Keto Ingredients and Recipes by Ingredient
What is keto and what is not, with the carb counts, the swaps that work, and the recipes that use them.
Proteins
- Bacon Keto friendly 0.6g net carbs Yes, you can eat bacon. The more useful question is how you cook with… 33 recipes
- Beef Keto friendly 0g net carbs Beef is the protein my family actually gets excited about, and on keto it… 70 recipes
- Chicken Keto friendly 0g net carbs I cook chicken at least four nights a week, and I have not bought… 97 recipes
- Ground Beef Keto friendly 0g net carbs Ground beef is the fastest route I know from an empty skillet to dinner… 46 recipes
- Pork Keto friendly 0g net carbs Pork is one of the most keto-friendly proteins there is, and one of the… 43 recipes
- Shrimp Keto friendly <0.2g net carbs Shrimp is the protein I reach for when dinner has to be on the… 7 recipes
Dairy & Eggs
- Butter Keto friendly 0g net carbs Butter is as keto as it gets: zero net carbs, all fat, no swap… 39 recipes
- Cheese Keto friendly 1g net carbs Almost every cheese is keto-friendly. The trick is knowing which one to reach for,… 136 recipes
- Cottage Cheese Keto friendly 4g net carbs Cottage cheese is having a real moment. People are blending it into ice cream,… 9 recipes
- Cream Cheese Keto friendly 1.6g net carbs Full-fat cream cheese is the backbone of keto baking, from fat head dough to… 114 recipes
- Eggs Keto friendly 0.4g net carbs I go through three dozen eggs a week, and almost none of them end… 116 recipes
- Heavy Cream Keto friendly 0.4g net carbs Heavy cream is the keto fridge staple I replace milk with everywhere. It is… 167 recipes
- Mozzarella Keto friendly 1g net carbs Mozzarella is the single most important cheese in keto baking. Melt it with cream… 55 recipes
- Sour Cream Keto friendly 1g net carbs Full-fat sour cream is a keto workhorse: a topper, a dip base, and a… 74 recipes
Low-Carb Flours
Vegetables
- Avocado Keto friendly 1g net carbs Avocado might be the most keto food on the planet: mostly fat, mostly fiber,… 26 recipes
- Cauliflower Keto friendly 3g net carbs Cauliflower is the closest thing keto has to a shape-shifter: rice, mash, crust, steak.… 26 recipes
- Pumpkin Use sparingly 6.4g net carbs Pumpkin is the one fall flavor you do not have to give up on… 32 recipes
- Zucchini Keto friendly 2g net carbs Zucchini is the low-carb vegetable I lean on hardest, but it holds a shocking… 18 recipes