SIDES, SAUCES & SNACKS

Snacks, Side Dishes, Sauces and small plates for the keto diet.

5-layer Keto Dip

5-layer Keto Dip on Pita Chip

Now that it’s officially spring, the outdoor barbeque / picnic / get together season begins. But what do you do if you’re on keto? Chips are out and all of those sides everyone loves seem to stuffed with carbs. Well, you make your own keto …

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Fry-day: Broccoli

Fried Broccoli with Dipping Sauce

If you haven’t already figured it out, I’m kind of obsessed with my Deep Fryer. I’ve already fried all of the normal things like wings, chicken nuggets, and shrimp.  Now in order to feed the itch I’ve got to get creative.  This fry-day I’ll show …

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Cheesy Chive Rollups

Cheesy Chive Rollups

The Super Bowl is tomorrow!  If you don’t have your Super Bowl keto meal plan in order, check out my Super Bowl section for a full list of ideas. There’s no reason to cheat on Super Bowl Sunday with keto since so many snacks are …

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Fry-day: Deep Fried Jalapeno Poppers

Fried Jalapeno Poppers

With the Super Bowl coming up on Sunday I wanted to share with you one of my favorite Deep fried foods, Jalapeno Poppers! On the very first fry-day I made these wonderful little morsels but I never had time to write an article on them. …

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Spinach Crap

Spinach Crap

I’m always on the look out for new sides to try out. Especially dishes that can be made in bulk and taste good! This recipe comes from my cousin and is apparently a family favorite that I never even knew about (maybe its because my …

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Lizzie’s Cheese Dip and Crackers

Lizzie's Cheese Dip with Crackers

It’s always hard to find foods that are both keto friendly and appealing to friends who don’t eat low carb.  For my recent holiday party, I wanted to make a cheese dip and some crackers as a starting course as people arrived.  I dug deep …

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Fry-day: Fried Zucchini

Fried Zucchini

Well folks, its that time of the week again, Fry-day! So break out your deep fryer, warm up some lard, and let’s get frying! Today I’m going to try and replicate one of the SAD diet favorites, chips!  I’m going to show you several ways …

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Fry-day: Cheesy Sausage Balls

Fried Cheesy Sausage Balls

Sometimes, simple is best. This Fry-day, I’m taking some pre-made cheesy sausage balls and throwing them in the deep fryer. That’s it. I like this one cause you can premake and freeze a bunch of sausage balls and just fry a few at a time …

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Fry-day: Frying Cheese

Fried Cheese

Welcome to this week’s edition of Fry-day!  Today I’m going to break out the fryer and fry some cheese!  If you’re not familiar, there is a cheese Queso de Freir that is specifically for grilling or frying. Its a spongy cheese that kind of reminds …

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Fry-day: How to make Crispy Wings!

Crispy Fried Wing

Update: This recipe is now also on CMK’s YouTube Channel. Check it out: Super Crispy Wings! I’ve made tons of wings before but they’ve never truly been as crispy as I’d like.  Sure, most times they exceed the quality of restaurants but some places serve …

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