Low Carb Recipes for a Full Holiday Meal | 13+ YUMMY Keto Recipes
A delectable collection of low carb holiday recipes that let you savour the festive season without compromising your dietary goals. Mouthwatering main courses, savoury side dishes, and guilt-free desserts. All the low carb recipe you need for a healthier yet delicious, holiday season.
Holidays can be challenging for people following a low-carb diet. While it’s a time for indulgence and enjoyment, straying too far from your diet during this period can result in a significant setback that may take months or even years to recover from. It’s crucial to strike a balance between celebrating and sticking to your dietary goals.
Below you’ll find a collection of low carb keto friendly recipes you can make for Christmas parties, Thanksgiving feasts, Easter celebration, office potlucks, and any other holiday celebration. These low carb holiday recipes will get you through the season.
Low Carb Holiday Recipes
Main Dishes
No holiday table is complete without a stunning roast as the center piece. Below are some amazing recipes for turkey, roast beef, and pork that have no added sugar or flour, perfect for a low carb meal.
Dry Brine Turkey
If you have yet to dry brine a turkey, you are missing out. Dry brine is an easy method for an ultra juicy, flavourful, and tender bird with crispy skin.
Once you learn how to dry brine a whole turkey, you will never go back.
Pork Rib Roast
This is the Cadillac of pork roasts. Think of it like a rack of pork or the prime rib of a pork roast. This recipe is an easy method for making a perfect bone in pork rib roast with a delicious herby crust and piping hot au jus that will leave all your guests impressed.
Dry Brine Roast Beef
Another dry brine recipe because like I said, its a dynamite way to ensure a juicy flavourful roast every time. This roast beef uses a quicker 24h dry brine with a mini-dry age for a mouthwatering outer crust and juicy pink center.
Low Carb Side Dishes
From casseroles, to low replacements for mashed potatoes and stuffing, these savoury side dishes to accompany a roast are what make a holiday meal complete.
Celeriac Mash
Celeriac (celery root) is like the potatoes low carb cousin. Perfect for making low carb mashed ‘potatoes’ (more like fauxtatoes amirite?) this easy mash recipe will soak up all that turkey gravy for the perfect bite.
Low Carb Stovetop Sausage Stuffing
Now there’s a mouth full! Speaking of mouthfuls does anyone else miss stuffing on a low carb diet? Me too, that why you should try this cauliflower and sausage stuffing recipe. Made on the stove top this savoury stuffing it full of crumbled sausage and fresh herbs.
Almond Flour Cheese Biscuits
Ooey Gooey cheese biscuits with no gluten and no flour. These keto muffin tin biscuits use almond flour and cheddar cheese with a hint of rosemary, a perfect addition to your holiday table.
Roasted Cauliflower Mash
Oven roasted until golden brown then whipped with a generous amount of butter and cream cheese this creamy smooth mash is rich a delicious. Instead of high carb mashed potatoes, try a low carb cauliflower mash for your next turkey dinner.
10 Layer Keto Veggie Casserole
Thin slices of peppers, zucchini, tomatoes, and onions, with melted cheese and garlic makes a delicious low carb casserole to serve alongside a holiday roast. This casserole can be made day in advance and cooked when you need it.
Keto Green Bean Casserole
This American classic has been reimagined with low carb ingredients. Tender green beans in a creamy sauce topped with crispy bacon, onions, and pork rind panko. So delicious you wont even miss the original.
Low Carb Holiday Desserts
The turkey is done, Dad is falling asleep on the couch talking about the “turkey drug” and you are stuffed to the brim. You couldn’t possibly eat another bite..and then dessert hits the table. Good thing you came prepared with one of these low sugar keto friendly desserts.
Keto Pumpkin Spice Donuts
Fluffy almond flour donuts are cakey and delicious. Flavoured with real pumpkin and dusted with golden monk fruit and pumpkin spice, this low carb dessert is bursting with fall flavours.
Mini Low Carb Cheesecakes
No need to tempt yourself with a full cheesecake, these muffin tin mini cheesecakes are the perfect keto treat. Easy to make and ready in under 1 hour, mini cheesecakes can be made with a variety of different flavours so everyone can enjoy.
Keto Salted Mocha Brownie Cookies
A perfect marriage between a brownie and a flourless chocolate cookie, these keto brownie cookies are fudgy, soft and chewy. With just a hint of espresso and a pinch of salt these almond flour cookies are a perfect low carb dessert for holiday potlucks and parties that everyone can enjoy.
Low Carb Strawberry Shortcake
My grandmothers recipe re-imagined with low carb ingredients, this easy keto dessert has a sweet biscuit, glazed strawberries and fluffy whipped cream!
Almond Flour Carrot Cupcakes
Full of warm autumnal spices and fresh grated carrot. From Thanksgiving to Easter, these low carb treats are perfect for any season. Topped with a low carb vanilla and clove cream cheese icing.
Hopefully you found a new low carb holiday favourite to share with family and friends this season.
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Happy holidays!
