“This is a super flavorful pile of greens topped by just a few slices of freshly grilled, juicy steak,” says Runner’s World contributing food writer Natalia Smith. “I could eat this every day.” Pair the high-protein salad with a hearty slice of crusty whole grain bread for a complete recovery meal. Or if you want […]
This salad is glorious in color, full flavored, and really filling. The roasted sweet potatoes are the perfect counterbalance to the salty bacon-just a little of which adds big flavor while keeping the fat under control. Runner’s World contributing food writer Mark Bittman likes to eat this salad for a whole-meal lunch or serve it
A peanut butter–based sweet treat is a great source of natural fat for the keto diet. Covered in chocolate, one peanut butter bite is also enough to be a quick sweet fix. But store-bought keto chocolate–peanut butter candies are often dry and chalky in texture and either cloyingly sweet or overly bitter. So we used
A good chocolate chip cookie is moist and chewy, with crisp edges and deep toffee and butterscotch notes. To mimic that keto-style, we swapped in almond flour for a tender crumb, coconut flour for its high absorbency power to bind the cookies together, and xanthan gum for structure. In initial testing, our cookies baked up
Cheesecakes look impressive and taste satisfyingly indulgent but seem daunting to make. Our mini versions couldn’t be simpler, however, and the fact that they use keto-friendly ingredients like cream cheese and eggs makes them accessible to anyone on the diet. Our goal for this dessert was to find a grain-free flour crust to support our
Other than its warm chocolatiness, the best part of a mug cake is how quickly it comes together and how easy it is to eat—the perfect treat when you crave something decadent. We started by melting butter with keto-friendly chocolate chips. We then added some cocoa powder, powdered erythritol to balance the bitterness of the
Paletas are a creamy, Mexican frozen treat often filled with chunks of fruits, textured with rice pudding, or flavored with spices. We wanted to create a keto version that was easy and satisfying. Since we couldn’t use fruit or fruit juice, we opted for richly flavored, naturally sweet coconut milk mixed with heavy cream. We
Panna cotta is an elegant, refined dessert made with sugar and gelatin melted in cream and milk. The mixture is chilled in individual ramekins and thanks to its ingredients, it’s a natural choice for an easy keto sweet. We set out to create a simple method that would guarantee a pudding with the delicate texture
For a keto version of classic Italian shrimp scampi, we wanted to find a good substitute for wheat-based pasta and retain all of the rich garlic and seafood flavors of the original recipe. As we have in other keto pasta recipes, we swapped in long strands of spiralized zucchini; their mild flavor allowed the shrimp
Though named after the city-nation of Singapore, this lightly sauced stir-fry of vegetables, eggs, and shrimp is a Hong Kong native. Typically, Singapore noodles are made with rice vermicelli but for a keto-friendly version, we chose shirataki noodles, which have zero net carbohydrates. Since ingredients cook at varying rates, stir-frying them in batches guaranteed a
