Easy Keto Living

Name: Keto Cucumber Salad Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Dinner
Ingredients: 1 Cucumber, sliced; 1/4 to 1/2 Red Onion, peeled and diced; 1-2 Tablespoons Fresh Lemon Juice; 1/4 Cup Sour Cream

15 Quick Keto Desserts Recipes

February 16, 2023 by Easy Keto Living

15 Quick Keto Desserts Recipes – How to make easy low carb friendly dessert treats in minutes – including the best chocolate mousse, no bake desserts and cookies to satisfy your sweet cravings.

Quick Keto Desserts Recipes

These quick keto desserts recipes are all super easy to prepare and will satisfy your sweet tooth, while helping you stay on a keto diet plan and achieving your health and weight loss goals.

Each easy recipe has only a handful of simple ingredients, take only a few steps, mere minutes to prepare and are naturally low in net carbs.

1. Fresh Strawberries and Cream

Fresh strawberries and whipped heavy cream

This is the ultimate, super quick and healthy keto dessert. Simply pop a portion of keto lifestyle friendly fresh berries into a bowl and then top with plenty of freshly whipped heavy whipping cream.

2. Fat Bombs

Chocolate fat bombs recipe - quick keto desserts

Keto chocolate fat bombs are a brilliant way to help you meet your daily fat macros. This easy recipe has only 2 ingredients – keto friendly dark chocolate (like this one) and luxurious mascarpone cheese.

The ingredients are gently melted together then the melted chocolate is poured into your mold of choice before spending some time in the fridge hardening. Then, it’s just a matter of popping out a fat bomb when sweet cravings strike you.

3. Easy Keto Chocolate Mousse

This chocolate mousse with cream cheese makes a speedy alternative to a ketogenic diet cheesecake, that really tastes like the real thing – but with very little effort.

Simply whisk heavy cream until just starting to form stiff peaks, then add sweetener and cocoa powder into the whipped cream and whisk until smooth. Finally, whisk in cream cheese until you have the perfect, creamy, indulgent dessert.

The best part is that you can enjoy the dessert straight away or pop it into the fridge to further thicken and chill to serve after a low carb meal or on special occasions.

4. Almond Flour Cookies

These keto almond flour cookies have only 4 ingredients – almond flour, an egg white, vanilla extract and stevia or your low carb sweetener of choice that you usually use in place of regular sugar.

You just quickly whisk the ingredients together, drop a teaspoon of cookie dough per cookie onto a cookie sheet and then bake until golden.

Then, allow the keto treats to cool before devouring as part of your healthy lifestyle.

5. Keto Cheesecake

To make this creamy keto cheesecake, all of the basic ingredients are simply combined together in a large bowl and then whisked with an electric mixer until you have a smooth cream cheese mixture.

Then it’s just a matter of pouring the cheesecake batter into a baking tin that’s well lined with overlapping parchment paper and baking until golden and set.

Allow to cool then pop the impressive cheesecake into the fridge to chill and enjoy the low-carb diet friendly dessert when sweet cravings strike.

6. Brownies With Coconut Flour

Quick keto desserts recipe - chocolate brownies

These fudgy keto brownies make the perfect bite sized low carb treats. Coconut flour is the flour of choice to help bind the dessert together while keeping them keto diet friendly.

The full recipe has both cocoa powder and sugar free chocolate chips, making them a chocolate lovers dream.

7. No Bake Cookies

These keto peanut butter cookies need no baking, are loaded with healthy fats and are really easy to make.

The quick keto desserts are made by combining together nuts and coconut in a large bowl, then melting together peanut butter, stevia and butter or coconut oil, before combining everything together and dropping a tablespoon of cookie dough per cookie onto a lined cookie sheet.

Then, these cookies don’t require any baking, but rather setting in the fridge before enjoying by the perfect bite full.

8. 3 Ingredient Chocolate Truffles – Quick Keto Desserts

These are the easiest ever keto truffles recipe to make, have only 3 ingredients and will help you meet your macros thanks to containing healthy keto fats.

To make the quick keto dessert, break low carb friendly chocolate up into a bowl, heat butter can heavy cream until warm, then pour the creamy mixture over the chopped chocolate and mix until melted.

Instead of allowing to cool and then rolling into balls, I find it much quicker and easier to pour the truffle mixture into a lined container that’s then popped into the fridge and the truffles are cut into indulgent bite sized squares when set.

9. Chocolate Bark

Quick Keto Desserts Recipe - Dark Chocolate Bark

Part keto chocolate candy, part nourishing fat bomb, this keto chocolate bark sweet treat is irresistible no matter which way you look at it.

Dark chocolate, butter and stevia, or your sugar substitutes of choice, are melted together, poured onto parchment paper and then dotted with protein rich almonds.

Then, the simple recipe is cooled before being snapped into the perfect delicious treats.

10. Keto Chocolate Cake

Low carb keto chocolate cake recipe - quick keto desserts

This Keto Chocolate Cake is a rich, indulgent treat that’s quick, easy to prepare and perfect to serve on birthdays or at special occasions.

To make one of the best low carb desserts, all of the simple ingredients are whisked together in one bowl before being baked to chocolate perfection. Then, smother with the suggested chocolate ganache in the recipe or you can top with your favorite keto frosting recipe.

11. Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting

Keto Cream Cheese Frosting With Chocolate

I’ve shared both chocolate and vanilla extract flavored cream cheese frosting recipes that are perfect enjoyed as a topping for baked treats that are low in grams of net carbs.

Make the delicious dessert by blending together room temperature butter and cream cheese together with vanilla extract and your favorite keto sweetener of choice.

Use straight away or blend in cocoa powder for chocolate frosting for your favorite easy keto desserts.

12. Keto Ice Cream

Homemade Ice Cream makes delicious keto desserts that you can make ahead and then slowly enjoy as a keto snack or treat.

I’ve shared easy, homemade no churn recipes for both chocolate and vanilla ice cream that make creamy, dreamy bowl fulls.

13. No Bake Cheesecake

This easy keto cheesecake recipe needs no baking to create an impressive dessert to satisfy your taste buds.

Simply create a base of chopped nuts and melted butter, then while the crust sets in the fridge, get to work whisking up your no bake cheesecake filling by blending together heavy cream, cream cheese, lemon and your sweetener of choice.

Then it’s just a matter of pouring the creamy filling over the prepared base and giving it time in the fridge to set before cutting it into the perfect bite sized cheesecake pieces.

14. Lemon Mousse

Lemon lovers will adore the great recipe for this luscious low carb lemon mousse. It has only 4 ingredients and comes together really effortlessly.

Whisk heavy whipping cream until starting to thicken, then whisk in lemon juice, lemon zest, sweetener and full-fat cream cheese until you have one of the easiest keto dessert treats that lemon lovers will adore.

15. Hot Chocolate – Quick Keto Desserts

Quick keto desserts recipes - hot chocolate with whipped cream

Indulgent, warming, creamy hot chocolate makes a super quick keto friendly treat that you can make for one or serve to a crowd.

It’s one of my best keto desserts and my version includes heating together almond milk, coconut milk or your milk of choice, together with heavy cream and keto chocolate until you have a warm pool of chocolatey goodness that you can then pour out and top with even more heavy whipping cream.

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Are Green Beans Keto

February 14, 2023 by Easy Keto Living

Are Green Beans Keto Friendly? Can you have green beans on a low carb diet? Total net carbs in green beans and an easy green bean recipe idea.

Are Green Beans Keto Friendly?

If you’re wondering are green beans keto friendly, then this blog post will answer that question.

And the answer is – Yes! Green beans, sometimes known as string beans or snap beans are very nourishing low-carb beans, providing a good source of vitamins and minerals.

With their high fiber content, they are one of those low-carb vegetables that are tasty and great in keeping your carb count low. Especially important when following a strict keto diet, regardless of whether you have fresh green beans or frozen green beans.

How Many Carbs In Green Beans?

The nutritional content per 100g serving of green beans is as follows:

Calories 35
Total Fat 0.3g (saturated fat 0.1g)
Grams of total carbs 7.9g
Grams of fiber 3.2g
Grams of net carbs 4.7 g
Sugars 3.2g
Grams of protein 1.9g

As a typical serving size is often a cup of green beans, below is the nutritional macronutrient breakdown for a cup of green beans if you’d prefer.

Calories 44
Total Fat 0.4g (saturated fat 0.1g)
Grams of total carbs 9.9g
Grams of fiber 4g
Grams of net carbs 5.9g
Sugars 4.5g
Grams of protein 2.4g

Apart from the low carb beans green beans and black soybeans. The general rule is that all other varieties of beans and legumes (when following a low carb diet) are off limits due to the high grams of carbs found within them.

Below is a more detailed list of the types of beans to avoid on a keto or low carb diet.

Baked beans
Black beans
Black-eyed peas
Cannellini beans
Chickpeas
Great Northern beans
Green peas
Kidney beans
Lentils
Lima beans
Navy beans
Pinto beans

Health Benefits

Thanks to being packed full of nutrients there are loads of health benefits to eating green beans, making it an excellent ingredient for a healthy side dish or part of a main course.

For example, thanks to its high vitamin C content, green beans have great antioxidant benefits and helps boost immunity.

Vitamin K is also present which can be hard to acquire naturally even in most healthy diet’s. Vitamin K has been linked to decreasing hardening of the blood vessels, decrease risk of osteoporosis and heart disease. If you include olive oil and some extra egg yolks (both high in vitamin K) it makes it a vitamin K powerhouse.

While I have included a more detailed lists of both vitamins and mineral and its health benefits below. Thanks to green beans thiamine content it has shown to help in weight weight loss and improve metabolic function, part of why green beans are such a good choice while living a ketogenic lifestyle.

Below is a a more comprehensive list of the nutritional micronutrient content of green beans :

Vitamin C
Vitamin K
Vitamins A
Vitamin B1 (thiamine)
Manganese,
Iron,
Potassium,
Folate,
Calcium
Magnesium
Phenol

Green beans health benefits can help with the following health conditions:

Diabetes blood sugar levels
Osteoporosis
Arthrosclerosis – hardening of the blood vessels
Promotes satiety
Lowers cholesterol levels
Boost immune function
Heart disease
Weight loss

Fresh vs Frozen Green Beans

In a study that compared fresh and frozen green beans it found green beans may decrease vitamin C content if in a refrigerator, but increase its vitamin C content if freshly frozen.

Which suggests to me that however you can get hold of them its a good idea to include green beans as part of a healthy diet.

Green Bean Recipe

Here’s an easy low-carb green bean casserole recipe ideal for a low-carb diet or if you want to control your carb intake.

This makes a perfect easy keto side dish if you are wanting to add some healthy green beans or a little bit of green veggies to your eating plan.

1.1lb/500g Green Beans, chopped
1/2 to 1 Onion, peeled and chopped
2-3 Fresh garlic Cloves, peeled and chopped
1/4 to 1/3 Cup Sour Cream or cream cheese
1/4 to 1/3 Cup Cream
1/2 to 1 Cup Grated Cheese such cheddar or parmesan cheese
Add sea salt & white or black pepper, to taste

Preheat the oven to 350F/180C and grease a baking dish.
Heat butter or coconut oil in a frying pan and, when hot, add in the chopped green beans, onion and garlic.
Add in salt and pepper, to taste, then cook for a few minutes, until the vegetables have softened slightly.
Move the cooked vegetables to the prepared baking dish.
Pour over the sour cream, cream and half of the cheese, then stir through until fully combined.
Top the casserole with the rest of the grated cheese, adding more if needed.
Move the casserole to the preheated oven and bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden and cooked through, then serve and enjoy.

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Is Oatmeal Keto Friendly?

February 7, 2023 by Easy Keto Living

Is Oatmeal Keto Friendly? Can you have oats on the low carb ketogenic diet? Net Carbs and an easy recipe idea.

Is Oatmeal Keto Friendly?

Is Oatmeal Keto Friendly? For some there is nothing nicer than having a nice hot bowl of oatmeal topped with your favourite fruit and sweetener. But, is oatmeal keto friendly?

That’s a question I’m often asked by blog readers and followers of a low-carb diet.

If you wish to get into or remain in a state of ketosis, that requires you to have a total of around 25 -50g of net carbs.

Looking at the nutritional data below, a regular oatmeal serving of half a cup (117g) has 12 grams of carbs once you take the dietary fiber into account. That doesn’t even include any extra carbs, depending on the type of milk you may want to add such as unsweetened almond milk or coconut milk.

So while it wouldn’t kick you out of ketosis, you would certainly have to be exceptionally careful the rest of the day. Though, if you intermittent fast in addition to keeping a carb intake suitable for a keto diet, it could certainly be done.

How Many Carbs In Oats?

Oatmeal’s nutritional content for a regular serving of half a cup (117g) is as follows:

Calories 83
Total grams of fat 1.8g (saturated fat 0.4g)
Grams of carbs 14g
Grams of fiber 2g
Grams of net carbs (total carbs – fiber) 12g
Sugars 0.3g
Protein 3g

Are Oats A Keto Friendly Food?

As mentioned above while oatmeal technically could be allowed in small enough amounts, it certainly pushes the boundaries of an acceptable carb count.

And, if you’re like me and you find that 30 grams of carbohydrates is your nutritional ketosis limit, I would have to say if you have three meals a day oatmeal is not keto-friendly. Particularly if you want a low carb breakfast to start your day with.

While that may be bad news, the good news is there are plenty of oatmeal alternatives to choose from.

Here are the following keto-friendly food alternatives instead:

Chia seeds
Flaxseeds
Hemp seeds
Almond flour
Coconut flour
Nut Butter

Chia Seeds

A typical serving of chia seeds is per tablespoon or tbsp (12g)

Calories 58
Total grams of fat 3.7g (0.4g saturated)
Grams of carbs 5.1g
Dietary fiber 4.1 g
Net carbs (total carbs – fiber) 1g
Protein 2g

A good source of fiber and healthy fats in the form of omega 3 fatty acids. Omega 3 health benefits have been shown to be helpful in having good cardiovascular health, brain function and in helping weight loss.

Due to chia seeds ability to absorb up to 10 times there weight in liquid they can make some of the easiest oatmeal substitute recipes for a high-fat diet such as the keto diet.

Flax Seeds

Flaxseeds per tsp (10g)

Calories 55
Total grams of fat 4.3g (0.4g saturated)
Grams of carbs 3g
Dietary fiber 2.8 g
Net carbs (total carbs – fiber) 0.2g
Protein 1.9g

Full of healthy fatty acids and fiber they are easy to use for keto breakfast recipes. Evidence suggests that flaxseed health benefits include the prevention of chronic diseases like diabetes heart disease and stroke.

Hemp Seeds

Hemp seeds per tsp (10g)

Calories 55.3
Total grams of fat 5g (0.5g saturated)
Grams of carbs 0.9g
Dietary fiber 0.4 g
Net carbs (total carbs – fiber) 0.5g
Protein 3.2g

With the amount of carbs in hemp seeds being so low, hemp seeds certainly help with keeping your overall carbohydrate intake low. Plus Hemp seeds have all 9 essential amino acids and has evidence it can help with lowering blood pressure and your cholesterol.

Keto Oatmeal Recipe

One of the easiest recipes to make a low-carb oatmeal alternative, when you want that hot cereal taste on a cold morning, is a delicious warming bowl of chocolate “noatmeal”. (Or no oatmeal!)

Here’s the full easy low carb oatmeal recipe for you to enjoy on busy mornings –

1/2 Cup Ricotta Cheese
1/4 Cup Unsweetened Almond Milk
1 Tablespoon Butter
1 Tablespoon Heavy Cream
1 Tablespoon Cocoa Powder
1-2 Tablespoons Stevia or Keto Sweetener

Combine all of the ingredients together in a small saucepan.
Place the saucepan on the stove top over medium heat.
Bring the oatmeal up to the boil and allow to simmer gently for a couple of minutes.
Remove from the heat, pour into a bowl, top with your favorite toppings of choice and enjoy.

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Keto Cucumber Salad Recipe

February 5, 2023 by Easy Keto Living

Keto Cucumber Salad Recipe – The Best Easy Creamy Low Carb Friendly Side Dish Salads Idea With Cucumbers and Sour Cream – with the video tutorial.

Keto Cucumber Salad

This easy keto cucumber salad has only 4 simple ingredients and is quick to throw together.

You can make the creamy salad, pop it into an airtight container and then take it to a potluck or picnic on a hot summer day or serve as a side dish with your favorite low-carb diet meal.

The salad is naturally low in grams of net carbohydrates and is the perfect dish to include in your keto diet plan to help you stay on track and achieve your own personal health and weight loss goals.

Ingredients For The Great Side Dish

The four simple ingredients for the easy recipe

Best of all, all of the ingredients for the delicious salad are easy to find at a local grocery store, and there are lots of ideas for keto friendly ingredients to be able to adapt the salad to your taste and budget. (Especially with the rise of produce prices lately.)

Fresh Cucumbers – you can use any type of cucumber you like including fresh garden cucumbers, regular cucumbers, Persian cucumbers or English cucumbers, and carefully cut the cucumber slices with a sharp knife into round, half moons or cubes for the low-carb cucumber salad.

Red Onion – a quarter to half a red onion is the perfect addition for flavor and crunch to the great recipe, while still keeping is low in g net carbs.

Lemon – fresh lemon juice is added to as a quick salad dressing ingredient in the summer salad.

Feel free to swap the lemon juice for lime juice, apple cider vinegar, red wine vinegar, rice vinegar or white vinegar in the vinaigrette dressing instead.

Sour Cream – is an easy way to add creaminess to the creamy cucumber salad recipe, my choice is to add a luxurious quarter cup of sour cream. You can feel free to swap for mayo or Greek yogurt in the low-carb recipe instead.

Refreshing Side Dish Ingredient Variations

There are lots of other ketogenic diet friendly ingredients that you can add to the low carb salad to adapt the flavors to suit your own tastes and dietary requirements that will complement the crisp cucumbers:

More Fresh Vegetables – consider adding in other vegetables that are low in grams of net carbs such as red peppers, celery, green onions, Kalamata olives or tomatoes to make a cucumber tomato salad.

Cheese – make a cheesy salad by adding in grated cheese, parmesan cheese or crumbled tangy feta cheese to create a Greek cucumber salad.

Herbs – add in any fresh herbs you like from fresh dill, fresh parsley or even fresh mint for the best cucumber salad.

Seasoning – season your salad with your choice from salt, black pepper, red pepper flakes or Italian seasoning.

Sweetness – an easy cucumber salad recipe will often include sugar as a great way to balance the sourness of the dressing. So, feel free to add in a half a teaspoon of your sugar substitute of choice, such as stevia or monk fruit sweetener.

Oil – add extra healthy fats to satisfy your taste buds by drizzling over a little sesame oil, avocado oil or extra virgin olive oil for the perfect combination of flavors.

Nuts & Seeds – elevate the grams of fiber and protein by adding in any nuts and seeds you like including flaked almonds, sunflower seeds or sesame seeds.

how to make low carb creamy salad with sour cream and cucumbers

Keto Cucumber Salad Recipe

1 Cucumber, sliced
1/4 to 1/2 Red Onion, peeled and diced
1-2 Tablespoons Fresh Lemon Juice
1/4 Cup Sour Cream

Place the sliced cucumbers into a large bowl.
Add the diced onion, squeeze over the lemon and pour over the sour cream as the creamy dressing.
Stir well to combine, then serve the crunchy side dish immediately or move to the fridge for a few hours to allow for the flavors to develop, then enjoy within a couple of days.

Keto Cucumber Salad Recipe - The Best Easy Creamy Low Carb Side Dish Salads Idea With Cucumbers and Sour Cream - with the video tutorial.

Low Carb Cucumber Salad Recipe Video

Here’s the video where you can watch the creamy keto cucumber salad being prepared, step by step. Hit play below or click here to watch on YouTube.

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Yield: 4

Keto Cucumber Salad Recipe

Keto Cucumber Salad Recipe – The Best Easy Creamy Low Carb Side Dish Salads Idea With Cucumbers and Sour Cream – with the video tutorial.

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes

Total Time 5 minutes

Ingredients

1 Cucumber, sliced
1/4 to 1/2 Red Onion, peeled and diced
1-2 Tablespoons Fresh Lemon Juice
1/4 Cup Sour Cream

Instructions

Place the sliced cucumbers into a large bowl.
Add the diced onion, squeeze over the lemon and pour over the sour cream.
Stir well to combine, then serve immediately or move to the fridge for a few hours to allow for the flavors to develop, then enjoy within a couple of days.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

4
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 79

Disclaimer – this post is meant for informational post only and should not be construed as medical advice. Please consult with your health professional before making any dietary changes.

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Mediterranean Diet Vs Keto Diet

February 2, 2023 by Easy Keto Living

Mediterranean Diet Vs Keto Diet – what is the difference between the diets? Which is better for you? All you need to know about the differences to help you with your weight loss and health goals.

Mediterranean Diet Vs Keto Diet

When looking at the popular diets of Mediterranean Diet Vs Keto Diet, there are a number of key differences and important factors to consider when choosing an appropriate diet for the particular health benefits that you’re wanting to achieve.

Important Note – please consult with a Registered Dietitian or your healthcare provider of choice before starting a new diet to ensure you are in good overall health and stay that way through your diet journey.

Different Dietary Guidelines

On the surface the main differences being that the ketogenic diet is a high-fat diet with a much lower daily carb intake than the Mediterranean diet. A typical keto meal plan usually being between under 25 to 50 grams of net carbs a day for the average person.

While the Mediterranean diet is a moderate fat diet containing lots of whole grains, lean protein and fresh fruits, but no specific macronutrient limitations.

While all that is true it is not the full picture. So lets delve a little deeper into the two diet plans and see which diet is the better option for you.

Keto Explained

Mediterranean Diet Vs Keto Diet Explained

The ketogenic diet was originally designed for children suffering from epilepsy in the 1920’s as a way to reduce the number of seizures even when on antiseizure medication. Now it has gained popularity as a healthy way to quick weight loss and with long-term adherence helps control your body weight.

The keto or ketogenic part of the diet is so named as when on a very low carb diet for a period of time the body becomes in a state of nutritional ketosis. This means the body uses fats as its primary fuel source instead of glucose.

As your body uses the fat stores as fuel, the body releases acids called ketones which is measurable in the blood and to a less accurate degree in the urine measurable using keto test strips.

For some people the keto diet can achieve rapid weight loss and in the long run a diet very high in heathy fats and very low of carbs is fantastic to lower blood sugar, decrease blood pressure, plus, provide lots of other health benefits.

One of the issues with the keto diet is getting al the essential nutrients your body needs as some fruits can raise your blood sugar levels too high to remain in ketosis. For example fresh fruits such as bananas, apples, and dried fruits like raisins.

One other issue some people experience (at least initially) is the keto flu. This may happen as your body adapts to a daily intake of a high amount of fat and low amount of carbs and can last for around a week or so, but can be avoided by having enough electrolytes in the diet such salt, potassium (found in high amounts mushrooms) and chloride found in lots of leafy greens.

The good news is both these problems can be avoided with the correct planning and food intake as shown in the keto food list below.

The Keto Diet Macros

According to this study, below is the recommended macronutrient content of the keto diet:

10 – 15% Carbs which roughly translates as 20g-50g of carbs per day for most people

20 – 30 % Protein

60 – 70% Healthy Fats

Keto Healthy Benefits

Weight loss
Decreased insulin resistance and increased insulin sensitivity
Anti-inflammatory effect in part due to berry consumption due to berries
Good for the nervous system
Help reduce visceral fat
Lowers triglycerides , improves good cholesterol (HDL cholesterol) and lowers bad cholesterol (low-density lipoprotein)
Improves cardiovascular health as this study suggests

Foods Allowed On Keto Include:

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Meat
Fish (especially fatty fish)
Seafood
Eggs
Non-starchy vegetables
Green leafy vegetables
Berries
Lemons, limes
Coconut
Nuts and seeds
Full-fat diary
Fats like butter, olive oil, coconut oil, ghee, almond oil, peanut oil, sesame oil and fish oil.
Water
Bone broth
Tea like herbal , green tea and black
Distilled spirits
Wines in limited amounts

Food To Avoid

Sugared drinks like sweetened soda’s
Dried fruits in high quantitates eg. dates, dried figs, raisins and apricots etc.
Sugared
Pastries
Cookies
Biscuits
Sweetened yogurts
Ice cream
Starchy food – Bread, pastas
Legumes
Whole grains like quinoa porridge
Rice
No vegetable oils

A keto diet plan has the ultimate goal of keeping carbohydrate intake low enough to get into a state of ketosis while providing all the nutrition you need. Some dieters even measure ketone bodies or ketone levels using keto test strips.

Mediterranean Diet Explained

The Mediterranean diet is based off the traditional eating habits of countries in the Mediterranean region or Mediterranean Basin which, border the Mediterranean Sea such as Greece, Italy, Croatia, France and Spain

Whilst there is no definitive definition of the Mediterranean diet there is a general consensus among researchers that the Mediterranean diet can be good in helping in the prevention of heart disease and heart health in general.

The Mediterranean diet may also help with chronic disease, encourage weight loss, has anti-inflammatory properties and may even help with sleep.

What can you eat on the Mediterranean diet?

As mentioned earlier there no clear rules. However, a table compiled by a literature review of the Mediterranean diet found a list of the following foods.

Foods Allowed

Olive oil
Vegetables
Fruits
Bread and cereals
Legumes
Nuts
Fish/Seafood
Eggs
Poultry
Dairy products
Red meat
Red wine

The reported macronutrient composition or macros of the Mediterranean diet are approximately 37% Fat, 43% Carbohydrate and around 20% Protein.

As you can see from the above list the Mediterranean diet keeps processed foods to a minimum and is high in whole foods and especially whole grains. Making it quite the contrast to low-carbohydrate diets such as the ketogenic diet.

Some studies suggest that following the Mediterranean diet can lower risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD).

One study on the effects of the Mediterranean diet on Type II diabetes mellitus suggests there may be a beneficial effect on monitoring blood glucose levels, though the finding were inconclusive.

There are suggestions that the Mediterranean diet may help with concentration and brain function. One study points to an association between the Mediterranean diet and brain cognition, though the findings do not point a a clear cause and effect relationship.

Mediterranean Diet Vs Keto – Which Is The Best Diet?

So, what’s the best diet for you? With the biggest difference being carb intake, it’s really up to you how low you’re prepared to go both in the short and long term.

You may even prefer to swap from one to the other and back again over time as it suits your own goals and circumstances.

Low Carb Mediterranean Diet Recipes

Mediterranean Diet Vs Keto Diet - Breakfast Hash

Here are some recipes to give you taste of the best of both of the most popular diets.

Breakfast – start your day with a cheesy or veggie filled keto breakfast hash as pictured above, fried eggs, scramble or omelette. (Here are omelette ideas.) Or, you could make a chia pudding or smoothie with low carb Mediterranean ingredients.

Salad – there are so many nutritious salads that are both keto and Mediterranean diet friendly. Choose from spinach and pine nut salad, creamy broccoli salad, Halloumi salad and avocado and feta salad.

Soup – a warming bowl of soup makes a hearty meal any time of the day and an easy way to include plenty of healthy vegetables in your diet. Choose from cauliflower soup, vegetable soup, zucchini soup and broccoli and cheese soup.

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Fish and Seafood – include smoked salmon or tuna with your breakfast or lunch meal or make a tuna mornay, tuna salad or a cheesy tuna broccoli casserole.

Chicken – there are a number of tasty chicken meals that are both keto and Mediterranean diet friendly. Choose from Keto Fried Chicken, Chicken Bake and Crispy Chicken Thighs.

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Keto Cream Cheese Desserts

January 31, 2023 by Easy Keto Living

Keto Cream Cheese Desserts – The 7 Best Easy Low Carb Dessert Recipes – including no bake, chocolate, mousse and cheesecake sweet treats.

Keto Cream Cheese Desserts

These 7 easy keto cream cheese desserts are all dreamy, creamy desserts that include simple ingredients and will satisfy your sweet tooth while being low carb and ketogenic diet approved.

For each of the great desserts, you can feel free to use the low carb friendly sweetener that you usually include when keto recipes call for added sugar.

Choose from stevia, monk fruit sweetener or any other alternative to regular sugar that you usually include in your diet.

1. Keto Diet Cream Cheese Frosting

I’ve shared both chocolate and vanilla extract flavored cream cheese frosting recipes that are perfect enjoyed as a topping for baked treats that are low in grams of net carbs.

Make the easy dessert by blending together room temperature butter and cream cheese together with vanilla extract and your keto sweetener of choice.

Use straight away or blend in cocoa powder for chocolate frosting to smother your sweet treat with.

2. Low Carb Cheesecake

To make this creamy low carb cheesecake that tastes just like a regular cheesecake, all of the ingredients are simply combined together in a large bowl and then whisked with an electric mixer until you have a smooth cream cheese mixture.

Then it’s just a matter of pouring the cheesecake batter into a baking tin that’s well lined with overlapping parchment paper and baking until golden and set.

Allow to cool then pop the glorious cheesecake into the fridge to chill and enjoy the low-carb diet friendly dessert when sweet cravings strike, you can even top your slice with a portion of fresh berries if you’d like to enjoy the creamy texture and healthy fats along with some nutritious berry goodness.

3. Chocolate Mousse With Cream Cheese

This chocolate mousse with cream cheese makes a speedy alternative to a cheesecake, that really tastes like the real thing – but with very little effort required to easily satisfy your chocolate cravings.

Simply whisk heavy cream until just starting to form stiff peaks, then add sweetener and cocoa powder into the whipped cream and whisk until smooth.

Finally, whisk in cream cheese until you have the perfect, creamy, indulgent dessert.

The best part is that you can enjoy the dessert straight away or pop it into the fridge to further thicken and chill.

4. Low Carb Lemon Mousse

The great recipe for this luscious low carb lemon mousse has only 4 ingredients and comes together really effortlessly.

5. Fudge

This keto fudge recipe makes the perfect treat when you’re craving dark chocolate and don’t feel like doing any keto baking.

The easy recipe combines together low carb friendly chocolate like sugar-free chocolate chips, cream, butter, sweetener and a portion of a block of cream cheese into decadent bite sized treats that you can store in an airtight container to grab when sweet cravings strike and to help you stay on plan.

6. No Bake Keto Cheesecake

This easy keto cheesecake recipe needs no baking to create an impressive dessert.

Then it’s just a matter of pouring the creamy filling over the prepared base and giving it time in the fridge to set before cutting it into the perfect bite sized cheesecake pieces.

7. Berry Mousse

Keto Cream Cheese Desserts - Strawberry Mousse

A berry mousse makes light and creamy simple keto desserts. Choose from keto lifestyle friendly strawberry or raspberry mousse desserts that each have only 4 simple ingredients – berries, cream, cream cheese and your keto sweetener of choice.

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Keto Custard With Chocolate Recipe

January 26, 2023 by Easy Keto Living

Keto Custard With Chocolate Recipe – How to make an easy low carb sugar free no bake dessert pudding that’s the perfect decadent sweet treat.

Keto Custard With Chocolate

This keto custard with chocolate makes a wonderful way to enjoy the old fashioned dessert that will satisfy your sweet tooth and chocolate cravings.

The best part is that the easy recipe comes together really quickly and you can enjoy the creamy dessert warm straight from the stove or allow to chill and then indulge over the next couple of days.

I love experimenting with low carb desserts and I’ve been enjoying adapting different types of custards lately to be ketogenic friendly. This easy version is pure chocolatey goodness and makes a welcome change to a vanilla custard that you may be used to.

You can serve the whole thing from one serving bowl or move to smaller ramekins or custard cups for the perfect individual dessert that you could serve at a special occasion or even Valentine’s Day.

Essential Ingredients For The Easy Dessert

Here are the simple ingredients that you’ll need to create the easy keto custard recipe:

Almond Milk – use unsweetened almond milk to ensure that the recipe is low carb diet friendly. You can feel free to swap for unsweetened coconut milk, cashew milk or any other keto friendly milk that you usually include in your diet.

Heavy Cream – use heavy cream to create a rich custard mixture. You can feel free to swap for heavy whipping cream, double cream or any other whole milk cream you like. Or, swap to coconut cream or another dairy-free option to make the traditional custard a dairy free dessert.

Stevia – is my keto diet sweetener of choice that I like to include in my main ingredients. Feel free to swap for monk fruit sweetener or any other sweetener options you usually include in your keto lifestyle.

Cocoa Powder – yes there are two chocolate ingredients in this recipe, each bringing rich chocolatey goodness to the creamy custard. In this instance, you can use cocoa powder or cacao powder, depending on what you have in your pantry.

You can also feel free to add in half a teaspoon of vanilla extract or a pinch of sea salt to further enhance the flavor of the dessert.

Eggs – whole eggs are whisked into the dessert mixture, making it really easy so that you don’t even have fuss with separating egg yolks from egg whites.

Dark Chocolate – use decadent 85% or 90% dark chocolate to make sure that the low carb custard recipe is as low in sugar and net carbs as possible.

Unsalted Butter – butter is added to create a silky smooth texture and add richness to the best keto custard. Make is dairy free by using a dairy free butter alternative.

Keto Custard Recipe With Chocolate

1 Cup Almond Milk
1/2 Cup Cream
2 Tablespoons Stevia or your low carb sweetener of choice
1 Tablespoon Cocoa Powder
2 Large Eggs
2 ounces/50g Low Carb Chocolate, chopped
2 ounces/50g Unsalted Butter, chopped

Pour the almond milk and cream into a small sized saucepan.
Place the saucepan on the stove top over low heat.
Warm the cream mixture until heated through but not yet simmering.
Meanwhile, combine together the stevia, cocoa powder and eggs in a large bowl.
Once the almond milk and cream has warmed, pour over the chocolate and egg mixture and quickly whisk in.
Quickly add in the chocolate and chopped butter and whisk to combine.
Clean the small saucepan out and then pour the custard mixture back into the cleaned out saucepan.
Place the saucepan back over the low heat on the stove and gently bring up to a boil, whisking the custard continuously until it’s thickened.
Remove from heat when thickened and enjoy warm or cool to room temperature, move the easy keto egg custard to a serving bowl or individual ramekins, move to the fridge to further thicken and chill, then enjoy chilled from the fridge within a couple of days.

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Yield: 4

Keto Custard With Chocolate Recipe

Keto Custard With Chocolate Recipe – How to make an easy low carb sugar free no bake dessert pudding that’s the perfect decadent sweet treat.

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

1 Cup Almond Milk
1/2 Cup Cream
2 Tablespoons Stevia or your low carb sweetener of choice
1 Tablespoon Cocoa Powder
2 Large Eggs
2 ounces/50g Low Carb Chocolate, chopped
2 ounces/50g Unsalted Butter, chopped

Instructions

Pour the almond milk and cream into a small sized saucepan.
Place the saucepan on the stove top over low heat.
Warm the cream mixture until heated through but not yet simmering.
Meanwhile, combine together the stevia, cocoa powder and eggs in a large bowl.
Once the almond milk and cream has warmed, pour over the chocolate and egg mixture and quickly whisk in.
Quickly add in the chocolate and chopped butter and whisk to combine.
Clean the small saucepan out and then pour the custard mixture back into the cleaned out saucepan.
Place the saucepan back over the low heat on the stove and gently bring up to a boil, whisking the custard continuously until it’s thickened.
Remove from heat when thickened and enjoy warm or cool to room temperature, move the easy keto egg custard to a serving bowl or individual ramekins, move to the fridge to further thicken and chill, then enjoy chilled from the fridge within a couple of days.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

4
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 165

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Are Mushrooms Keto Friendly

January 24, 2023 by Easy Keto Living

Are Mushrooms Keto Friendly? Can you have mushrooms on a low carb diet? Total carbs in mushrooms and easy mushroom recipes.

Are Mushrooms Keto Friendly?

If you’re wondering are mushrooms keto friendly, then this blog post will answer that question.

And the answer is – Yes! Mushrooms are an excellent addition to the ketogenic diet. Mushrooms help keep your daily carb limit low and also help you to keep your keto diet goals

The keto-friendly, low cab content food are full of potassium which is linked with improving blood pressure and therefore improving your heart health so lowering risk of heart disease.

Mushrooms have also shown to be linked with a boost in your immune system as shown here.

Plus mushrooms contain vitamin C, vitamin D, B vitamins as well iron and magnesium. A good overall healthy food that provides lots of essential nutrients.

How Many Carbs In Mushrooms?

The nutritional content per 100g serving of mushrooms is as follows:

Calories – 28
Fat – 0.5g (0.1g saturated fat)
Grams of carbs – 5.3g
Fiber Content – 2.2g
Grams of net carbs – 3.1g
Sugars – 2.3g
Protein – 2.2g

Below is the nutritional information per 100g for some of the most popular different type of mushrooms easily found at your local grocery store.

A great way to keep your carb intake low for weight loss if you follow a low-carb diet or for wanting to keep in a state of ketosis for keto dieters.

Portobello Mushrooms

Calories 30
Total Fat 0.6g.
Saturated Fat 0.1g.
Potassium 440mg
Total carbs – 4.4g
Grams of net carbs 2.2g
Dietary Fiber 2.2g.
Sugars 2.2g.

White Button Mushrooms

Calories 28.6
Total Fat 0.5g.
Saturated Fat 0.1g.
Potassium 361mg.
Grams of carbohydrates 5.3g.
G net carbs – 3.1g
Dietary Fiber 2.2g.
Sugars 2.4g.

Shiitake mushrooms

Calories 34
Total Fat 0.5g.
Potassium 306.2mg
Grams of carbohydrates 6.9g.
Dietary Fiber 2.6g.
Sugars 2.4g.
Protein 2.3g

Oyster mushrooms

Calories 33
Total Fat 0.4g.
Potassium 423mg
Grams of carbohydrates 6.1g.
Dietary Fiber 2.3g.
Sugars 1.1.g.

Crimini mushrooms

Calories 21.8
G Fat 0.1g.
Saturated Fat 0g.
Potassium 448.5mg.
Grams of carbohydrates 4.3g.
Dietary Fiber 0.6g.
G protein 2.5g
Sugars 1.7g.

Keto Mushroom Recipes

Keto steak dinner with a creamy mushroom sauce

Below is a list of delicious recipes that contain low carbohydrates and are perfect for your keto diet plan.

Keto Steak Dinner – mushrooms are cooked in heavy cream and a hearty steak is cooked to perfection to create a great comfort food meal that’s full of good fat content and ideal for a high-fat diet.

You can add variety by using different types of mushrooms to add a mixture of flavors to your dish, although my best way to enjoy fresh mushrooms is with plenty of garlic in my keto mushroom sauce recipe.

Or you can add some simple ingredients such as parmesan cheese or add some vegetables such as zucchini noodles to include some added essential vitamins.

A great addition to increase the g of protein you consume might be to add ground beef like in the easy recipe for keto beef stroganoff.

Another tasty way to enjoy mushrooms is in a creamy soup, along with other low carb friendly vegetables like in my keto vegetable soup recipe.

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Cheap Keto Meals

January 22, 2023 by Easy Keto Living

Cheap Keto Meals – the best easy low carb recipes on a budget – quick dinner ideas to make.

Cheap Keto Meals

These Cheap Keto Meals are a great way to enjoy tasty low carb diet approved dishes, all made with simple ingredients.

Even if you’re on a tight budget, there really are plenty of quick meals to make that will fit into your keto meal plan.

Each easy recipe will help you meet your macros while also helping you achieve your health and weight loss goals.

The other day I shared my full cheap keto grocery list, full of low carb foods that are easy to find at a grocery store. In today’s blog post I’m sharing some of my go to low carb meals that will help to keep your grocery bill down and the whole family will enjoy.

Crispy Chicken Thighs

You’ll find that instead of buying pricey chicken breasts, a whole chicken or cheap cuts like chicken thighs or wings are much more economically friendly.

One of our favorites is crispy chicken thighs that we usually serve with cauliflower rice as a side dish to soak up all of the wonderful flavors.

Cheesy Chicken Bake

This cheesy chicken bake can be quickly prepped and popped into the oven to cook for dinner to enjoy with cauliflower rice or your low carb dinner sides of choice that are low in net carbs.

If you like getting ahead with meal planning, then you can even make double of what you’ll need and then freeze the extra to enjoy as a future night’s meal.

Keto Diet Bolognese

Cheaper cuts of meat are a great way to keep your grocery budget as low as possible. I find that ground beef mince is one of the cheapest ways to include red meat in your diet.

You can cook up a great keto ground beef bolognese really quickly and simply serve topped with plenty of cheesy goodness including grated parmesan cheese, mozzarella cheese or cheddar cheese.

Or you can mix through cabbage or zucchini noodles and enjoy a keto spaghetti bolognese.

Ground Beef Stroganoff

To make this simple keto friendly stroganoff, ground beef mince is cooked in a cream cheese sauce, along with mushrooms and plenty of garlic for a flavorful dish that comes together really quickly.

Burgers

You can quickly form ground beef mince into burgers with your seasoning of choice, cook them up in plenty of butter, coconut oil or olive oil in a frying pan and then serve in a lettuce bun and with plenty of fresh veggies and other keto burger toppings of your choice.

Keto Casserole Recipes

A cheesy casserole needs only minimal ingredients and takes around 25 minutes to bake in the oven until lovely and golden.

Simply mix together your choice of low carb vegetables, tuna if you like, heavy cream, sour cream and your choice of cheese, including cheddar cheese, mozzarella cheese or parmesan cheese. Then just bake to casserole perfection.

Here are some easy keto casseroles full of lovely low carb vegetables to choose from:

Zucchini Noodles

I like to call this meal 2 Minute Zoodles, because it comes together as quickly as carby noodles with a similar name, but is low in net carbs and high in healthy fats.

All you need is zucchini that you spiralize into noodles. (You’ll need a spiralizer for that, here’s a selection of spiralizers on Amazon.)

Then heat the quick-cooking veggie in a creamy garlic sauce. You can add in a tin of tuna or grated parmesan cheese for flavor and your quick keto dinner is on the table in mere minutes.

Hearty Soup Ideas

Meal prep a large pot of hearty soup or bone broth full of cheap keto vegetables over the weekend to reheat and enjoy by the bowl full at dinner through the week.

You can add a dollop of sour cream or stir through a few spoons of heavy cream or cream cheese to turn a low carb soup into a low carb high-fat diet and keto friendly whole meal for busy weeknights.

Here are some easy keto soup ideas for you:

Keto Salads

Make ahead an easy keto salad that can marinate in the fridge and be enjoyed instantly for dinner. Or, keep cheap keto salad ingredients to hand to quickly throw together a delicious meal at dinner time.

Here are some low-carb diet friendly recipes for salads to choose from that are made with easy to find ingredients from a grocery store.

Breakfast for dinner

And finally, why not enjoy breakfast for dinner as quick keto dinner ideas that are low in grams of net carbs and high in healthy fats.

Choose from an omelette, scrambled eggs or make a hearty fry up with eggs, your low carb vegetables of choice and even a portion of crispy bacon, all cooked in plenty of butter or olive oil. (Here are 15 keto diet breakfast ideas to choose from that you could enjoy for dinner.)

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Good Fats For Keto

January 17, 2023 by Easy Keto Living

Good Fats For Keto – Complete List Of The Best Healthy Fats – what foods to eat on the Low Carb Ketogenic Diet.

Good Fats For Keto

These good fats for keto include a healthy range of different types of foods that will elevate your daily fat intake while helping you achieve your health and weight loss goals and address any health problems you may have.

Fats are the main source of energy in your daily calories when on a keto lifestyle and the following foods will provide you with a good balance of all kinds of sources of fat.

Dairy Products

You’ll find that dreamy dairy products are an easy way to ensure you’re getting enough fat on a keto diet and the best thing is that there are so many great options to choose from. Enjoy grass-fed butter to cook with and top keto waffles or pancakes with.

Keep a selection of cheeses to enjoy on the side of a meal, make a cheesy sauce or dessert with to add plenty of natural fats to your meals. Choose from grated cheese, cheddar cheese, mozzarella cheese, cream cheese, cottage cheese, mascarpone cheese and ricotta cheese.

I also like to keep heavy cream and sour cream in my fridge as a great way to quickly elevate the fat content of a meal, by simply drizzling a spoon or so over the finished dish or on the side of my plate.

Good Fats For Keto – Animal Fats

Include a range of animal fats in your diet including in the above pictured steak salad, versatile eggs, chicken with the skin on, fatty fish, fatty meat from grass-fed cows and ground beef mince that’s high in grams of fat.

Be aware though – while animal fats are a great source of healthy fats, to avoid weight gain don’t go overboard with protein. A keto diet has a protein goal of about 10% to 20% of your daily calorie intake, similar to that of a regular diet.

Avocado

Avocado is a superfood that has a whole host of health benefits and can be enjoyed as a creamy side with eggs for breakfast, in a salad for lunch or on the side for dinner.

You can also enjoy avocado oil instead of extra virgin olive oil drizzled over a salad or for cooking.

Good Fats For Keto – Healthy Oils

I like to keep a selection of oils in my kitchen for different uses. Coconut oil is perfect for frying or sauteing, extra-virgin olive oil is lovely mixed into homemade salad dressings to drizzle over a salad while MCT oil is the ideal fat to blend into a smoothie or bulletproof coffee.

Be mindful though that some keto dieters experience adverse effects when including MCT oil in their diet, so if you’re new to the healthy fat then start with a small amount and see how your body digests it before adding more into your diet.

Nuts and Seeds

Protein and fiber rich nuts and seeds can be enjoyed as healthy diet snacks to help you increase your daily fat intake.

Some of my favorite nuts and seeds include macadamia nuts, cashew nuts, almonds, walnuts, peanuts, sunflower seeds, hemp seeds, pumpkin seeds, chia seeds and sesame seeds. (Here’s the full list of the best keto nuts and seeds.)

Also keep jars of nut butters such as peanut butter to enjoy by the indulgent spoonful or blend into sweet treats.

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