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Keto Lunch Ideas for Work
Make-ahead, easy-to-carry low-carb lunches, with net carbs where the recipe sites list them.
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The Best Keto Recipes builds its weekly plan around five easy low-carb lunches plus a printable grocery list, so five lunches cover a work week. Plenty of the ideas here are batch recipes too. The Best Keto Recipes says its spinach bites and pizza bites each make 30 at 0.8 net carbs apiece, and Ecstatic Happiness says lasagna stuffed peppers freeze for up to 3 months. The list assumes a fridge at work and, for some picks, a microwave. It leaves out calorie goals and meal timing, and the net carbs come from those recipe sites, so check them against your own plan.
Why these items are on the list
- Spinach and cheese bites. Sausage, spinach and cheese. The Best Keto Recipes says a batch makes 30 at 0.8 net carbs each.
- Keto pizza bagels. Good warm or cold. The Best Keto Recipes says the full bagel recipe makes 6, 4.6 net carbs each.
- Sausage stuffed jalapeno poppers. The Best Keto Recipes says it makes 28. They reheat in the microwave, so check the office has one.
- Keto pizza bites. Italian sausage and mozzarella. The Best Keto Recipes says 30 bites at 0.8 net carbs each; they reheat easily.
- Oven-baked chicken tenders. Pack jalapeno ranch for dipping. The Best Keto Recipes says the batch makes 12, at 1.1 net carbs for two.
- Cheesy pesto chicken casserole. Make it ahead for the week. Ecstatic Happiness lists just 1.5g net carbs.
- Chipotle chicken fajita bowls. Cauliflower rice, chicken and peppers. Ecstatic Happiness lists 20 minutes total and 8g net carbs, so go easy at dinner.
- Keto meatloaf minis. Ground beef and pork rinds. Ecstatic Happiness lists 5 minutes of prep and 2.4g net carbs.
- Garlic butter chicken meatballs. Served over cauliflower rice. Ecstatic Happiness lists 10 minutes of prep and 6g net carbs.
- Lasagna stuffed peppers. Ecstatic Happiness says they freeze for up to 3 months, but calls the 8.6g net carbs pretty high.
- Steak bites with mashed cauliflower. Make it ahead. Ecstatic Happiness warns it's high at 9g net carbs, so plan the day around it.
- Make-ahead breakfast burritos. Eggs, bacon and cheese. One blogger likes them as a work lunch, at 6g net carbs.
- Chicken salad in avocado half. A forum host's pick for a keto lunch guest. Rolls on the side were only for others.
- Lemon herb salmon with greens. A forum suggestion: salmon fillets with garlic and herbs, plus green veg.
- Olives, sliced meats, cheeses. A former keto eater's easy list, with little egg pancakes to spread the cheese on.
- Hard-boiled eggs with good mayo. From a keto eater's list, alongside salad and no-sugar coleslaw.
- Hummus with veggie sticks. A meat-free keto eater lists it along with homemade seed crackers.
- Potato-free soup. Skip potatoes and root veg. One poster tentatively suggests broccoli with coconut milk, for keto and dairy-allergic guests.
- Roast chicken, avocado green salad. Plenty of olive oil and mayonnaise, as one forum poster suggests. Leave the potato or rice for others.
- Keto cake mix cookies. A lunchbox dessert. The Best Keto Recipes says four ingredients make 30 cookies at 1.1 net carbs each.
Tick the lunches off on your phone as you pack them, and you'll see at a glance what's left for the rest of the week.
When to use it
Useful on a weekend, when you're planning and prepping lunches for the coming work week.