Healthy Low Carb Meals for a Ketogenic Diet
These cauliflower tots turned out really tasty (actually, yummy)! Quite simple and a great replacement for potato tots. This recipe is versatile because you can add your choice of cheeses. This recipe uses both mozzarella cheese and cheddar cheese. You can also change up the …
For a hardy soup meal, this soup has what it takes in flavor and satisfaction. You can use any kind of vegetables you want in it and add chicken (or not) to it. Once you get the soupy ingredients in there, and a good mix …
For a nice, high fat hot cereal, this grain-free nut-based porridge takes the place of hot cereal made with grains. This can be sweetened up to your choosing with added berry fruit to your liking.
Chicken liver pate is great over Keto crackers, or just by itself as a side dish. It’s a simple recipe with just a few ingredients, as well.
This beef goulash dish is mouth-watering good! The flavors of all the ingredients of this recipe blended together to make your taste-buds go wild. No lie! Inspired by a Hungarian Goulash recipe (made with pepper steak) and another beef goulash recipe, I believe I found a …
A low carb Keto dessert that provides a very chocolate experience and yet is healthy. This recipe is from KetoConnect, although I had to amend it to use almond flour instead of peanut flour that their recipe calls for. (I also used cacao powder instead …
For those who don’t want a cauliflower pizza crust or an almond flour pizza crust, this is a good alternative. It’s made with whey isolate protein powder instead of a flour or vegetable crust. The pizza sauce (found in the cauliflower pizza crust recipe) and …
For a nice thick pizza crust, this almond flour crust provides a nice alternative to grain flour pizzas. It even tastes much like that which you get at a pizza shop. Topped with a good pizza sauce and your favorite toppings, it will satisfy your …
With a well seasoned cauliflower pizza crust, a nice pizza sauce and great pizza toppings, this recipe for a Keto diet is the best!
Filled with cheesy flavors and wholesome spinach, this chicken dish is a yummy mouthful of deliciousness.
Most of the green bean casserole recipes are not Keto-friendly, but this one is adapted to align with the Keto diet using Keto-friendly ingredients. Instead of processed soups and packaged crispy onions, this recipe uses the perfect alternative.
When you have some ground beef and want to make up a yummy casserole with it, try this dish! It’s low carb and high in good fats for the Keto diet! This recipe used a leftover ground beef dish mixed with a delicious spaghetti sauce …
When spaghetti meets spaghetti squash, you have this delicious Keto recipe. It’s a yummy spaghetti meat sauce with vegetables that is seasoned just right to make a perfect topping over spaghetti squash!
Forget about potatoes and carrots in your chuck roast or pot roast dishes, and any typical ingredients that are not Keto-friendly! This combination of seasoning and sauces will make your chuck roast and its gravy so delicious, you won’t miss the old ways of cooking …
These pancakes include cream cheese to add that “good fat” ingredient to this recipe, and you end up with fluffy, tasty pancakes!
When you want a quick breakfast meal, preparing egg muffin cups is a great way to go, especially when you’re on the go!
The “soul bread” recipe is considered the “holy grail” of low carb bread recipes. The ingredients of soul bread remain essentially the same throughout recipe websites, although there are some renditions of this bread, as well as a few minor alterations, on a few creative …
This chewy cookie recipe was slightly amended from the LowCarbYum “Cream Cheese Cookies” recipe which called for an ingredient that many people don’t have readily on hand (Sukrin), and I added a berry jam topping for more flavor. I also amended the ingredient portions to …
These crackers turned out to be a bit of work in the making, but well worth the effort if you like really tasty cheese crackers to snack on. This recipe is amended in cooking time from the FatForWeightLoss “Fathead Crackers” recipe, since their recipe was difficult …
There are many things to do with leftover chicken and this is keto recipe is a derivation of chicken Parmesan, but without the breaded chicken.
Avoid the sugar and high carb ingredients used in making traditional Swedish meatballs and try this Keto-friendly version.
When you are in the mood for french fries, this is the perfect alternative for people on the Keto diet. A rutabaga is much lower in carbs than a potato and contains many health benefits, as well. The rutabaga, swede, or neep is a root …
A simple chicken recipe that is easy to throw together and provides a gourmet touch with a topping of mushrooms.
A great comfort food and substitute for mac ‘n cheese is cauli “mac” ‘n cheese. And, mixed with slices of hotdogs, it makes a nice side dish or meal for the Keto diet.
It’s not a french fry, but it’s a tasty fried vegetable that is deep fried in bacon grease. Most of the keto “french fried” vegetable recipes call for baking, but this recipe is about a special blend of seasoning and frying in bacon grease to …
After several attempts with various chocolate chip recipes for the Keto diet, I finally came up with a combination of ingredients and measurements that worked. And this is the closest I’ve come to the taste of Nestle Tollhouse cookies, and has passed several taste tests …
The key component of sweet and sour chicken is in the sauce, and that is what this recipe is all about. Especially for us on the Keto diet who should stay away from soy and sugar. This is soy-free and sugar-free, and tastes like the …
Making your own pork sausage links or patties is sometimes the best alternative for people on a Keto diet, especially since many store-bought brands contain sugar (or “dextrose” which is sugar) and food additives. And, when you find a brand that is “Keto-friendly” it will …
If you find a recipe that says jicama fries taste like potato French fries, I have proven this to be incorrect! However jicama fries taste good and, if they are cooked long enough, turns out to be a good substitute for potato fries.
A tasty homemade ranch dressing that tastes just like the real deal! This recipe found at wholesomeyum.com consists of keto-friendly ingredients, including the mayo. And the mayo was a store-bought brand, although you can make your own, like this mayo recipe here.
A tasty side dish that even non-eggplant-lovers will like! The eggplant is dipped in eggs and cheddar cheese, then fried to a yummy mouthful that will delight most anyone.
This is a version of shepherds pie that uses mashed cauliflower instead of mashed potatoes for the Keto diet. The meat mix is a nice blend of seasoning and ketchup that is similar to a meatloaf.
This bread uses a nut flour combination with Flax seeds and ground Flax meal that is a very tasty bread for the Keto diet. It doesn’t rise much at all, so if you want a taller loaf, double the amount of ingredients.
This is not your ordinary egg foo young recipe. The vegetables used in this recipe are a combination of yummy ingredients for this particular Chinese food dish. And, topped with a brown gravy sauce that doesn’t contain sugar or soy makes it an even better …
For a Keto diet, this teriyaki sauce combines all the flavors we love without sugar, molasses, or any other harmful additive ingredients. It’s a great marinade and cooking sauce for chicken or beef.
If you love tempura vegetables, this recipe should satisfy your taste buds! And, for those on a Keto diet, a vegetarian or vegan diet, this will add enough good fats to your meal.
This meat, vegetable, cheese and noodle lasagna dish is a fabulous Keto meal, full of nutrients, high quality fats, and some protein. The lasagna noodles are made as a Keto-friendly pasta noodle that is perfect for the noodle layer – See recipe here. Layered to …
This is a very nice chewy fudge brownie from Buzzfeed with melted chunks of chocolate inside. It is so tasty, you won’t know you’re eating a Keto-friendly diet food!
Through trial and error, this egg noodle recipe for the keto diet turned out pretty tasty! First it was tried with xanthan gum (for thickening) and then without. It works both ways!
This yummy baked chicken is stuffed with low carb Cauliflower mac ‘n cheese, a Keto diet gourmet meal for friends and family to enjoy.
When it comes to a quick snack, it is actually very simple to throw together some Keto-friendly food items to make up a healthy snack, or as appetizers for guests (without cooking!). Here are some snack ideas from the “Keto Cooking With Cyndi” video that …
Not all Keto pumpkin bread recipes are the same, and this one from Ruled.me tops all the ones tried so far. Very moist, extremely tasty, and easy to make!
These protein bars are a real treat, and one that passes the taste test every single time! It consists of a blend of chocolate, nuts, seeds and mixed with oils and butter and other good things.
If you have missed potato skins on your Keto diet, this recipe should do the trick. Using the Keto Cheese Taco Shell method, cheese is used to create the “skin” of a potato skin dish, and mashed cauliflower as the potato interior. Topped with cheese …
This combination of zucchini and cauliflower make up a tasty fritter dish. It’s a great keto diet side dish with any meal, even breakfast.
One of the pasta replacements on the Keto diet is zucchini “zoodles” – or zucchini noodles, and this simple side dish can be used for many pasta dishes. All you need is a spiralizer to shape the zucchini into thin spaghetti-type noodles. Here’s how it’s …
When you’re in the mood for a nice burger in your keto diet, this yummy burger keto recipe should give you that mouth-watering flavor for your lunch or dinner meal. It’s made with organic, grass-fed ground beef topped with cheese and sauted mushrooms.
This keto cheese taco shell recipe is simple enough – only one ingredient: CHEESE! The procedure is also fairly simple, ending up in being tasty taco shells for your taco meal.
This is a showy Keto recipe meal that is high in good fat and low in carbs with some protein. The cheesy cream sauce makes the flavors “burst” in your mouth with each yummy mouthful. And served in the spaghetti squash “boat” makes a really …
A slight twist on the usual grilled cheese sandwich using homemade Keto mayo and a cheddar and mozzarella cheese mixture.
Homemade low carb alfredo sauce with shrimp over spaghetti squash is a great one-dish meal for a keto diet. Homemade low carb alfredo sauce with shrimp over spaghetti squash is a great one-dish meal for a keto diet.
When you want to cook up a salmon dish, this cheesy spinach stuffed inside creates the perfect high fat keto recipe meal. The flavors burst in your mouth with all the cheeses in this creamy spinach mixture. This recipe is high in fat with all …
For sushi lovers on the keto diet, it’s not over. This cauli-rice for sushi makes fantastic sushi rolls!
Banana fruit is not part of a keto diet since it converts to sugar and high in carbs so the alternative for having this flavor in our cooking is to use banana extract. This recipe goes beyond that by creating a “pigs in a blanket” …
A quick morning meal when you have cooked bacon at hand! This egg dish can either be omelet style or scrambled. Made with bacon, mushrooms and cheese. Watch video (recipe below)
If you have left-over corned beef, try it as an Eggs Benedict dish and, served on top of homemade keto-friendly english muffins and homemade hollandaise sauce makes this a perfect keto breakfast or brunch meal. Here’s the recipe that includes all that you need to …
Yummy enchiladas made with shredded beef (or chicken) and red sauce makes a great Mexican cuisine for a Keto diet! Watch video (recipe below)
A special low carb keto meal to serve up for breakfast or brunch that will satisfy just about anyone! It’s like an egg casserole dish that is layered with keto bread, ham and cheese layers. Each serving is topped with a cream of mushroom sauce …
A tasty (aka yummy!) meatloaf made with organic ground beef and mixed with homemade BBQ sauce. A tasty meatloaf made with organic ground beef and homemade BBQ sauce.
This is a Keto low-carb, lasagna-styled chicken casserole with a white creamy sauce. Watch video (recipe below): A chicken casserole dish that is great for a keto meal.