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Keto Fried Chicken and Broccoli

Keto Fried Chicken and Broccoli

Not sure what to make for a quick weeknight meal?  Try this pan-fried chicken and broccoli skillet dinner.  It's simple to create with just a few ingredients.  Juicy chicken thighs are pan-seared in melted butter, then broccoli is fried in the same pan to round out this healthy meal. We kept the seasoning simple with butter, salt, and pepper.  It's nice to only have one pan to clean up and to know that you can get dinner on the table in just 20 minutes.  That makes this also an easy meal ...

Best Low Carb Rice Substitutes for Keto

Best Low Carb Rice Substitutes for Keto

Some of the most delicious dishes feature rice as a key ingredient. Risotto, fried rice, paella, and sushi, for example, all rely on this starch-filled grain, but are there any rice varieties that won’t pack on the carbs? Unfortunately, the answer is no.  If you’re on a non-keto low-carb or standard ketogenic diet, you should avoid rice for optimal results. That being said, you can still get your rice fix by using low-carb substitutes and keto recipes. Let’s begin our journey through the ...

Eating Italian Food On Keto: What to Eat/Avoid, Restaurant Tips, and Recipes

Eating Italian Food On Keto: What to Eat/Avoid, Restaurant Tips, and Recipes

No matter where you travel in Italy, it seems like they have cracked the code on good cooking. Whether you have pasta, pizza, salad, lasagna, soup, or dessert, you can’t go wrong with authentic Italian food. Unfortunately, many of the best dishes are filled with starchy foods, flour, or sugar. This can make it challenging to satisfy your craving for Italian food on keto. Find out exactly which foods to avoid when making delicious Italian food. However, this doesn’t mean you have to give up ...

Keto Egg Roll in a Bowl (Crack Slaw)

Keto Egg Roll in a Bowl (Crack Slaw)

Egg rolls are delicious. They're crispy, packed full of flavor, and easy to eat, but they are far from being keto-friendly. At first, I thought it would be impossible to emulate an egg roll on keto. However, when I took the first bite of this egg roll in a bowl (AKA crack slaw), I forgot all about the wrapper. Now, whenever the craving hits, I know I can whip up a keto egg roll in a bowl in half the time it takes to get takeout. Are Egg Rolls Keto? Egg rolls are not keto-friendly.  They ...

Keto Beef and Broccoli

Keto Beef and Broccoli

There are hundreds of keto dishes, but only a handful will become tried-and-true keto staples. Our keto beef and broccoli stir fry recipe is the perfect example of this. Not only will it satisfy your craving for Chinese takeout, but it is so easy-to-make and delicious that you’ll feel like a professional chef after each flavorful bite. Just hold sugar, let the keto-friendly ingredients work their magic, and you’ll experience exactly what I mean with this simple keto beef and broccoli ...

Keto Hummus

Keto Hummus

The creamy deliciousness of hummus is hard to resist. Unfortunately, so are the high-carb ingredients. Most hummus products and recipes rely on chickpeas (garbanzo beans) — a legume with ~5 grams of net carbs per ounce. This renders what could be a keto-friendly dip into something that is difficult to fit into the keto diet. Rather than avoiding hummus altogether, we’ve decided to convert it to the keto side. With this recipe, we’ll show you how to make keto hummus without the ...

Keto Ham and Broccoli Creamy Casserole

Keto Ham and Broccoli Creamy Casserole

I've been in the mood for a classic, homestyle, casserole and this recipe really fits the bill. This easy weeknight dinner features broccoli and ham mixed up with a flavorful cream sauce composed of cream cheese, mayo, and full-fat Greek yogurt. If you prefer, you can substitute sour cream for the yogurt. If you make a ham for a holiday celebration, this is the perfect way to use up some of those leftovers. A shredded rotisserie chicken would be a great budget option for this recipe as ...

Dirty, Lazy Keto vs. Clean Keto: Should You Go Clean?

Dirty, Lazy Keto vs. Clean Keto: Should You Go Clean?

We all naturally fall somewhere on the spectrum between squeaky clean keto and dirty lazy keto — even if we aren’t aware of it. The way of eating that you end up following ultimately depends on two crucial factors: (1) how healthy, sustainable, and effective the diet is for you and  (2) the values that drive your decisions (e.g.,  your budget, your health, religious beliefs, environmental/animal welfare concerns, and anything else that you prioritize when making a decision about what to ...

Our 25 Favorite Keto Chicken Recipes

Our 25 Favorite Keto Chicken Recipes

Chicken dishes are so popular that they are the third most widely consumed food in America, following closely behind grain-based desserts and yeast breads. In other words, chicken is the most widely consumed keto-friendly food in the United States. Most chicken dishes, however, come with a carb-rich side like rice or potatoes or chicken that is breaded with high carb ingredients, making a high-protein keto food into an unhealthy meal. Fortunately, there are many low-carb vegetables and keto ...

Zero Carb Food List that Keeps Keto and Ketosis Simple

Zero Carb Food List that Keeps Keto and Ketosis Simple

Keeping carbohydrate intake low is the key to keto diet success. When carb intake is too high, we simply cannot enter ketosis and experience the unique benefits of keto. However, this doesn’t mean that you have to rigidly track your carbohydrate intake at all times. In fact, many keto dieters are able to stay in ketosis by using one simple strategy: Eating mostly keto-friendly foods that have little to no net carbs (i.e., digestible carbs that reduce ketone production). Although it may ...