Being on a diet and feeding a family can be hard. It can be even harder to feed your family when you are busy with taking kids to events or sports and work and other things are making a demand on your time. Thankfully, the keto diet will not only feed your family recipes that they will adore, you will also be able to make many of them in 30 minutes or less. Keto friendly recipes are everywhere and many of them are actually very easy to make.
Gone will be the days of struggling to figure out what to make for dinner on short notice! You will have no trouble at all making yummy meals in thirty minutes or less with this list of handy dandy recipes!
The keto diet allows you to eat fats and proteins and just asks you to reduce carbs significantly. This means that cheese, meats and many other yummy foods that will make you feel like you never started to diet at all!
5 Keto Friendly Recipes you can Make
Chicken Fajita Skillet
Who doesn’t love fajitas! This keto friendly recipes is easy and cooks up in less than a half an hour!
Ingredients
- 4 small chicken breasts cut into cubes
- 2 bell peppers cut into strips
- 1 medium onion minced
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- 1/3 C tomato sauce
- 1 packet fajita seasoning
- 2 tbsp oil
- ¼ C low-sodium chicken broth
- ½ cup shredded mozzarella
- Freshly chopped cilantro and parsley
Instructions
- Season chicken breasts with salt and pepper and 1 tsp fajita seasoning on both sides.
- In large skillet, heat up a tbsp oil.
- Add chicken breasts and cook until browned—about 4 mins each side.
- Transfer to plate.
- Add the rest of the oil to pan and cook onion and bell pepper until crisp and tender. Then add fajita seasoning and cook until onion is translucent.
- Deglaze chicken broth and add tomato sauce and cream cheese.
- Mix to combine until smooth while simmering for 2-3 minutes. If sauce gets too thick, add more brother.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Add cooked chicken breasts back to the skillet. Reheat for 2-3 minutes.
- Serve garnished with parsley and shredded mozzarella and red chili pepper flakes. Serve over cauliflower rice or zucchini noodles!
Cauliflower Casserole with Broccoli and Bacon
Ingredients
- 8 slices bacon fried until crispy
- ½ large head of cauliflower cut into florets
- ½ large head broccoli cut into florets
- 1 tbsp mayonnaise
- ½ C sour cream
- ½ C Cream cheese softened
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- 2 C shredded cheddar and Monterrey Jack mix
- 3 tbsp chopped parsley
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 370.
- Fry bacon in large skillet until crispy and crumbly. Drain fat and remove.
- Steam cauliflower and broccoli until tender or put in microwave with I C water for 7 to 8 minutes.
- Combine sour cream, mayonnaise, cream cheese and black pepper in large bowl.
- Add steamed cauliflower and broccoli florets, half of the bacon and 1 C cheese mix. Add half parsley as well and combine.
- Move to baking dish that has been lightly oiled. Top with remaining cheese and other half of the bacon.
- Cover baking dish with foil and bake for 20 minutes.
- Remove foil and cook for another 5-10 minutes.
- Enjoy!
Tuscan Chicken with Cauliflower Rice
This savory and creamy dish will make you shocked that it is a keto friendly recipes! Your whole family will love it!
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breasts sliced into cutlets
- 2 tsp oil
- 5 garlic cloves diced
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 small yellow onion diced
- 1/3 C chicken broth
- 5 oz sun-dried tomato in oil. Drain the oil.
- 1 ¾ C heavy cream
- Salt and pepper
- 3 C baby spinach leaves
- ½ C grated Parmesan
- 1 tbsp parsley, chopped
- 3 C steam cauliflower riced
Instructions
- Steam cauliflower rice in microwave safe bowl covered, with ½ C water. Set aside.
- Heat oil in skillet over medium heat.
- Season chicken with salt and pepper and sear in pan for 5 mins each side or until cooked through.
- Remove from pan and set aside
- In same pan, melt butter into leftover cooking juices
- Add garlic and fry for one minute.
- Add onion and stir fry until translucent.
- Pour in chicken broth and allow to reduce slightly.
- Add sun-dried tomatoes and fry for 1-2 minutes.
- Reduce heat to low and add heavy cream. Simmer while stirring occasionally. Season with salt ad pepper.
- Add baby spinach and allow to wilt in the sauce.
- Add Parmesan cheese.
- Allow sauce to summer and thicken while cheese melts
- Add chicken breasts back to pan and sprinkle with parsley.
- Serve over cauliflower rice and enjoy!
Salad in a Jar – Keto Friendly Recipes
Ingredients
- 1 oz leafy greens
- ½ scallion sliced
- 1 carrot
- 1 avocado
- 4 oz smoke salmon or rotisserie chicken
- 1 oz red bell pepper
- 1 oz cherry tomatoes
- ¼ C mayonnaise
Instructions
- Shred lettuce and chop veggies.
- Put leady greens at bottom of jar.
- Add scallion, carrot, avocado, bell pepper and tomato in layers.
- Top with protein of choice.
- Add mayo right before eating.
- Enjoy!
Chicken and Cabbage Plate – Keto Friendly Recipes
Ingredients
- 1 lb rotisserie chicken
- 7 oz fresh green cabbage
- ½ red onion
- 1 tbsp oil
- ½ C mayonnaise
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- Shred cabbage with sharp knife and put on plate.
- Slice onion thin and add to plate.
- Add chicken with large dollop of mayonnaise.
- Drizzle oil over the cabbage and add salt and pepper.
- Enjoy!
These great keto friendly recipes are so delicious that you won’t feel like you are dieting at all! Best of all, your family and friends will be able to eat these recipes along with you and will be amazed that they fit into your diet! Keto is truly the best diet and you will be shocked at how easy it is to follow!
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