Best Budget-Friendly Keto Grocery Staples
Having a stock of keto foods and keto frozen meals makes healthy snacking easy.
Whether in the refrigerator or stored in your pantry, here are a bunch of keto staples that can be bought at a cheap price.
Keep these Keto-Friendly Grocery Items on Hand
It’s easier to follow the keto diet when your shelves and fridge are void of sugar.
Stock your home with these keto staples so that you can snack on all the food in your home, guilt free.
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Almonds
A highly nutritious and delicious snack to munch on throughout the day. Whole natural almonds without salt is a healthier choice due to less sodium content [source].
Trying to reduce your weight or control your blood sugar? This snack will help you reduce both.
Avocados
Avocados are flooded with Vitamin C, K, E and are a great source of fat. By eating this fruit once a day, you will be able to burn more calories.
This creamy fruit can help with lowering your cholesterol levels as well. They also have a creamy and buttery taste with a hint of sweetness.
Broccoli
Broccoli is another super food that’s nutrient-, vitamin-, and antioxidant-rich. Broccoli is easy to cook in stir fries, soups and is delicious roasted or eaten fresh while it strengthens your immune system against many illnesses — including cancer potentially.
Try our favorite broccoli recipe: Roasted Spicy Roasted Broccoli
Olive Oil
Use it as a salad dressing or a glaze to prepare chicken and fish. Olive oil is a major nutritious staple for getting your polyunsaturated fats.
Olive oil improves cardiovascular health, protects against strokes and has many antioxidants [source]. The taste is fresh and bitter.
Sardines
This rich fish is high in Omega-3 fatty acids which will help boost brain function. According to Dr. Axe, sardines help with controlling blood sugar and mood disorders [source]. There is a twist to this fish: sardines contain Vitamin B-12, which is essential for your energy throughout the day.
Keep these Keto-Friendly Staples in Your Freezer
When keto is easy, it’s easier to stick with it. Nothing is easier than a frozen meal. Load your freezer up with these sugar-free freezer staples. Don’t forget to earn cash back on these items with Ibotta.
Related: 25 Cheap Keto Diet Recipes
Garden Lites Superfood Blends Frozen Veggie Cakes
Garden Lites is an amazing breakfast choice and a nice break from eating raw vegetables. These veggie cakes are filled with broccoli, kale and cauliflower.
Loaded with potassium, these cakes will benefit your kidneys, blood pressure and lower the risk of stroke [source].
Quest Nutrition Four Cheese Frozen Thin Crust Pizza
Who would have thought keto and pizza would go together? Thanks to Quest Nutrition’s innovative approach to the crust, their line of thin crust pizzas fit the ketogenic lifestyle.
The four-cheese selection is gluten-free, has 27 grams of protein and 6 grams of net carbs. Stock up so you can grab a slice whenever you want.
MorningStar Farms Grillers Original Veggie Burger
Keep Morningstar Farms Grillers Original Frozen Veggie Burgers in your freezer for a quick meal.
The veggie burger has 4 grams of fiber (reducing net carbs to 4 grams). A lot of veggie burgers contain soy which allows your bones to retain more calcium [source].
Healthy Choice Grilled Chicken & Broccoli Alfredo
Craving fettuccine alfredo? How do you get around loading up on all those carbs? Check out Healthy Choice’s Simply Steamers line of frozen dinners. The carb levels are low enough to fit into a ketogenic lifestyle.
And, lucky for you the Grilled Chicken & Broccoli Alfredo is one of those selections. Enjoy 27 grams of protein and only 4 grams of carbs.
Real Good Foods Frozen Chicken Enchiladas
Want to take a culinary trip south of the border keto style? Real Good Foods Frozen Chicken Enchiladas will whisk you there. They’re made from scratch and feature a gluten-free tortilla and antibiotic-free chicken breast.
Each serving contains 20 grams of protein and only 2 grams of net carbs.
Halo Top Ice Cream
You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream on a keto diet! Halo Top offers a variety of flavors, like Mint Chocolate Chip, Strawberry, and Chocolate Peanut Butter.
These flavors have only 6 net grams of carbs, but be sure to read labels because other varieties might contain more carbs!
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Make sure and check what oil the sardines are in. If it’s in vegetable oil, canola oil, sunflower oil…all the good Omega fatty acids are defeated by the garbage oils. Best to buy sardines in water and add some of your own olive oil or avocado oil.