Snack foods are the best option to fulfill your timely hunger. You can have them during your work or anywhere you want because they are very light on the stomach and easily digestible. However, you have to choose your snack foods carefully when you on a Ketogenic diet. Many popular snack foods are rich in carbohydrates due to which it is impossible to fit them into a keto diet plant. This can be particularly frustrating when you can eat your favorite snack foods to fulfill your between-meal hunger. Snack craving is usually more irritating for keto diet beginners.
If you are a snack-lover and can’t have them due to the ketogenic diet restrictions, don’t worry! We have a perfect solution to your problem. You might not believe but there are many low-carb snack option which is not only healthy but keto-friendly as well.
In this article, we are going to outlines some of the best, an easy and keto-friendly snack which you can fit into your keto diet plant without any difficulty. These keto-friendly snacks are particularly best for beginners.
Easy Keto Snacks for beginners
- Caprese salad skewers
Caprese salad is a delicious Italian snack. It becomes a brilliant portable snack when you assemble all its ingredients on skewers. Its preparation is very easy and just fun. You just have to mix fresh mozzarella cheese, cherry tomatoes, and basil leaves onto skewers and your Caprese salad is ready!
Caprese salad is 100% keto-friendly. You can eat it plain or mix it with a little amount of vinegar (balsamic). Dipping the skewers in olive oil will certainly increase its flavorful taste. Caprese Salad is highly nutritious as well. Only 85 grams serving of Caprese salad provides 11 grams of fat to the body with 7 grams of protein.
- Caesar salad bites
Caesar salad bites are nothing less than a gift for fans of Caesar salad. You will love to eat these Caesar salad bites in your keto diet plant. Using some romaine lettuce can help you in preserving its classic taste.
To prepare Caesar salad bites, just tablespoon-sized portions of grated Parmesan cheese on a parchment-lined baking pan. Keep heating the cheese until it starting to brown. Mix the cheese with little portions of Caesar salad and turn them into bites, yummy!
- Mini Frittatas
Mini Frittatas are also known as egg muffins, is a highly customizable keto-friendly snack. To prepare mini frittatas, you just need a dozen eggs, a standard 12-cup muffin pan, an oven, and a mixing bowl. First, you will beat the eggs in a little bowl and then add a little amount of salt and pepper to them. Now, take the muffin pan and distribute the egg mixture in each muffin cup equally. You can add some other low-carb ingredients according to your taste, such as cheese, spinach, mushrooms, and tomatoes. Bakes the muffin cups at 180°C for about 20 minutes.
The nutritional profile of Mini Frittatas depends on the keto-friendly ingredients which you have added to the muffins. Typically, one frittata (150 grams) may provide up to 18 grams of fat and 13 grams of protein with around about 320 calories.
Eat the yummy mini frittatas after refrigeration.
- Veggie Sticks with nut butter
You can make a perfect keto-friendly snack for you by combining your favorite cooked vegetables with nut butter and making their sticks. This is not only a simple snack but nutrient-rich as well.
As you know, nuts are rich in heart-healthy fats. According to researchers, these healthy fats can support blood sugar management and help you in weight loss. The best nut butter, you can use in your Keto-diet plant is peanut butter. Only 1 tablespoon of peanut butter provides almost 8 grams of healthy fats.
To make veggie sticks with peanut butter, just dip raw carrots or other vegetables (in cooked form) in peanut butter and your keto-friendly snacks are ready. You can also use grilled broccoli drizzled with peanut butter.
- Salmon salad celery boats
Although Salmon is not a good source of protein or omega-3 fats, it is rich in Vitamin D, a highly important vitamin for bone growth. A 50-gram serving of salmon (canned) can provide almost 25% of the daily value (DV) for Vitamin D.
One of the easiest and delicious ways to eat salmon in the ketogenic diet is to convert it into a salad. For this, just take cooked salmon and mix it with mayonnaise to make a simple, keto-friendly salad. To make it more nutritious and delicious, you can add some fresh herbs, lemon, or spices to it. Serving the salmon salad by stuffing it into fresh celery stalks is another good idea.
- Keto sushi rolls
You need only 15 minutes to prepare this keto-friendly and highly nutritious snacks. For preparing them, you need only three ingredients:
- Nori seaweed sheets
- Chopped veggies
- Fish
You can use raw, sushi-grade fish if you want. Smoked fish is another good option. In vegetables, cucumber, avocado, and bell pepper are good options. If you want to increase the fat content in Keto sushi rolls, add cream cheese and spicy peanut sauce to them.
- Avocado egg salad
Avocados are one of the highly nutritious keto food. They are loaded with vitamins, fibers, healthy fats, minerals, and anti-inflammatory compounds. In Avocado egg salad, avocados are used as a substitute for mayonnaise to make a tasty keto-compatible snack.
To make Avocado egg salad, just combine some hardboiled eggs with mashed avocados and minced red onions. Add a bit of salt and pepper according to your taste. Your Avocado egg salad is ready. You can serve it with celery sticks, lettuce wraps, and thick slices of cucumber or radish.
- Mixed nuts
You can take nuts as highly keto-friendly snacks. Nuts are rich in fiber, plant compounds, fat, and protein which provides a variety of health benefits. To make a nut mixture snack, you can use:
- Almonds
- Cashews
- Brazil nuts
- Pistachios
- Walnuts
- Pecans
- Coconut
