When you’re eating low carb/keto, parties can leave you starving, so lately we’ve been hosting in order to stay on track and also to experiment with low carb party food! Two weekends in a row we’ve had some people over for food and festivities and it’s gone pretty swimmingly.
The first weekend we had a dinner party with parmesan crackers, dips, meats and cheeses to start. Then we had keto meatloaf (stuffed with goat cheese!), spinach salad and garlicky spaghetti squash as a side.
For the Super Bowl, I put together a ridiculously delicious spread of low carb party food. Our guests were actually either a) on keto too, or b) diabetic so it worked out great although I think anybody would have been pleased. We actually got a roll of pretzel bread for the fondue in case somebody else wanted it, but nobody touched it.
Here’s what we had in the spread:
- Deviled eggs (eggs, mayo, a pinch of mustard powder and a dash of paprika)
- Trader Joe’s Herby Brie Cheese Fondue (plus veggies)
- Buffalo Chicken Cream Cheese Fondue (16oz cream cheese, 1 cup Frank’s red hot, 1 cup ranch dressing, 1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar, 4 cups shredded chicken – boil it then shred it – add all ingredients to the fondue pot until melted together)
- Skewered chicken tenders with buffalo sauce and bleu cheese to dip (seasoned + cooked at 375 for 20 minutes)
- Crockpot steak tips (3.5lbs steak tips, cut into 2-inch cubes and seared on the stove. Then added to crockpot w/ 1/2 cup Worcestershire, 1/2 cup low carb BBQ sauce, 1/2 cup Italian dressing. Cooked in crockpot for 5 hrs on high).
- A fruit salad made of strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries
- A cheese plate, almonds, and macadamia nuts
- Horseradish cheese dip
I found this whole spread to be ridiculously easy to prepare. It didn’t involve me spending the whole day in the kitchen like I usually do, I was able to prepare everything sufficiently ahead of time and enjoy the game with our guests.
Here are a few other recipes I’d like to try in the future if I needed to feed more guests (this was more than sufficient for four people!)
Balsamic Glazed Steak Rolls (minus the brown sugar)
Bacon-Wrapped Cream Cheese Jalapeño Bites
If you have a recipe for a favorite low carb party food, do share!
3 comments
I want to go to the next one you host!!
Excellent. Cooking some of these this weekend to convince friends low carb is the bomb!!!
My take on low-carb party food:
I get low-carb tortillas at my local grocery and thin-sliced roast beef. Make a mix of mayo and garlic power (I use about 1/4 tsp garlic to 1/4 cup mayo – my husband likes it “garlicy” but adjust to your own taste). Spread the mayo on a tortilla, layer beef slices, add a thin slice of dill pickle, or 3-4 pickle chips, roll up and slice in half. They’re fairly low-carb if you can get the tortillas, and are very popular.