Keto foods of the Americas
Keto foods embody the principles of the keto diet. The keto foods in America, while being low in carbohydrates and high in fat, wonderfully reflect the unique culinary heritage of North, Central, and South America.
North American[edit | edit source]
USA[edit | edit source]
- Bunless Burgers: A quintessential American dish, burgers without the bun are a keto staple.
- Cobb Salad: Originating from California, it's a mix of eggs, avocados, chicken, and blue cheese.
- Buffalo Wings: Chicken wings tossed in spicy sauce, commonly served with blue cheese dressing. Ensure no added sugar in the sauce.
- Zucchini "Mac" and Cheese: Replace pasta with zucchini for this American comfort food.
- Clam Chowder: The New England favorite, made without potatoes and with cream.
Recipe: Bunless Burger
Ingredients:
- Ground beef or turkey
- Salt, pepper, and favorite herbs
- Slices of cheese (optional)
- Lettuce, tomato, onion, and pickles for garnishing
- Mustard, mayo, and/or sugar-free ketchup
Instructions:
- Season meat with salt, pepper, and herbs.
- Shape into patties.
- Grill or pan-sear to desired doneness.
- Serve with toppings and condiments of choice
Canada[edit | edit source]
- Bacon Wrapped Asparagus: Crunchy asparagus wrapped in savory bacon.
- Keto Poutine: Using cheese curds, gravy, and turnip or radish as a potato substitute.
- Butter Tarts: A Canadian delicacy made keto-friendly with almond flour and sugar alternatives.
Central American[edit | edit source]
Mexico[edit | edit source]
- Guacamole: Creamy avocado dip with tomatoes, onions, cilantro, and lime.
- Tacos in Lettuce Wraps: Instead of corn tortillas, use lettuce leaves.
- Chiles Rellenos: Poblano peppers stuffed with cheese, covered in egg batter and fried.
- Ceviche: Fresh fish marinated in lime juice with tomatoes, onions, and cilantro.
Recipe: Guacamole
Ingredients[edit | edit source]
- 2 ripe avocados
- 1 tomato, finely chopped
- 1/4 onion, finely chopped
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
- Juice of 1 lime
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Mash avocados in a bowl.
- Mix in tomato, onion, cilantro, lime juice, and salt.
- Serve chilled with keto-friendly chips or as a topping.
South American[edit | edit source]
Brazil[edit | edit source]
- Churrasco: Grilled meats, especially beef, with a side of chimichurri sauce.
- Moqueca: A seafood stew made with coconut milk, tomatoes, onions, and garlic.
- Coxinha: Traditional chicken croquettes, using almond or coconut flour.
Argentina[edit | edit source]
- Matambre a la Pizza: Steak topped with cheese and tomatoes, resembling a pizza.
- Empanadas: Using almond flour for the dough, filled with beef, chicken, or cheese.
Peru[edit | edit source]
- Lomo Saltado (minus fries): Beef stir fry with tomatoes and onions, typically served with rice - for keto, use cauliflower rice.
- Anticuchos: Beef heart skewers marinated in vinegar and spices.
Keto American foods with images[edit | edit source]
- 2bleu's bacon cheeseburger roll-up
- 3 spice fried pork chops
- A golden chicken
- A mayonnaise that won't make your heart explode
- Aha herb mix
- Aji verde peruvian green chili sauce
- Alino spice for chilean recipes
- All-american beef burgers
- American dream
- American egg rolls
- Americano
- Americano cocktail
- Annatto oil
- Anticuchos peruvian beef kebabs
- Argentina skirt steak - matambre
- Argentine grilled flank steak
- Argentinean barbecued steak
- Argentinian grilled flank steak with chimichurri sauce
- Asado de tira argentinean flanked cut ribs
- Awesome pan de carne - paraguayan meat loaf
- Bacon, egg and cheese biscuit bowls
- Bacon-wrapped pork medallions with electric chimichurri sauce
- Baked arroz con pollo
- Baked brazilian beef
- Bbq mushrooms with brazilian spices
- Beef alla certosina
- Beef and chimichurri sauce
- Bife de chorizo argentinean ny strip steak
- Bistec argentino al chimichurri steak with chimichurri sauce
- Black pepper and parm cheesy popcorn
- Blackening seasoning mix paul prudhomme
- Blue cheese and olive burger topping
- Boerewors - south african sausage
- Boomette 's american dream coffee
- Brazilian chicken and rice with olives
- Brazilian collard greens
- Brazilian-style skirt steak
- Buenos aires hearts of palm salad rachael ray
- Cabrito goat and red gravy
- Cactus cocktail
- Captain jack sparrow
- Carne picada spicy ground beef
- Cedar plank pork chops
- Ceviche skewers
- Chamorro fina'dene
- Cheddar walnut crisps
- Cheesy beer salsa dip
- Chef boyardee® cheeseburger-roni
- Cherry rum shooter
- Chicken 65 4 variations
- Chicken and yellow rice with broccoli and cheddar cheese
- Chicken kabob
- Chicken scaloppine with prosciutto, mozzarella and marsala
- Chicken stuffed bell peppers
- Chilean cilantro salsa pebre
- Chilean onion relish
- Chilean pebre - cilantro salsa
- Chilean salad
- Chili cheese tuna
- Chili dusted pork chops
- Chimichurri
- Chimichurri argentinean parsley and garlic sauce
- Chimichurri chicken strips
- Chimichurri grilling rub
- Chimichurri muy perfecto
- Chimichurri sauce
- Chimol salvadoran radish salsa
- Chori-queso or choriqueso tacos
- Choros a la chalaca
- Cilantro lime baked chicken
- Cilantro lime shrimp
- Classic clam dip
- Classy chicken bundles
- Club tropix
- Coffee cup scramble
- Coffee lover's shake light
- Colombian arepas
- Cosmo de san jose
- Crispy cheese ‚äì a la shady glen
- Cuban slow-cooker pork chops
- Curried salt popcorn
- Curry naan grilled chicken sandwich
- Curry naan open faced grilled shrimp sandwich
- Delish stuffed mushrooms - gluten / egg free
- Deviled beef hamburger patties
- Diana burger
- Diet friendly dill dip, spread, or salad dressing
- Dijon-herb dressing
- Easy cheese and turkey appetizers
- Easy meatballs topped with guacamole
- Electric chimichurri sauce
- Empanada tacos -n- wraps
- Empanadas
- Enchilada sauce
- Ensalada criolla
- Ensalada de nopales y camarones - cactus and shrimp salad
- Entrana argentinean skirt steak
- Everything cajun seasoning
- Farmhouse chicken and gravy
- Feijoada - brazilian black beans with smoked meats
- Flank steak with chimichurri sauce argentina
- Flash korean japanese style cucumber and daikon pickles
- Fried snapper with avocado
- Fried yucca cassava costa rican style
- General tso's chicken pizza
- Giant puffball mushroom crust pizza
- Ginger, carrot, and daikon salad
- Greek isles marinated chicken
- Greek lamb chops
- Green bean casserole
- Grilled beef with chimichurri sauce
- Grilled cheese pub style
- Grilled chicken breasts with chimichurri sauce
- Grilled new york steaks with chimichurri
- Grilled pork chops chuletas asado a la parrilla
- Grilled sam-burgers
- Grilled sirloin steak colombian churrasco
- Guacamole
- Guasacaca confetti
- Guasacaca sauce venezuela
- Guasacaca wah-sah-kaka salsa de venezuela
- Hacienda onion salad
- Hamburger patties
- Haphazard guacamole
- Healthy grilled chicken burger lazy darren
- Herb-pistachio brussels sprouts
- Herb-steamed chilean sea bass
- Herbes de provence spread for bread
- Holy guacamole!
- Hot, buttery coffee bulletproof coffee
- How to make a simple pot of anasazi beans
- Huevos pericos colombian scrambled eggs
- Ice water
- Johnd's savory scrambled eggs huevos pericos
- Jucy lucy cheeseburger
- Latin roasted pork shoulder
- Lemon verbena and calendula vinegar
- Lilliputian bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches
- Linguica con queso cheese-grilled sausage
- Louisiana green beans
- Low-calorie pizza-inspired warm spinach salad
- Luscious california burger
- Mama's cilantro cream sauce
- Mango veggie wrap/roll up
- Manhattan
- Marinated grilled skirt steak
- Mariscada aka caldo de siete mares
- Marvin's gcb mini's garlic cheeseburgers
- Mexican fried beans with onions and garlic
- Miami vice frozen drinks
- Mini baked ham and cheese sandwiches
- Mixed berry topping
- Muffin frittatas
- Nelson's mexican cheese dip
- New york strip steak with kalamata-olive chimichurri
- Nicaraguan-style steak / churrasco
- Nuways a/k/a maid-rites
- Old drover's inn stuffed eggs with hickory-smoked salt
- Omelet pizza
- Orange-spice rubbed roasted turkey breast
- Original cheese omelet
- Pão de queijo brazilian cheese puffs
- Pama caipirinha
- Pan-grilled steak biftek à la parrilla
- Parsley, olive oil, and garlic sauce
- Party roll-ups: an american, an englishman, and an italian
- Passage to india creamed spinach
- Peruvian beef kabobs with pepper sauce
- Peruvian grilled chicken
- Peruvian marinade for chicken
- Peruvian pisco sour
- Peruvian yellow pepper sauce
- Picky eaters tuna salad
- Piri piri sauce
- Pollo a la brasa peruvian grilled chicken
- Pollo asado con llajua cumin-grilled chicken with spicy salsa
- Pork chops braised in white wine
- Pork grilled with seasoned salt
- Pork tenderloin with chimichurri
- Portuguese steak
- Provoleta
- Provoleta argentina
- Purely simple guacamole
- Radish
- Raw tacos
- Red pepper chimichurri
- Roasted jicama
- Roasted lemon chicken
- Roasted red pepper dip
- Sage tea
- Salsa
- Salsa de aguacate avocado sauce
- Salsa de mirasol
- Salsa guasacaca - venezuelan avocado salsa
- Samba sausages
- Sandwich spread
- Sardine stuffed eggs huevos picantes
- Sarza criolla
- Sauteed chicken livers orleans
- Scrambled eggs
- Seared salmon cakes with dill
- Shredded marinated flank steak carne desmechada
- Simpler posole, navajo hominy pork stew
- Smoky, spicy tomatillo salsa verde aka green hell!
- South american marinated cedar-planked steak
- South of the border beef marinade
- Spanish pork
- Speedy spinach pesto
- Spinach and cheese squares
- Starbucks® pike place® roast
- Steak and halibut chimichurri
- Steak diane
- Stuffed mushrooms lidia bastianich
- Summer squash omelet
- Tanya's fabulous burgers
- Taro chips like potato chips
- Thanksgiving jello shots
- The best ever guacamole
- The classic skinny mule by blue ice vodka
- The perfect cup of tea-british style
- Thoom - arabic garlic sauce
- Tomatoes and onions - colombian hogao
- Triple orange margarita
- Two-bean salad
- Ultimate restaurant salsa
- Vaco argentinean flank steak
- Vegetable frittata italian style omelet
- Vegetarian taco salad for the dieter
- Veggie spring rolls with chimichurri sauce
- Venezuelan spice marinade
- Warming winter good for for your health tea
- Weight watchers chicken cheese steaks
- Whole foods garden fresh salsa
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