15 Easy Low Carb Salads For Lunch – Quick make ahead keto diet friendly lunches for school, work or college.
If you’re wanting to make low carb, keto diet friendly salads to take to school, work or college for lunch, I’ve put together this blog post to help give you heaps of easy ideas to make lunch prep easy for you.
Low Carb Salad Ingredients
Here’s a list of ingredients to keep to hand to easily be able to whip up a number of low carb salads for lunch.
- Spinach
- Lettuce
- Kale
- Avocado
- Tuna
- Chicken
- Steak
- Hard Boiled Egg
- Sour Cream
- Mayonnaise
- Peppers
- Cucumber
- Tomato
- Garlic
- Onion
- Zucchini
- Feta
- Goats Cheese
- Cheese
- Blue Cheese
- Pesto
- Nuts & Seeds – macadamia, pine nuts, walnuts, chia seeds, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds
- Strawberries, rasperries, blueberries
- Lemon & Lime
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Apple Cider Vinegar
- Low Carb Dressing (you can make an easy dressing yourself)
- Salt & Pepper
- Basil, Mint, Sage or your go to herbs
15 Easy Keto Salads For Lunch
1. Tuna Salad
Probably the low carb salad that I enjoy most often for lunch is a simple tuna salad. Start with a bed of greens, I usually go for spinach.
Then, top the greens with a small tin of tuna, avocado, sour cream and whatever other veggies you feel like.
This 4 ingredient salad is just as great to serve to a crowd as it is to take to work for lunch.
This is a low carb friendly version of a Caprese Pasta Salad – but with cauliflower instead.
The flavours work wonderfully well together and is makes an easy, meat free low carb lunch.
This mushroom salad combines together just a few ingredients to create a tasty meal.
Goats Cheese is a delicious inclusion in low carb salads. This simple salad only has a couple of ingredients and the goats cheese is heated to become meltingly delicious.
This low carb, high protein salad is packed full of nutritious ingredients and perfect if you’re wanting to enjoy a plant based keto salad for lunch.
7. Winter Salad
This salad is perfect to enjoy through the Winter months when you feel like something heartier for lunch.
This tasty roasted cauliflower salad is deliciously balanced with low carb, keto diet friendly ingredients.
This Ina Garten inspired salad has a few ingredients, each with strong flavours that are perfectly balanced together.
This salad is low in carbs and super high in protein. Rather than enjoying a tuna or egg salad, combine the two for a hearty flavour combination.
11. Tomato and Bocconcini Salad
The simple flavours work so well together in this colourful salad and create a tasty low carb salad for lunch.
When asparagus is in season, enjoy a bunch in a flavourful salad with lemon and spinach.
Halloumi Cheese is a protein rich, low carb ingredient that’s lovely in a salad with tomato, orange segments and spinach to balance the richness of the salty cheese.
14. Cucumber, Avocado & Feta Salad
This (mostly) green salad is such a tasty combination of low carb, keto diet friendly ingredients.
15. Steak Salad
And the find salad in this collection of low carb salads for lunch is this colourful steak salad.
It’s quick to put together and even has a homemade blue cheese dressing which perfectly complements the other elements of the salad.
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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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