Carbohydrates are cheap calories, but it doesn’t have to be expensive to eat a low-carb diet.
Tips to Save Money on Keto
1. Save Money On Ingredients with Ibotta
Ibotta is a free app that saves you money on groceries and food! Simply snap a pic of your grocery receipt and Ibotta will fill your “wallet” with cash back savings on every shopping trip!
In 2019, Ibotta app users earned more than $186 million grocery shopping. Want to join the fun?
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3. Never Be Tempted By Unhealthy Choices
Grocery stores are stocked with sugary temptations. If grocery shopping challenges your commitment to the sugar free keto diet, try Instacart’s grocery delivery service. Order groceries on Instacart to avoid the sight of unhealthy foods and better your odds for successfully eliminating sugar from your diet.
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Now that you know how to save money on your favorite keto foods, try these 25 cheap ketogenic diet recipes, and say goodbye to sugar.
Cheap Keto Breakfast
The perfect hearty (and cheap) low-carb breakfast! With bold latin flavors, this Keto Chorizo with Cauliflower Hash is the perfect meal for the whole family! Make this dish today for only $1.96/serving!
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Oven-baked egg muffins stuffed with ham, spinach, cheese, and riced cauliflower. Reheat for full flavor and gooey-cheese texture.
Prep Time: 45 minutes
Servings: 12
Cream cheese keto pancakes that are so light and fluffy, you won't believe they have no flour.
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 8 Pankcakes
A Feta and chedder cheese omlet with cooked spinache blended in.
Prep Time: 35 Minutes
Servings: 1
Missing bread in the morning? Try these light and crispy muffins with refreshing coconut flakes baked in.
Prep Time: 35 minutes
Servings: 8
Stuff this soft and custarty textured frittata with all of your favorite meets and veggies. This recipe calls for crispy bacon and zucchini.
Prep time: 35 minutes
Servings: 4
Cheap Keto Lunch
Avocado, cilantro, lime, garlic and sour cream infuse the flavors of Mexico into this chicken lettuce wrap that avoids the mayo.
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 8
This cauliflower salad is elevated with a nutty and accidic almond butter, lemon juice dressing.
Prep Time: 8 mins
Servings: 6
The garlic and onion powder spices give this air-fired meatball its full flavor. Top it with the Special Pink Sauce to complement.
Prep Time: 28 minutes
Servings: 12 meatballs
Queso is used in this keto fat-head dough which gives this Pizza's flavor a twist. Top with spinache and cheese for a delcious thin crusted (but not crunchy) pizza
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 9 slices
Meal Prep your chicken salads for the week.
Prep time: 10 minutes
Servings: 4
Cheap Keto Dinner
This broccoli is unbelievably tasty yet SO simple and budget-friendly to make! Best eaten right out of the oven, still delicious microwaved the next day.
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 2
Chicken-based meatballs combined with pork rinds and and buffalo sauce baked in.
Prep time: 25 minutes
Servings: 24 meatballs
The bone broth provides a depth of flavor enhanced by turkey meatballs, carrots, onions, garlic and fresh herbs. Spice it up with crushed red pepper flakes.
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 6
Pan seared chicken seasoned with salt and garlic paired with steamed broccoli and bacon. What's more, every thing is coverd in cheese.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Servings: 2
This spaghetti squach, chicken dish is slow-cooked in the crockpot for 4 hours. The long cook time allows the flavors of the chicken, cheese, and spices all to come together into one creamy flavor-packed dish.
Prep Time: 4 hrs 35 mins
Servings: 10
The Frittata dough is cooked with tomato sauce and bell peppers. Top with cheese, spinache, basil, and pepperoni for a pizza flavor you didn't know you were missing.
Prep time: 20 minutes
Servings: 4
Green peppers cooked with seasoned sausage, chedder cheese. Mozzerlla is melted over at the top just before serving.
Prep Time: 40 minutes
Servings: 6
Chicken with red, yellow, and green peppers drizzled with oil and fajita seasoning. Recommeneded with guacamole.
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Sevings: 8
Oregano seasoned chicken "breaded" in almonds. No sauce is needed, but the gravy-like caulifor puree is a great addition to this dish.
Prep Time: 40 minutes
Servings: 4
Creamy garlic sauce poored over fried chicken and broccoli. Top it with melted cheese just before eating.
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 4
Bacon, sprouts, and cheese. You'll know it's time to eat when the cheese is melted and bubbling.
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 4
Cheap Keto Desert
The flavors from the natural peanut butter, unsweetened shredded coconut and vanilla come together to make for a delectable, keto-friendly sweet treat.
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 8
The Almond flour, cinnamon batter makes for a soft, moist mufin. The muffin is topped with sweet cream cheese frosting. Don't forget to sprinkle a little extra cinnimon on top.
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 6
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Save Money While Eating Keto
Don’t forget! If you want to save the most money while eating a Ketogenic diet (no more nasty sugar), use these 3 tools to save money on food.
1. Ibotta App
Snag your $20 welcome bonus when you sign up for Ibotta, and use the money and the app on ingredients for those keto diet recipes when you shop in-store.
Learn how to save when shopping for groceries.
2. Thrive Market
Thrive Market makes healthy eating hassle-free and guarantees to save you money — average shoppers who buy once a month save $312. Sign up for a free, 30-day Thrive Market membership, and enjoy a free gift when you order totals at least $59.
3. Amazon Subscribe & Save
For your shelf-stable, nonperishable ingredients like coffee or tea, dark chocolate powder and keto snacks, be sure to scope out what Amazon offers. Plus, save 15% when you put your keto staples on subscribe & save.
Bonus Tips: Grab these two money-saving tools so that you’re always prepared to earn free cash back and discount promo codes before checking out online.
Sign up for a free Rakuten/Ebates account (+ get your $10 welcome bonus) to maximize your cash back savings (up to 40% cash back at hundreds of online retailers).
Get the free Capital One Shopping browser extension to have promo-codes automatically applied to your order when shopping on Amazon or thousands of other online retailers.
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Dan Starcher is a former award-winning photojournalist who now focuses on communications for government agencies. He also writes for Wooster Media Group LLC. He lives with his wife and son in Wooster, Ohio.
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