Stock Your Kitchen With Keto Staple Foods

Stock Your Kitchen With Keto Staple Foods


If you’re used to eating carb-heavy foods, like bread and pasta, or often rely on take-out, it can be challenging to switch to a ketogenic diet plan. Most folks who decide to go keto quickly realize that it requires a complete lifestyle upgrade. Many also find that they need a bit of an adjustment period before settling into this new way of eating and living. But with proper meal prep for the Keto Diet, it is much easier to keep up with the keto lifestyle—and to resist those pesky cravings that tend to happen during the adjustment period.

Planning ahead and being prepared helps you avoid exhausting decision making throughout the week, and saves you time and money. Not to mention, it helps you avoid getting HANGRY!

We’ve done some of the work for you, and have come up with five ways to meal prep for the Keto Diet, so you can set yourself up for success!

Stock Your Kitchen With Keto Staple Foods

Stocking your kitchen with keto-legal staples is the first step of any meal prep for the Keto Diet. It makes life so much easier when you have everything you need for the Keto Diet right in your own kitchen. This allows you to throw quick and easy meals together, grab quick go-to snacks—and it gives you peace of mind.

If you are unsure of which foods are high in carbs, you can use Self Nutrition Data to look up the nutritional profiles of lots of different foods.

Here are a few of our favorite basic keto foods to always have on hand:

Meat And Low-Carb Veggies

Steak and potatoes are classic American staple foods. Skip the potatoes, and add some leafy greens instead and you have yourself a great foundation for the Keto Diet. Stock your freezer with:

  • fatty cuts of meat
  • salmon, sardines, mackerel and other fatty fish
  • poultry

Non-starchy vegetables, like leafy greens and cruciferous vegetables, are low in carbs, so fill your fridge with as many as you can eat over the course of a week. Remember that plants contain non-soluble fiber, which your body doesn’t digest and absorb like other carbs, so look at the amount of soluble fiber when you figure out your net carbs (total carbs minus insoluble fiber). We like:

  • kale
  • spinach
  • collard greens
  • Swiss chard
  • cabbage
  • broccoli
  • cauliflower
  • Brussels sprouts
  • asparagus
  • fresh herbs like cilantro, parsley, and basil
  • scallions, garlic and shallots

Dairy And Eggs

Dairy and eggs are also must-haves while transitioning to a ketogenic lifestyle. They are great sources of healthy fats and some protein. If possible, always purchase high quality full fat dairy products to add to recipes and drinks. Some musts when you meal prep for the Keto Diet:

  • eggs
  • butter and/or ghee
  • cream cheese
  • cottage cheese
  • your favorite cheese
  • plain full fat yogurt
  • heavy whipping cream
  • Berries

While most fruits are high in carbs, and therefore off limits or extremely limited on the Keto Diet, a few different berries are okay in small amounts.

  • raspberries
  • blackberries
  • blueberries
  • strawberries

Seeds, Nuts And Nut Butters

Nuts and seeds are a good source of both fat and protein. But eat them in moderation.

  • almonds and almond butter
  • cashews and cashew butter
  • sunflower seeds and sunbutter
  • pumpkin seeds
  • pecans
  • macadamia nuts
  • brazil nuts

Keto Friendly Flours

Having these flours on hand can make baking keto style a lot easier. You can find good quality finely ground almond and coconut flours in the baking section of most health food stores. As with the nuts and seeds above, use in moderation.

  • almond flour
  • coconut flour
  • MCT Oil And Powder

Always have a good source of trusted MCT oil and powder on hand, such as our own Guy Gone Keto MCT Oil.

Coconut Products

It’s always a good idea to have high quality organic extra virgin coconut oil available for baking, sautéing, and for adding to Keto coffee or tea drinks. The following coconut products are also great ways to add fat to your diet:

  • full fat coconut milk
  • coconut butter
  • shredded coconut or coconut smiles

Keto Approved Sweeteners

It is very helpful to have keto-approved sweeteners around. They can be added to ketogenic baked goods, teas, coffees or other drinks. They offer great support when dealing with sugar cravings. Try some of the following keto-legal sweeteners:

stevia
xylitol
erythritol
allulose
monk fruit

Avocado And Avocado Oil

We really like having ripe avocados on hand. You can buy them in bulk at places like Costco and refrigerate them as they ripen. Use them in smoothies, salad dressings, lettuce wraps, green salads or as a snack sprinkled with sea salt and lemon. Or stuff them with some smoked salmon and an egg, and bake them in the oven! Yum!

We also like keeping avocado oil on hand for drizzling on steamed leafy greens and making our own salad dressings.

Condiments

Keto approved condiments can all help you make the adjustment to a Keto lifestyle without sacrificing flavor. We love:

  • avocado oil or coconut oil mayonnaise
  • sugar free mustard
  • sugar free hot sauce
  • red wine vinegar
  • apple cider vinegar
  • olives, olive oil and olive tapenade
  • lemon and lime juice
  • And yes, can we plug our very own Guy Gone Keto line of condiments?

Spices And Herbs

Be sure to have your favorite spices and herbs available. This will make things like batch cooking and last minute meals easier to throw together.  Some of our favorite seasonings that we use to meal prep for the Keto Diet are:

  • cayenne
  • chili powder
  • cinnamon
  • cumin
  • rosemary
  • thyme

Broths

Store bought or homemade stocks and broths are great to have around. They make it easy to make a quick meal by adding veggies, meat and MCT oil. A cup of bone broth can provide great morning energy when consumed for breakfast.

Try egg drop soup in the morning!






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