20 Easy Keto Lunch Ideas – the best quick cold and warm recipes for low carb friendly lunches you can take to work, school or college.
Easy Keto Lunch Ideas
These easy keto lunch ideas are all low in net carbs, high in healthy fats and a great way to stay on plan.
You may be wanting quick keto lunch recipes to help you with your weight loss goals, or simply looking for delicious low carb lunches that require minimal effort.
There are no rules that says you can’t enjoy keto breakfasts or leftover keto dinners as easy keto lunch recipes, so really just enjoy whatever you crave and suits your lifestyle for lunch.
1. Broccoli Salad
I probably make this easy broccoli salad most often for lunch, which is why I’m starting this low carb lunch ideas post with my go to easy recipe. The salad is simple to prepare, full of flavor and a hit with all who try it.
2. Hard Boiled Eggs
Depending on you appetite at lunch, you may just feel like a couple of hard boiled eggs or quickly make deviled eggs to enjoy as a speedy lunch.
3. Store Bought Salads
For busy days when you need low carb lunches on the go that require no prep at all, there are a few dips and ready made salads that you can find at the grocery store:
- Coleslaw
- Egg Salad
- Egg Mayonnaise
- Chicken Salad
- Tuna Mayonnaise
- Tuna Salad
4. Raspberry, Feta and Avocado Salad
This colorful raspberry, feta and avocado salad can be adapted to include your vegetables and berries of choice to create a nutritious lunch.
5. Steak Salad
This keto steak salad has a quick homemade dressing to bring all of the simple ingredients together.
6. Tuna Salad Lunch Box
This appealing tuna salad lunch box includes a quickly prepped tuna salad, sweet strawberries and a portion of protein and fiber rich almonds.
7. Spinach and Pine Nut Salad
Pine nuts have the perfect keto macros, being rich in healthy fats and low in carbs. So, this spinach and pine nut salad makes a brilliant way to incorporate the ingredient into your keto lunches.
For added healthy fats you can also drizzle over blue cheese dressing, Russian dressing or your low-carb diet friendly dressing of choice.
8. Halloumi Salad
Fans of the savory cheese will adore this halloumi salad that makes a healthy meal that’s loaded with protein and flavor.
9. Keto Grazing Platter
You can fill your keto grazing platter with a selection of low carb diet friendly foods like smoked salmon, cheese, nuts, seeds and sliced cucumber.
10. Broccoli Quiche
A cheesy broccoli quiche makes a brilliant make ahead lunch that you can enjoy by the slice to help you stick to your keto meal plan.
11. Cheesy Cauliflower Rice
This cheesy cauliflower rice meal is ready in mere minutes and you can add tuna, lunch meat or any leftovers you like into this versatile dish.
12. Creamy Chicken and Broccoli
The couple of keto chicken recipes are easy meal planning ideas that you can prep over the weekend, pop into meal prep containers and have ready and waiting to grab and go from the fridge for lunches.
The main ingredients of chicken breast or thighs and broccoli are cooked in a creamy cheese sauce in this easy keto chicken and broccoli recipe.
The sauce includes heavy cream, sour cream and grated cheese, and you can also add cream cheese to make an extra creamy sauce.
13. Crispy Chicken Thighs
You can fill meal prep boxes with these crispy chicken thighs and a side of spinach for nutritious greens and to balance the richness of the crispy chicken.
14. Cheesy Chicken Bake
This cheesy chicken bake can be quickly prepped and popped into the oven to cook for make ahead keto diet friendly meal prep lunches.
15. Keto Spaghetti Bolognese
My 3 ingredient spaghetti bolognese needs only ground beef, a ketogenic diet friendly pasta sauce and cabbage sliced into noodles to make a comfort food meal for lunch. You can serve yours with zucchini noodles instead and top with Parmesan cheese, grated cheddar cheese or really any cheese you like.
16. Keto Burgers
You can quickly form beef mince into burgers and then serve in lettuce wraps and with keto burger toppings.
17. Keto Mac and Cheese
This keto mac and cheese tastes like the real thing and has only 4 ingredients – chopped cauliflower, sour cream, cream and grated cheese.
You can adapt the classic dish to include your mac and cheese ingredients of choice and create a hearty meat free meal to enjoy for lunch that’s high fat and low in carbs.
18. Tuna Broccoli Casserole
This cheesy tuna broccoli casserole is perfect enjoyed warmed up or chilled from the fridge as delicious keto lunches.
19. 2 Minute Zoodles
I like to call this meal 2 Minute Zoodles, because it comes together as quickly as carby noodles with a similar name.
All you need is zucchini that you spiralize into noodles. (You’ll need a spiralizer for that, here’s a selection of spiralizers on Amazon.)
Then cook in a creamy garlic sauce. You can add in a tin of tuna, cream cheese or grated parmesan for flavor and your quick keto lunch is on the table in mere minutes.
20. Broccoli Cheese Soup
This broccoli cheese soup makes an easy make ahead meal that you can make a big batch of when you have time and then quickly reheat a portion for lunch or heat a portion in the morning and pour it into a thermos to enjoy as a speedy warm lunch.
You could also make chicken soup or any keto soup you like to enjoy for easy keto meals.
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Disclaimer – this post is meant for informational post only and should not be construed as medical advice. Please consult with your health professional before making any dietary changes.
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