41 Keto Thanksgiving Recipe Ideas
Do you have a hard time keeping your keto diet healthy during the holidays? I wouldn’t leave you hanging, would I? Find all the best keto and low-carb thanksgiving recipes here for a beautiful celebration! Sugar-free, low-carb recipes – appetizers, stuffing, and desserts!
Low-carb Thanksgiving Recipe Ideas for The Keto diet
How will you prepare Thanksgiving dinner this year? How can you prepare a ketogenic diet-friendly meal that is also delicious? Don’t worry, I’ll take care of it. The internet has plenty of keto and low-carb thanksgiving recipes that are low carb, gluten-free, and sugar-free.
Keto Thanksgiving recipes are a little tricky because all the other thanksgiving recipes call for dairy or eggs. It’s easy to get tripped up when it comes to appetizers, sides, and desserts. I assure you that you will not have to suffer without all your favorites.
To replace your old thanksgiving standards, you can make delicious keto recipes such as low-carb stuffing and sugar-free pumpkin pie, you can make your holidays perfect. Here are 42 recipes for thanksgiving that are also keto-friendly.
Roasted Turkey With Herbs And Butter
What can be a better option than turkey for thanks giving dinner? While the turkey itself is low carb, gluten-free, and keto-friendly, the gravy is not. Try this recipe if you want a keto thanksgiving recipe idea for an entire turkey!
If you prefer keto gravy instead, please use the recipe further down this post! Thanksgiving dinner wouldn’t be great without this main dish.
Turkey Breast Air Fryer
Have you bought an air fryer yet? The best time to buy one might be during thanksgiving! We’ve got a recipe for a delicious air-fried turkey breast that cooks in less than an hour.
The ultimate crispy turkey breast cooked in an air fryer is unbelievably moist and prepared in less than an hour. To make an air fryer turkey breast that is perfect for a holiday meal, we combine garlic salt and herbs de Provence with a simple seasoning.
Homemade Shake And Bake Turkey
It’s true. Bake and shake, baby! Easy, fuss-free, and seasoned with a crispy coating, this turkey recipe is flavorful and juicy.
With guests and family enjoying this turkey, you know it’s going to be a hit! Is there anything not to love?
Turkey Breast In The Slow Cooker
If you’re looking for a recipe that you can just fix and forget, this slow cooker turkey breast recipe is for you.
The turkey breasts are incredibly moist and tender when cooked this way. You can make gravy from the juices as well!
Roasted Turkey With Paprika And Bacon
How about the smoky paprika, rosemary, and bacon? You’re right! Combined, these flavors create an exquisite, showstopping turkey.
This roasted turkey with smoky paprika and bacon is one of the best-roasted turkeys ever. Over-the-top is probably an understatement, and you will surely be pleased with the result!
Recipe For Prime Rib
Definitely! Consider serving prime rib and turkey together! Perhaps you don’t like turkey, but would like something super easy and special instead?
Having prime rib for dinner is a great idea. The salted herb crust on this roast beef makes it melt in your mouth. Good stuff!
Stuffed Pork Loin With Cordon Bleu
This is an excellent alternative to turkey, or you can serve it alongside one! Making this dish is easy (you’ll be a star chef, I promise!)
Stuffed with ham, swiss cheese, spinach, and herbs, cordon bleu stuffed pork loin is one of the best roasts ever. This roast is a showstopper and will impress everyone at your holiday party, casual gathering, or Sunday dinner!
Keto stuffing recipes
Stuffing is one of the best parts of a thanksgiving meal. You can find everything you need here! Yes, keto stuffing exists.
Stuffed Keto Sausage Recipe
Thanksgiving dinner will be the talk of the town when you serve this keto sausage and bread stuffing! A low-carb stuffing that contains lots of sausages and my famous low-carb cheesy skillet bread.
Keto Stuffing Recipe – Buttery And Crunchy
Here’s a keto dressing recipe that’s full of flavor, veggies, and no guilt! The keto stuffing recipe will become a family favorite during the holidays.
Simple and full of traditional flavors, this dish is sure to please. You should try this keto thanksgiving recipe (without making a low-carb and regular version) if you want to please everyone.
Savory Keto Bread Stuffing Recipe
The best keto stuffing recipe just got tastier, thanks to savory keto bread! You won’t believe it’s not real! It’s like winning the lottery or something like that. I almost thought I couldn’t make the recipe a keto-friendly Thanksgiving favorite. It makes me so happy!
The Ultimate Keto Gravy Recipe
Traditionally, gravy is thickened with flour or starch such as cornstarch or tapioca starch. The sauce is usually made with a roux, a thick paste made from butter and flour, which is cooked until golden brown before adding the broth.
Starch, however, is typically added to the broth after it has finished cooking. This recipe shows you how to make the best keto gravy. No carbs will be missed with this rich and delicious meal! Ideal for roast poultry or turkey.
Keto Mashed Cauliflower
Understandably, you think mashed cauliflower could never replace mashed potatoes. You will be surprised! It’s pretty good.
If you are not comfortable replacing mashed potatoes with cauliflower mash on your thanksgiving table, feel free to leave them on. Take a look below at these recipes and see what you think.
Green Bean Casserole With Bacon And Cheese
You won’t believe how delicious this green bean casserole with cheese and bacon is. In a creamy sauce and crispy topping, we blend green beans, onions, garlic, cheese, and bacon.
Pumpkin Soup
I promise that you will not be disappointed. I swear it is delicious.
It’s more of a savory pumpkin soup with coconut milk, curry, turmeric, pumpkin, butter, and other ingredients. That’s so good!
Cauliflower Cheese Casserole
This creamy and cheesy cauliflower casserole is fantastic! Make your holiday table perfect too!
As a side dish, it pairs well with many words, but for the holidays, you might enjoy it with roast beef, turkey, or ham.
Fresh Cranberry Sauce (Sugar-Free Cranberry Sauce)
Thanksgiving dinner isn’t complete without the cranberry sauce, and this recipe looks delicious! This tasty low-carb, sugar-free, and keto-friendly cranberry sauce recipe will make you smile. You won’t be able to resist this cranberry sauce’s citrus twist!
Rather than using sugar, this recipe uses healthy substitutes. There will be no one to know that this recipe for low-carb cranberry sauce does not have extra sugar! The whole-berry cranberry sauce will make your holiday dinner memorable.
Pumpkin Crème Brulee
A pumpkin dish is a must-have. Thanksgiving is incomplete without it. This keto pumpkin creme brulee (pumpkin spice creme brulee), a famous french dessert, offers a unique bourbon twist and is easy to make. Creme brulee is the best dessert ever, and everyone loves it!
The monk fruit gives this crème brulee a healthy sweetness, yet no one will be able to tell it is sugar-free.
Keto Garlic Knots
Butter and garlic, along with the slight sweetness of rosemary will fill your home with a cozy aroma as they bake. I couldn’t resist taking a bite out of one after they came out of the oven.
Low-carb keto garlic knots are the perfect replacement for garlic bread and dinner rolls. Making them is so easy, and they taste delicious!
Keto Cornbread Muffins
They are hearty enough to handle a bowl of cold and are soft enough for a breakfast sandwich. They are, therefore, good!
Keto cornbread that’s just as delicious as real cornbread, but without the grains. Perfect for soups, stews, and chili, with only one net carb per serving.
Keto Jalapeno & Cheddar Cauliflower Muffins
Keto jalapeo & cheddar cauliflower muffins are cheesy and delicious! The low carb cheddar muffins are the perfect side to your favorite keto soup or chili for breakfast – or any other time of the day!
Cauliflower muffins loaded with cheese and jalapenos are a delicious nut-free keto option! You can serve these low-carb cheddar muffins with your bacon and eggs for breakfast or with your favorite keto soup or chili.
Cheesy Keto Biscuits
Delicious keto cheese biscuits! Keto isn’t necessary to enjoy these biscuits! A friend of mine, whose house we visited, served these, and my husband just couldn’t get enough of them!
Good stuff! It’s loaded with cheese! Cheese, baked eggs, almond flour, baking powder, and melted butter. One large loaf or individual biscuits can be made.
Spinach Salad With Hot Bacon Dressing
This delicious spinach bacon salad can be enjoyed year round with a warm bacon dressing.
You’re in for a treat if you’ve never tried a wilted bacon salad with a hot bacon dressing! The savory blend of spinach, eggs, bacon and hot dressing can best be enjoyed when served immediately.
We have adapted our family recipe to be keto-friendly by mixing a spinach salad with hot bacon dressing.
Keto Broccoli Salad
Traditionally, broccoli salads are made with sugar, lemon juice, and sweetened cranberries or raisins. While you may have thought broccoli salad was off limits, this keto broccoli salad tastes just like the delicious traditional version you’re used to.
This keto version of a cold broccoli salad follows the traditional recipe. It’s one of our most popular recipes!
Low Carb “Sweet Potato” Casserole
Butternut squash and cauliflower are baked in a pecan-crusted casserole. It’s still called “low carb sweet potato casserole”, even without the actual sweet potatoes, since it’s the perfect replacement. There is nothing more mouthwatering than cinnamon-pecan crunch on top of silky smooth and buttery sweet potatoes.
In a low-carb sweet potato casserole, butternut squash and cauliflower substitute for the traditional sweet potatoes. Each serving contains only five net carbohydrates!
Loaded Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes
Thanksgiving dinner must include mashed potatoes. But you don’t have to eat potatoes. Cauliflower has tons of health benefits without carbs and starch.
Your following favorite keto thanksgiving recipe might be this one (plus, there are bacon crumbles in it!)
Creamy Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes W/ Keto Gravy
you can make this dish the same way you would make mashed potatoes, but without the hard work! You’ll simply throw the boiled cauliflower in a food processor and blend until silky smooth! Thanksgiving dinner will be a big hit with everyone when you make this dish.
Matt and megha make keto mashed cauliflower with keto gravy in a second fantastic recipe, which they describe as “creamy and delicious.”
Mashed Butternut Squash With Goat Cheese And Rosemary
Mash butternut squash with goat cheese, fresh rosemary, and a slight piney flavor. Potatoes aren’t your only option!
I’m sure you think of potatoes, sweet potatoes, and cauliflower when you think of mashed foods. A delicious and healthy alternative is butternut squash. It holds up well to mashing and is the most gorgeous, golden-orange color.
Keto Baked Mac n Cheese
It’s the best low-carb alternative to the classic dish! For a homemade cheese sauce that feels like home without the carbs or pasta, par-boiled cauliflower is the perfect canvas. This healthier version of mac and cheese takes about the same amount of time to cook compared to traditional mac and cheese.
It’s typical for mac n cheese to be on thanksgiving tables in some parts of the country; if it’s not on your table, consider making it using cauliflower in our keto-friendly recipe this year. The cheese sauce is fantastic!
Keto Roasted Radishes
Until you realize that radishes are the closest heirloom vegetable to the potato in taste, you’ll be surprised to learn how well-roasted radishes can be!
Despite my son being a teen, he and his friends enjoyed this dish when they found themselves my taste testers at their recent gathering.
Low Carb Green Bean Casserole
Growing up, i enjoyed making casseroles. But a gluten-free, low-carb, keto green bean casserole? Yes, please.
the keto green bean recipe is gluten-free and delicious. In addition to the perfectly cooked green beans, the casserole uses wholesome ingredients. If frozen or canned green beans are not available, i suppose one can use fresh green beans instead.
You’ll love its rich, creamy texture. One of my favorite keto thanksgiving recipes!
Low Carb Cranberry Sauce
Keto thanksgiving doesn’t mean cranberry sauce is off-limits. You can make keto-friendly cranberry sauce within 15 minutes.
Keto biscuits, turkey, and chicken are all great ways to enjoy it. Keto thanksgiving menus should undoubtedly include this.
Keto Thanksgiving Desserts
Keto Crustless Pumpkin Pie
Making a gluten-free, low-carb, or keto pumpkin pie during the holidays makes following a diet easier. Your guests won’t notice that this sugar-free pumpkin pie doesn’t have a crust.
Pumpkin pie is considered low carb on a keto diet, so you are allowed to eat it in moderation.
Making our keto crustless pumpkin pie is the perfect keto pumpkin pie recipe if you don’t want a crust. Individual ramekins can be baked along with this recipe.
Low Carb Pumpkin Cheesecake
Enjoy this keto-friendly pumpkin pie recipe with a crust for a delicious Thanksgiving treat. You can eat it warm or cold, and it has a gorgeous texture when baked correctly!
If you notice your crust getting too brown while baking this pie, you may want to cover it with tinfoil. Since I usually forget to do this until it’s too late (and I don’t mind eating the crunchy bits), I never think about it.
Low Carb Pecan Pie Bites
Are you looking for something a little different than a slice? How about something that pops in your mouth?
They’re a tasty low-carb dessert that’s sure to please every palate. They are good alone or with whipped cream on top (or a lot) or with some ice cream on the side.
Keto Pumpkin Spice Cake
Your thanksgiving will be the talk of the town with this keto pumpkin spice cake! Delicious pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting, surrounded by three layers of moist pumpkin cake.
Oh, did we mention it’s keto, low-carb, grain-free, and gluten-free too?!
Keto Pumpkin Pie
It is a holiday classic and one of the hallmarks of autumn, keto pumpkin pie. Buttery crust surrounds delicious pumpkin filling in this golden pie. Gluten-free, low-carb pumpkin pie!
You can’t have Thanksgiving without pumpkin pie, so check out this easy (and tasty!) Keto pumpkin pie recipe.
Keto Pumpkin Muffins With Cream Cheese
A delicious pumpkin muffin recipe with cream cheese for fall. Sweet vanilla flavor, pumpkin spice, and cream cheese create an irresistible combination in these cookies. Gluten-free, grain-free, keto, low-carb muffins for the whole family!
It is a delicious dessert that combines a cheesecake with a warm pumpkin cake.
Keto Zucchini Bread
Zucchini bread is simply delicious! Nutritional, easy, and delicious, this dish is a staple in our kitchen.
With this zucchini bread, you don’t have to feel bad after eating a slice (or two). It’s low in carbs, gluten-free, and grain-free.
With this keto zucchini bread recipe, you will have the perfect loaf of bread every time! This low-carb, keto, grain-free, gluten-free bread boasts only 3.9 net carbs per slice!
Having leftovers of this moist, sweet zucchini bread is the best part of this recipe.
Easy Keto Whoopie Pies
Keto zucchini bread whoopie pies are a great way to indulge your sweet tooth! These are quick and easy to make, and they’re ready in 30 minutes! These keto, grain-free, low-carb, and gluten-free cookies are the perfect snack!
The tangy cream cheese frosting inside complements the soft zucchini bread layers perfectly. For a satisfying fork-free dessert, try these kid-friendly whoopie pies made with zucchini bread.
Best Almond Cake Recipe (Low-Carb And Sugar-Free Cake)
The best almond cake recipe (low carb and sugar-free cake) tastes just like danish pastries and is utterly delicious! Please take this seriously.
Would this work as a dessert or a sweet breakfast? What’s the best part? An almond glaze drizzles on top of a slightly denser buttery pound cake.
You’ll never know it’s sugar-free, low-carb, and keto-friendly. Oh, yum. A delicious cake that tastes just like danish pastries! That’s serious. This cake has a denser consistency, with a buttery almond glaze drizzling over it. Oh, yum.
Chocolate Torte Recipe
What a surprise! Although pumpkin isn’t everyone’s favorite, chocolate is! There is nothing more delicious or decadent than this dark chocolate torte recipe.
There is no crumbliness or dryness to the texture of this cake. It’s a mixture of cake, brownies, and fudge. A chocolate ganache topped with whipped cream makes this dessert delicious.
Low Carb Keto Charcuterie Board
You can impress friends and family at the holidays with a savory meat and cheese plate when you put together a charcuterie plate for an appetizer. Whatever you call it: a charcuterie plate, a charcuterie board, or a meat and cheese plate, the results are going to be incredible!
In order to create a healthy charcuterie board, we decided to omit anything with sugar or processed carbohydrates, and the board we put together is low carb, keto, gluten-free, and sugar-free. Your designing skills are here! Easy and enjoyable to make, charcuterie boards are a great snack.
With only a board and a few fresh, ready ingredients, you can prepare this delicious dish.
You will definitely enjoy these keto thanksgiving recipes this year. We’ve selected some of the best keto recipes for you so you won’t feel left out this Thanksgiving! You’re going to love it!
About the Author
Camellia Jones is an editor at Twigs Cafe. She rounds up all the delicious food from the web for specific diets. She likes to spend the rest of her time with her children.
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You’ve found some really good recipes here! I’ll be coming back here for Thanksgiving. Those stuffing recipes look really good especially considering that’s something you’d think you can’t have eating on keto.