This sweet and crunchy salad is packed with nutrient-dense broccoli, crisp bacon, toasted almonds, and drizzled with a sweet and zesty dressing. This is a great light lunch option for two or a side salad.
In just 30 minutes, you have the perfect main course for your Keto lunch, dinner, or meal prep. Thick slices of your favorite deli turkey are filled with a crunchy, creamy mixture of bacon and cheddar cheese. For the ranch flavor, a packet of your favorite brand of ranch dressing mix is all you need. A few extra seasonings and a layer of extra melted cheese on top make these baked turkey rolls to die for. Some extra Keto fats are sneaked in with additions of mayonnaise and butter. The fats add on the macros you need but also make the dish decadent and creamy. There are many low-carb side dish recipes you can choose from in the Carb Manager recipe library to finish your meal. For an easier time, check out the Carb Manager Ranch Turkey Roll Bake With Crispy Rapini and Zucchini recipe. The brand of ranch dressing powder mix you choose for your recipe can affect how Keto-friendly your meal may be. Check the ingredient list on the packaging. You may see added sugars or ingredients such as maltodextrin, which is another sneaky non-Keto ingredient. If you ’re keeping to a strict, 100% authentic Keto diet, you’ll need to be wary of these ingredients. However, such a small amount of ranch powder is actually needed for the recipe that your serving will have 0g of carbs/sugar from this ingredient. Look at the nutrition label on your ranch dressing packaging, and you’ll see a serving doesn’t have enough sugar in it to register as added carbs. Are you making a delicious meal, but you realize you don’t need any cooking oils or fats? There are other ways you can sneak in fats without ruining the flavor of your recipe. For example, in this Keto recipe, you’ll add mayonnaise to your bacon filling. Mayonnaise is an easy way to include Keto fats, makes your meal tender and moist, and is easy to take on other flavors with seasonings. If you’re baking a protein in your oven, add dollops of butter to the top for extra fat. Just like the mayonnaise, dollops of melted butter add on fat, tenderize your protein, and add more flavor to the dish. Jessica L.
These tuna melt egg cups are perfect for breakfast, snacks, or keto lunches! They're ultra-moist and spongy, thanks to the delicious tuna melt filling. Enjoy the classic flavors of tuna melt with melted cheddar and juicy tomato.
Get in touch with your inner child while staying Keto! This recipe makes a great lunch or dinner main course. Just like the boxed brand of ", this Keto tuna helper is made with canned tuna and a thick, cheesy sauce. It 's served over shirataki macaroni noodles, which only add about 1g of carbohydrates to your meal, unlike regular wheat pasta. On the side is a Keto version of french fries made with zucchini instead of potatoes. The zucchini fries are tossed in a crispy seasoned breading and cooked in an air fryer. You 'll feel like a kid again chowing down on a cheesy bowl of macaroni with crispy seasoned fries. You can store the meal in your refrigerator for up to 5 days for meal prepping. Keep the macaroni and fries in separate containers until you 're ready to reheat the food for eating. When you make the Keto tuna helper macaroni, you may notice the cheese sauce doesn stick to the shirataki noodles quite as it would stick to traditional wheat or egg pasta. Since shirataki noodles don include any wheat flour or gluten, they don have the same texture as regular pasta. Unfortunately, there has yet to be an alternative pasta that mimics traditional pasta perfectly. However, the macaroni shape of the shirataki noodles will help you transport all that cheesy tuna goodness to your mouth! If you don own an air fryer, you can still make this Keto recipe using your oven. For the zucchini fries, follow the directions up until the cooking instructions. Preheat an oven to 400 degrees, and arrange the breaded zucchini fries on a sheet tray lined with parchment paper. Bake the fries for about 20 minutes, rotating them halfway through the cooking time. Look for the same signs of doneness as instructed in the directions. Jessica L.
Our Keto Birthday Cake is made with a delicious low-carb vanilla cake that is moist, flavorful, and sweet! The birthday cake is layered with two layers of our vanilla cake, sandwiched with our fluffy Keto vanilla buttercream. The cake is frosted on all sides and then topped with sugar-free sprinkles and edible flowers. No, you do not have to use edible flowers, but they are a low carb and Keto option that are super pretty too! To make the best Keto buttercream, you must start with room temperature butter. You must also use powdered erythritol or a powdered erythritol blend. Combine the butter and powdered erythritol in a stand mixer and beat with a paddle attachment for 8-10 minutes. Be sure to beat the frosting for the entire length of time, making sure to scrape the mixture down several times. Beating the frosting for the whole time incorporates air, so make for the fluffiest frosting! Once the two layers of cake have been placed together, frost the outside of the cake with a very thin layer of frosting. The thin layer of frosting will serve as the \
Sandwiches are an essential part of any Keto tea party, and these low-carb deviled egg open-sandwiches will leave your guests oohing and aahing. This Keto finger food consists of perfectly soft low-carb bread circles topped with egg white rings and a rich piping of egg yolk mixture. They are complex in their flavor and texture, leaving you wanting more. While you don HAVE to bake a bread loaf to prepare these Keto tea party sandwiches, we recommend baking this specific loaf because it holds well and will look nice and neat. This loaf is prepared with vital wheat gluten, which yields bread that doesn crumble when sliced. Absolutely! If baking a fresh loaf of bread for Keto tea party sandwich recipes seems like a hassle to you, then, by all means, use your preferred low-carb sandwich bread, especially if you re gluten-free. Since this deviled egg sandwich recipe requires you to cut round pieces from the slices, there will be a lot of leftover bread. We recommend putting it to use in other recipes like bread pudding. You can also use them as croutons for your salad, or dry them in the oven and blitz them up to make Keto bread crumbs. Absolutely! Keto tea party recipes are meant to be prepared in advance. However, since the egg yolks will dry and look unappetizing if left in the fridge, we recommend preparing all the elements and assembling before serving. While it is a no-no to add sugar to any low-carb recipe, this recipe is an exception. The yeast will feed on the sugar and produce carbon dioxide, aka the bubbles that cause bread and baked goods to rise. So basically, the yeast will activate by consuming the sugar, leaving you none.
This easy ultimate Keto chicken recipe is perfect for pairing with a simple side dish or incorporating into meal prep recipes. Bite-sized pieces of white breast meat chicken are quickly pan-fried and then coated in a rich, buttery honey garlic sauce. The sauce has mild, pleasant flavors, giving the chicken a glossy, sweet, and savory coating. Serve the honey garlic chicken over a bed of steamed cauliflower rice or a mix of Keto stir-fried vegetables like bok choy, julienned peppers and zucchini, and mushrooms. For those who enjoy spicy dishes, add a sprinkle of crushed red pepper. Garnish with sesame seeds, chopped green onion, chopped parsley, or a pinch of freshly grated ginger root. Chinese takeout dishes are famous for their thickened, sweet, and sticky sauces. To make a Keto-friendly version, it's important to understand the science behind these sauces. Traditional sticky sauces use white or brown sugar, which are hygroscopic. To mimic this, use the natural sugars in ingredients like soy sauce, lemon juice, and honey. A non-clumping Keto flour and butter will thicken the sauce to a velvety texture, and you can adjust the sweetness with liquid stevia. Chicken breast is an affordable and lean choice, but thigh meat can also be used for a richer flavor. Remember that chicken breast contains about 4 grams of fat per 100 grams, while chicken thighs have about 8 grams. You can increase the fat content of the dish by adding butter to the sauce and incorporating healthy fats and oils into the other components of the meal.
If you s looking for a comforting, hot meal, don t pass up this Keto dinner recipe! It also works well as a meal prepping recipe with tons of savory flavors. A big skillet of juicy chicken thighs, chunky bacon, and saucy mushrooms are bathed in a layered gravy. Each serving can get a full chicken thigh with a few bites of bacon and about a quarter-cup of mushrooms and sauce. If that wasn t enough, this recipe includes the Carb Manager Romano Creamed Spinach side dish. Pair your meal with a thick, creamy, cheesy heap of creamed spinach. It s simply seasoned with garlic, pepper, and fresh romano cheese. Add your favorite creamed spinach flavorings to pair the Keto meal to your tastes. It s actually pretty easy to convert this recipe into a Keto meal prep you can enjoy throughout your week. You may make the creamed spinach in large batches. After fully cooling, you can portion and freeze the creamed spinach. This way, you can quickly prepare however much you desire for your meal prepping that week. Simply reheat in a pan over low heat, making sure you stir to avoid burning the spinach. With the side dish out of the way, you can make the chicken bacon mushroom skillet on your meal prepping day. The chicken cooks up quickly, and the sauce thickens up quickly too. Portion the chicken in your meal prep containers and add in your cooked creamed spinach. Creamed spinach is a great side dish that is Keto-friendly and delicious without having to change anything about the traditional way to make it. If you have a family recipe for creamed spinach, feel free to incorporate your favorite flavors. You can add onion powder or a seasoning mix. Just watch out for extra salt, since it is already a salty dish. If you can t get your hands on romano cheese, parmesan cheese works just as well. You could substitute in some of your favorite white cheeses as well to put your own twist on the Keto creamed spinach. Jessica L.
This delicious lunch or dinner is great for meal prepping or whenever you You're looking for a lighter-tasting meal. Don 't worry, this dish tastes "light" but has plenty of healthy fat sources for your Keto diet. Jumbo shrimp are rolled in a breading made of low-carb almond flour and real coconut flakes. Then, they 're fried in your air fryer, keeping your cooking time under 15 minutes. The coconut shrimp are tossed or dipped in a spicy honey sauce made with mayonnaise and Sriracha. Served on the side is a wilted spinach salad. Fresh spinach or your favorite type of dark leafy green is wilted with hot garlic oil. Then, it 's dressed in a super-fresh avocado-lime dressing. You can also use your spicy honey sauce on your spinach salad. If you 're storing leftovers or meal prepping, follow these couple of tips. If you 're just storing leftovers, keep the shrimp and salad separate if you want to re-heat the shrimp. However, the shrimp also taste good cold! For meal prepping, you will also store the shrimp and salad separately from each other, and you will also need to keep the avocado dressing in its own separate container. You can warm up your spinach salad if you desire, or just add the dressing to it cold when you 're ready to eat. Paleo flour blends are great for dusting foods you want to fry in an air fryer or in oil. The super-fine consistency is as close as you can get to typical wheat flour. If you can 't find this style of flour at your grocery store, you can substitute it with additional almond flour. It 's recommended you use the finest ground almond flour you can find, and you may feel inclined to grind the almond flour down more in a food processor before you use it. This will help your shrimp cook up light and crispy without the breading lumping together or falling off. Jessica L.
Life can truly be simple and sweet! These addictive thumbprint "cookies" are drizzled in chocolate. The base is Carb Manager Tart Dough (prepared in advance). Light, flaky, and a little sweet - perfect! - Jessica L.
These stuffed onion bombs are packed with flavorful ground beef, encased in a juicy sweet onion shell, and wrapped in smoky bacon. They can also be cooked on a grill, perfect for barbecues.
These amaretti cookies are full of delicious almond flavor and are brown on the outside and yields to a soft, chewy center. I then top these with a dusting of powdered erythritol so it looks like confectioners sugar on top! They are so fun, I hope you enjoy them too.
