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27 Easy Keto Meals for Beginners

Low Carb Eggdrop Soup

When you’re running out of carbs are just aren’t feeling full after your meal, adding in a “basically” zero carb egg drop soup is a winner every time! You won’t believe it cooks in just 5 minutes and only has 52 calories per serving, but is SO FILLING.

An easy comforting soup to take to work that you can reheat or bring it in a spill-proof container that keeps your soup warm until lunch.

Low Carb Eggdrop Soup by Whole Lotta Yum

Low Carb Taco Soup

Soups are always a terrific keto lunch recipe, plus it’s hearty in fall and winter AND soup is so filling.

Easy crock-pot low carb taco soup is another one of our most popular recipes. It makes a fantastic easy keto meal for beginners when you want something comforting with all of your favorite taco flavors.

This is also an easy keto lunch recipe that is popular with kids!

Keto taco soup recipe by Whole Lotta Yum

Buffalo Chicken Celery Sticks

Buffalo chicken celery sticks are a fast and easy snack that also makes an easy lunch on the go. When you have leftover homemade buffalo chicken dip, making yourself a tasty snack of buffalo chicken on celery hits every spot.

There’s a link in the post to our easy dump and go crockpot buffalo chicken dip.

Buffalo Chicken Celery Sticks by Whole Lotta Yum

Stuffed Avocados

Making stuffed avocados is a favorite easy keto meal for beginners. You get tons of heart-healthy fats that’ll keep you full all afternoon.

If you want tuna stuffed avocado with a kick, then you’ll want to try this easy recipe by All Day I Dream About Food. You can also stuff an avocado with egg salad, simple tuna salad, or chicken salad too.

Our Favorite keto-friendly mayo has no sugar and is made with avocado oil. We highly recommend it! It has SO much more flavor than the standard store-bought varieties we all grew up with.

Spicy Tuna Stuffed Avocado by All Day I Dream About Food

Meat & Cheese Pinwheels

Keto roll-up pinwheels make another terrific sandwich alternative for lunch. You simply take a piece of lunchmeat like ham or turkey, add cream cheese and other low carb fillings, and roll it up.

You’ll especially love this version that has a piece of bacon in the middle. Being able to eat bacon is one of the best parts of the keto diet, am I right? 😉

Keto Ham & Bacon Pinwheels by 730 Sage Street

The Adult Lunch Box

We like to call this the adult lunch box, just get yourself a cute or sturdy bento box with various compartments and fill it up with your favorite low carb protein sources, nuts, a low carb vegetable and low carb fruit.

While this lunch box is for smoked salmon, this can easily be replaced with any of your favorite protein sources.

Be sure to check out our other popular post dedicated to 30 keto meal prep ideas for lunches if you’re a meal prepper like we are.

BLT Lettuce Wraps

Lettuce wraps of all kinds make for a fabulous and easy keto meal for beginners. You can simply swap the high carb tortilla and replace it with almost carb-free lettuce.

BLT wraps are one of our favorites, meal prepping hard-boiled eggs for the week is a cheap, easy, and simple way to get protein on a keto diet. If you have an instant pot, making pressure cooker hard-boiled eggs is a breeze!

Making bacon in the oven is the easiest way to cook bacon in bulk to use for recipes during the week.

Low carb BLT wraps by My Fitness Pal

Easy Keto Breakfast Recipes

You won’t be surprised by this, but eggs are a popular keto breakfast for a reason. Not only can you make them fried, scrambled, or hard-boiled, they’re so versatile and you can easily whip up casseroles, breakfast sandwiches, egg cups, quiche, and more.

But an easy keto breakfast doesn’t stop with just eggs, of course, you’ll be thrilled to learn there are many other egg-free recipes out there to help you get a variety for breakfast.

Since eggs are often the most popular easy keto breakfast recipes for beginners, we’ve definitely included a few. But it doesn’t stop there! Keto “oatmeal”, smoothies, and baked goods like muffins, also make terrific easy keto meals for beginners when you want a little variety in your life.

Sausage & Egg Breakfast Sandwich

Making a keto sausage and egg breakfast sandwich is easy to but it’s also SO delicious. No need to crave the McDonald’s line when you can make a keto-friendly substitute for a sausage and cheese “biscuit”.

Keto Sausage & Egg Breakfast Sandwich by Peace Love & Low Carb

Bacon & Egg Cups

Making easy bacon and egg cups makes the perfect meal prep breakfast and is also beloved by all when served at a brunch or for the holidays.

You simply partially bake the bacon in a muffin tin, add in eggs, cheese, and cream, and bake until the yolk is thickened but not all the way cooked through.  Yum! These are a favorite for sure!

Ham & Broccoli Crustless Quiche

Putting together an easy breakfast quiche makes breakfast simple all week long. Even better yet when it’s a recipe loaded with all the keto food groups like protein, fat, dairy, and low carb vegetables.

Keto crustless quiche with broccoli and ham by Whole Lotta Yum

Related recipe- Ham & Broccoli Breakfast Casserole by Kayln’s Kitchen

Keto Green Smoothie

While my husband prefers a bullet coffee for breakfast every morning, my personal go-to is a keto-friendly smoothie. Smoothies make the perfect way to have a plant-based low carb breakfast on the go with protein, healthy fats, low carb greens, and low carb fruits.

We love this refreshing green keto smoothie by Low Carb Yum, avocados are so tasty in a smoothie, plus they make it nice and thick. The addition of lime and mint make for a unique and flavorful addition.

Green Keto Smoothie by Low Carb Yum

Keto Oatmeal

If you thought you had to give up oatmeal on the keto diet, you’re mistaken! Instead of using traditional high carb oats, both chia seeds and hemp seeds make a delicious alternative.

Both chia and hemp seeds are very low in carbs yet high in fiber. A perfect breakfast to keep your system “regular.”

Quick Keto “Oatmeal” by Keto Diet App

Keto Blueberry Muffins

If you thought you had to give up baking on the keto diet, think again! You can still eat muffins on the keto diet when you substitute all-purpose flour with low carb options like almond flour and coconut flour.

This 5 star low carb blueberry muffin recipe that’s both keto and paleo is a great place to start.

Keto Blueberry Muffins by Wholesome Yum

Bullet Coffee

Keto bullet coffee is one of the most popular keto breakfasts out there and it’s my husband’s personal favorite. When you want to do intermittent fasting and want to skip keto food for breakfast, this surprisingly delicious keto coffee drink is very tasty AND filling!

The added fats will keep you full all morning long, seriously!  And at first adding butter and coconut to coffee sounded odd, but it’s honestly super good! If I wasn’t so obsessed with drinking a keto smoothie every morning, this would be my go-to breakfast.

Keto Bullet Coffee:

• 12 oz hot coffee
• 1 Tbsp coconut oil
• 1 Tbsp butter 

Add the coconut oil and butter to your coffee, you can either stir until melted or add it to a blender cup.