Keto Side Dishes
By Carine Claudepierre
Published on 05/23/2023 - Last updated on 01/28/2024
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Do you need a delicious and easy keto side dish to pair with your main?
These more than 50 keto side dishes are all easy to make, delicious for everyone and most people won’t even notice that they are low in carbs!
What Are Keto Side Dishes?
Keto Side Dishes are a collection of simple low-carb preparations to serve as a side to your mains.
While most fish and meat-based mains are keto-friendly, it’s very frequent that side dishes are rich in carbs.
Therefore, it’s recommended to cook low-carb side dishes if you are on a ketogenic or low-carb diet.
The best Keto Side Dishes typically include the following low-carb veggies:
- Cauliflower: Cauliflower can be used to make rice, potato salad, or many other casserole and steamed side dishes.
- Cucumber: Cucumber is perfect for salads as it’s fresh and very low in carbs.
- Brussels Sprouts: While Brussels sprouts are often disliked by kids, they can be delicious when cooked with the right sauce and method.
- Cabbage: Cabbage, like many leafy vegetable is an excellent choice on a keto diet.
- Spaghetti Squash: Spaghetti Squash is one of my favorite winter veggies to make keto-friendly sides.
And of course, once you’ve made your keto side dish, try one of my keto desserts!
How To Make Keto Side Dishes
Making keto side dishes is just as simple as making regular side dishes. It’s just about knowing which ingredients to include and which not to.
Ingredients
To make a recipe like my loaded cauliflower casserole, the keto side dish by excellence, you would use:
- Cauliflower – Cauliflower is one of the lowest carb vegetables and yet it’s very filling and super versatile.
- Cream Cheese – Cream cheese is a keto-friendly dairy product that adds a welcomed thickness and texture to sauces to low carb side dish recipes.
- Heavy Cream – Heavy cream is just as keto-friendly as other cream options.
- Garlic Powder – Keto side dishes can easily be enhanced by a touch of garlic.
- Onion Powder – Onion always makes sides taste better.
- Salt
- Shredded Cheddar – All cheeses are keto-friendly.
- Chopped Dill
- Bacon Slices – There’s nothing wrong with adding a touch of meat to side dishes!
Instructions
Making a side dish like my cauliflower casserole is very straightforward.
First, you have to cut the cauliflower.
Then continue by pre-cooking the cauliflower with one of my options:
Once the cauliflower is pre-cooked, you can make the cheese sauce by combining the ingredients in a saucepan and simmering the mixture.
Finally, you just have to assemble the casserole in a large baking dish and cooking it in the oven for 20 minutes.
Storage Instructions
Keto Side Dish leftovers can always be stored in the fridge for up to 5 days in an airtight container.
You can also freeze them in freezer bags. I recommend storing them in individual portions so you don’t have to defrost an entire batch.
Reheat them in the oven for about 10 minutes, or if you prefer, for a couple of minutes in a microwave.
50+ Keto Side Dishes
Frequently Asked Questions
Cooking vegetables doesn’t have to be bland! Just adding butter, pepper, spices, Parmesan garlic, lime, olive oil, or cilantro can supercharge a meal without adding carbs.
To keep a side dish low in carbs, avoid higher carbs vegetables like potatoes and limit the medium carb ones like tomatoes.
There are hundreds of sides you can have on a keto diet.
It’s just a matter of avoid the ingredients too rich in carbs,
No, potatoes are so rich in carbs that you would need to limit the portion to such a small size it wouldn’t be enjoyable.
About The Author
Hi, I'm Carine, the food blogger, author, recipe developer, published author of a cookbook, and founder of Sweet As Honey.
I have an Accredited Certificate in Nutrition and Wellness obtained in 2014 from Well College Global (formerly Cadence Health). I'm passionate about sharing all my easy and tasty recipes that are both delicious and healthy. My expertise in the field comes from my background in chemistry and years of following a keto low-carb diet. But I'm also well versed in vegetarian and vegan cooking since my husband is vegan.
I now eat a more balanced diet where I alternate between keto and a Mediterranean Diet
Cooking and Baking is my true passion. In fact, I only share a small portion of my recipes on Sweet As Honey. Most of them are eaten by my husband and my two kids before I have time to take any pictures!
All my recipes are at least triple tested to make sure they work and I take pride in keeping them as accurate as possible.
Browse all my recipes with my Recipe Index.
I hope that you too find the recipes you love on Sweet As Honey!
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