Learn how to cook using the easiest method! My simple roasted eggplant recipe comes out perfectly caramelized and tender every time.
Easy Low Carb Keto Side Dishes
You’re going to love these low carb keto side dish recipes! Just because they are packed with veggies or you’re following a keto diet, does not make them boring. Promise. These easy keto side dishes offer up lots of ways to cook veggies in a way that’s absolutely delicious. They are naturally gluten-free and have under 10 net carbs (most under 5!), but they are also versatile enough for the whole family, even if they are not low carb. With these recipes, you’ll have everyone eating more vegetables — and loving every bite.
Serve these keto-friendly side dishes with chicken, beef, or seafood for delicious meals. You can also add a low carb salad if you like. For a full list of low carb foods, check the keto food list.
This page is focused on easy keto sides specifically, but don’t forget that you can also serve many low carb appetizers as sides as well. For example, keto onion rings, keto chips, and dips all pair well with many main courses.
Popular Simple Keto Sides
The easiest, best keto sides you can make are simple ways to prepare low carb vegetables! Below are the reader favorite keto vegetable dishes on Wholesome Yum, as well as my own.
Make this easy creamed spinach recipe in 15 minutes, with 6 ingedients! Tender spinach leaves pair perfectly with a silky, rich cream sauce.
This oven roasted asparagus recipe is perfectly tender and takes less than 20 minutes, with simple ingredients. An easy, healthy side dish!
This easy green beans almondine recipe is garlicky, lemony, and packed with crunchy almonds! Make it with just 6 ingredients in 10 minutes.
Cauliflower fried rice has all the flavor of the classic, but it’s low carb and gluten-free. Ready in 20 minutes, with simple ingredients!
These crispy, easy bacon wrapped brussels sprouts with maple mustard dipping sauce make a delicious, healthy appetizer – without added sugar.
Featured Keto Side Dish
Easy Mashed Cauliflower
Learn how to make mashed cauliflower that’s smooth, creamy, and low carb! The BEST keto mashed cauliflower recipe (cauliflower mash) needs just 4 ingredients.
Popular Keto Side Dishes To Replace Carbs
When you miss those starchy favorites like pasta, rice, and potatoes, these popular keto side dish recipes are the perfect substitute. In fact, I love developing creative ways to enjoy the carbs you miss on a keto diet so much that there are whole sections to rice, pasta, and potato substitutes in my Easy Keto Carboholics’ Cookbook!
You might also like to browse my low carb cauliflower, zucchini, or spaghetti squash recipes — many of them invoke that comfort food feeling.
Make my easy, cheesy cauliflower mac and cheese with 6 ingredients in just 25 minutes! It’s the ultimate healthy, low carb comfort food.
Learn how to make zucchini noodles perfectly – never watery! Use my easy zoodles recipe as a healthy, low carb swap for your favorite pasta.
Learn the BEST method for how to cook a shirataki noodles recipe (konjac noodles) to an al dente texture. This recipe takes just 25 minutes!
An EASY tutorial for how to make cauliflower rice (the best way) in 15 minutes! Plus, get the best cauliflower rice recipes & serving ideas.
This keto pasta noodles recipe has just 2.7g net carbs + 3 ingredients! Learn the tricks to make chewy, satisfying, and EASY low carb pasta.
Rutabaga fries make the best keto french fries! You’ll love the crispy exterior. These low carb fries have just 6 g net carbs!
The Wholesome Yum Easy Keto Carboholics’ Cookbook
100 Low Carb Comfort Food Recipes. 10 Ingredients Or Less.
Inside this beautiful hard cover keto recipe book, you’ll find 100 delectable, EASY keto recipes to replace all your favorite carbs: bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, desserts, and more… each with 10 ingredients or less! It includes over 75 BRAND NEW RECIPES not available anywhere else, and a photo, macros, & tips for every recipe.
Order NowRoasted Green Vegetables
All you need to make these simple keto sides is some avocado or olive oil, salt and pepper, a few spices, and a sheet pan. And if you’re cooking for a family, I recommending making these veggie ideas, adding an additional starchy side for the non-keto family members, and cooking a shared keto dinner entree.
Sauteed Vegetables
Sauteed veggies are some of my favorite keto side dishes — the browning and caramelization is so irresistible! You can do it with all kinds of vegetables, from cabbage and mushrooms to radishes and zucchini… and more. If you want to save on dishes, you can saute your veggies and cook a perfect steak in the same cast iron skillet (just not at the same time).
Sign Up To Save Recipes
My Favorites Sign up to save recipesSign up to save all your favorite keto recipes and articles for FREE!
Save and access your favorites with the click of a button, and access them anytime, anywhere, from any device.