How to make a delish low carb treat

Stop deep frying your bacon-wrapped swiss cheese cubes. Why? Because it's gross. I know it's in the Atkins book, but the man was clearly unhinged. He also recommends eating a can of spam for a simple supper. So instead of gnawing on a pepperoni stick dipped in WisPride for dinner tonight, try this on for size:

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

• Mission low carb tortillas, gruyere cheese, onion, skillet, butter olive oil, parsley

1. Buy those mission low carb tortillas. They come in white and wheat. Now, normally I'm all for buying browner bread products and pretending they're better for me because they're dyed brown but have the identical nutritional value as their white counterparts, but in this case, leave out the lying. Buy the white.
2. In the largest skillet that you own, (preferably cast iron) melt butter and olive on low heat and toss in a whole onion--sliced once in half, then in half moons. Season with kosher salt, fresh black pepper and a pinch of sugar. Now, we're caramelizing the onions which takes a lamentably long time. But think of it this way--it will give you a chance to do roughly two loads of laundry, take a long shower, and read a third of Anna Karenina. Or, if you were thinking ahead, you could also shred a little block of gruyere cheese. Yes--you can use your boring old cheddar if you must.
3. After the hour and a half the onions took to caramelize, promptly curse my name. Then, after devouring one darkened, sweet shred of onion, realize it was so worth the wait and apologize. Now take the whole, soft pile of onions out of the pan and set aside.
4. Put another knob of butter back in the same pan (I know, it's butter-central, but it's Atkins--fat doesn't factor!) and turn the heat to medium. Throw in as many tortillas as your pan will allow and heat until just golden, then flip. On half of the flip side, immediately sprinkle on some grated cheese, then a little onion-bundle, then a bit more cheese. Now flip over the tortilla, as you would an omelette. Let your golden, crusty package heat through until the cheese is completely gooey and melted. Make as many as your heart desires and serve with a sprinkling of chopped flat-leaf parsley.

Tips & Warnings

• The same construction is nice instead with some jalapenos and pepperjack cheese and a homemade pico de gallo.
• It's true that once you caramelize onions, their natural sugars come out rendering the dish a little carbier than a strict phase-one Atkinsian would like. So, either be out of phase one, or just be a really naughty phase one-r.