheese pinwheels! You can substitute the ham with deli slices of turkey, chicken, roast beef, or another favorite protein. Instead of cheddar, play around with slices of mozzarella, provolone, muenster, swiss, pepper jack, or another favorite sliceable cheese. You can add other ingredients to the pinwheels too like lettuce, bacon, pickled veggies, or tomato.

Recipe uses

One serving makes enough pinwheels for a filling lunch, especially if you pair this recipe with a side dish or other high-fat recipe, such as a fat bomb. You could also enjoy these pinwheels as a cold snack. You can meal prep the pinwheels as a lunch or snack for only up to 24 hours because the cucumbers may start to break down. Thankfully, you can easily make this quick recipe as many times as needed throughout the week!

More beginner Keto recipes

Looking for more easy recipes like these easy Keto ham and cheese pinwheels? Keto can be very simple with minimal cooking. Follow the Easy Keto Beginner Snack recipe at the link to see how. Have a few extra minutes in your day? Make this Low Carb Easy Breakfast Burrito recipe. It’s still very easy but is a delicious, warm breakfast you can eat on a Keto diet.

  • Net Carbs

    5.4 g

  • Fiber

    0.6 g

  • Total Carbs

    6.2 g

  • Protein

    38.7 g

  • Fats

    32.6 g

474 cals

Keto Easy Ham and Cheese Pinwheels

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Ingredients

  • Cucumber

    Cucumber

    2 oz

  • Deli ham

    Deli ham

    4 large slice - 6 1/4" x 4" x 1/16" - each 1 ounce

  • Cheddar cheese

    Cheddar cheese

    4 slice (from pre-sliced package) - each 3/4 ounce

Recipe Steps

steps 3

10 min

  • Step 1

    Use a vegetable peeler to peel long strips from a whole cucumber. The strips need to equal the weight listed in your ingredients. Lay the strips flat over a piece of paper towel, arranging them so they slightly overlap each other, as pictured. Create about an 8-inch long rectangle with the strips of cucumber.
    Step 1
  • Step 2

    Press another paper towel over the cucumbers to help absorb some of the excess moisture. Lay slices of ham and cheddar cheese across the cucumber. You will likely need to make multiple layers of ham and possibly cheese too.
    Step 2
  • Step 3

    Gently fold one end of the cucumber slices over the ham and cheese, then keep rolling the cucumber up into a tight roll. Use a clean, sharp knife to slice through the cucumber and cut the roll into 6-8 pieces. Enjoy chilled.
    Step 3

Comments 3

  • Untraumatized

    Untraumatized 2 years ago

    Quick, easy, and delicious, and filling. I have this on my schedule for lunch 3 days a week.

    • Kaylamarie2310

      Kaylamarie2310 2 years ago

      Is one roll a serving or just a slice of it? It looks delicious and so simple!

      • Untraumatized

        Untraumatized 2 years ago

        One serving is the entire thing! It’s Delicious!