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Flavor-Packed Keto Salads for People Who Find Salads Boring

Last Updated March 20, 2022. Published April 13, 2020 By Davinah Cenou Montezuma

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If you’re a foodie like me and used to eating comfort food, it might be a bit of an adjustment to just have a regular salad. So, I gathered up these flavor-packed low-carb keto salad recipes that I know you will enjoy.

Most of them layer bold flavors by adding well-seasoned meat, toppings, and low-carb versions of salad dressings. Others are salad versions of carb-filled favorites like tacos and burgers.

As you scroll through this list of keto salad recipes, I hope you find a few that intrigue you. If you try any of these, I’d love it if you’d leave me a comment and tell me all about it.

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Low Carb & Keto Salads

1. Keto Taco Salad Supreme Recipe

When you’re craving Mexican food, my Keto Taco Salad hits all the right notes. Crispy and refreshing, yet hearty, you won’t even miss the shell. This recipe features my homemade taco seasoning but also includes guacamole and pico de gallo that I used in my keto nachos.

Keto Taco Salad Supreme

An easy, low-carb and keto-friendly option for Taco Supreme at home. Includes directions for an easy guacamole, pico de gallo, and clean taco seasoning. 
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keto taco salad in a bowl with avocado, Pico De Gallo, taco meat, cheddar, lettuce, and red onions

2. BLT Avocado Salad With Homemade Ranch Dressing

One of the best things about keto is bacon. My BLT Avocado Salad takes all the wonderful flavors of a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich combined with the creamy comfort of avocado for a salad that is pure comfort! I topped this one with my ranch dressing and you can keep this mess-free by using my air fryer bacon.

BLT Avocado Salad

A keto & low carb salad version of the BLT sandwich. Includes all of the flavors of the BLT and a recipe for homemade ranch dressing.
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BLT Avocado Salad

3. Easy Low Carb & Keto Coleslaw Recipe

Perfect for picnics, potlucks, or simply as a side dish for dinner, this Keto Coleslaw is tasty, refreshing, and serves up just the right amount of crunch. Personally, I enjoy this one with my keto BBQ pulled pork.

Easy Low Carb & Keto Coleslaw Recipe

This tangy Low Carb & Keto coleslaw makes the perfect keto side dish to bring to picnics or to serve up with keto barbecue. Includes just 2g net carbs.
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keto coleslaw in a bowl with a fork

4. Keto Chicken Cobb Salad

Layer on the flavors of my cast iron chicken, crispy air fryer bacon, and vegetables like avocado in this easy recipe. I personally love this keto salad with my blue cheese cream dressing.

Keto Chicken Cobb Salad Recipe

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5. Easy Keto Broccoli Salad With Bacon

If you’ve never tried broccoli and bacon together, this Keto Broccoli Salad with Bacon is just what you need in your life. The creamy dressing turns this meal salad into total comfort food.

Easy Keto Broccoli Salad with Bacon

Looking for a great dish to take to your next barbecue or potluck lunch? This broccoli salad is so easy to make, is packed with flavor, no one will ever know it’s low carb!
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Easy Keto Broccoli Salad with Bacon

6. Keto Tuna Salad

Enjoy this cold salad for lunch in a lettuce wrap. Add a bit of extra protein with my hard boiled air fryer eggs.

Keto Tuna Salad

An easy, yet delicious Keto Tuna Salad is a classic turned up a notch! It's flavorful, crunchy, and creamy. Serve on a lettuce wrap or your favorite low-carb bread, or with some veggies for the perfect, hearty meal.
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a close up of a tuna salad lettuce wrap on a cutting board with chopped vegetables

7. Big Mac Salad-Keto Cheeseburger Salad

This Big Mac Salad has all the flavor of the famous sandwich, but in a keto-friendly salad form that satisfies without blowing your diet. What could be better?

Big Mac Salad – Keto Cheeseburger Salad

The Big Mac Salad is inspired by the popular fast food hamburger. It’s a simple cheeseburger salad with all the flavor and a lot less carbs.
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Big Mac Salad - Keto Cheeseburger Salad

8. Keto Classic Blue Cheese Wedge Salad Recipe

With the delightful flavors of bacon, tomato, and blue cheese dressing, this wedge salad is a great side dish – yet hearty enough to be a great summertime meal. It’s so easy to prepare, you can happily fit this meal into your busy lifestyle!

Keto Classic Blue Cheese Wedge Salad Recipe | Wholesome Yum

The best, easiest keto wedge salad recipe to serve with steak or burgers! See how to make classic wedge salad in just 10 minutes.
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Keto Classic Blue Cheese Wedge Salad Recipe | Wholesome Yum

9. Crunchy Healthy Turkey Salad Recipe

One of my favorite things about a good salad is the wide variety of ingredients you can include. This turkey salad has only a few simple ingredients, but so much color and flavor, you’ll swear it tastes like more! This one is a great recipe to use up your leftover turkey from Thanksgiving.

Crunchy Healthy Turkey Salad Recipe {Meal Prep, Gluten-Free, Low Carb, Keto}

This easy and Healthy Turkey Salad recipe with a Tahini dressing is the perfect balance of colourful, crunchy and creamy.
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Crunchy Healthy Turkey Salad Recipe {Meal Prep, Gluten-Free, Low Carb, Keto}

10. Tomato Balsamic Mint Salad (Whole30, Paleo, Vegan)

When tomatoes are in season, this salad is a must-make. The mint and balsamic vinegar bring the flavor of fresh tomatoes to life in all the best ways.

Tomato Salad with Balsamic and Mint Dressing

This Tomato Salad with fresh mint and purple onions with balsamic dressing is Whole30 compliant, gluten free, paleo and vegan!
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Tomato Salad with Balsamic and Mint Dressing

11. Easy Creamy Cucumber Salad

If you’ve never had an amazing cucumber salad, now is your chance. This one has cucumber slices combined with thin-sliced onions and a creamy, homemade dressing. I recommend enjoying this with any of these keto grilled food recipes.

Easy Creamy Cucumber Salad Recipe + {VIDEO}

This Easy Creamy Cucumber Salad Recipe is made with sour cream or Greek yogurt, onions, and without vinegar. This healthy dish is the perfect side, especially when you are wondering what to do with excess cucumbers!
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Easy Creamy Cucumber Salad Recipe + {VIDEO}

12. Creamy Chicken Salad

This simple creamy chicken salad is full of complex flavor. Enjoy with your favorite raw vegetables and lettuce leaves. You might also add this to one of my keto bagels if you’re craving a chicken salad sandwich.

SUPER Simple Creamy Chicken Salad

Very popular Creamy Chicken Salad Recipe. Just 5 ingredients, a simple little hack, and probably one of the best chicken salads you’ll ever make. Additional variations make it versatile.
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SUPER Simple Creamy Chicken Salad

13. Chicken Cobb Salad With Cobb Salad Dressing

Cobb salad is popular with keto and non-keto eaters alike. This versatile recipe calls for chicken or any other meat you enjoy, cheese, hard-boiled eggs, and a tasty variety of your favorite vegetables.

Chicken Cobb Salad With Cobb Salad Dressing.

A healthy chicken Cobb salad with a traditional Cobb salad dressing is a hearty and complete keto meal. See why I call the Cobb salad the King of salads.
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Chicken Cobb Salad With Cobb Salad Dressing.

14. Keto Blackened Steak Salad

If you love steak for dinner, just wait until you try it in a salad. Slices of tender steak, mushrooms, avocados, and tomatoes combine for a hearty, delicious dinner salad that is perfect for weekday meals and special occasions alike!

Keto Blackened Steak Salad | Peace Love and Low Carb

This Keto Blackened Steak Salad is the full meal deal. No wimpy side salads here. Loaded up with healthy fats and lots of veggies, it is the kind of salad that will stick to your ribs.
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Keto Blackened Steak Salad | Peace Love and Low Carb

15. Chopped Italian Keto Antipasto Salad Recipe

This Italian antipasto salad is a great choice when you’re looking for the strong flavor profile of pizza or pasta, but want to stick to your healthy keto lifestyle. Full of delicious ingredients like tomatoes, cheese, salami, and more, this salad really satisfies. If you love Italian food, this recipe is also featured in my keto Italian food recipes post.

Chopped Italian Keto Antipasto Salad Recipe | Wholesome Yum

The BEST chopped Italian antipasto salad recipe! See how to make keto antipasto salad in just 10 minutes, with an antipasto salad dressing that’s packed with flavor.
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Chopped Italian Keto Antipasto Salad Recipe | Wholesome Yum

16. Chinese Chicken Salad

Most of us love Chinese food, but it isn’t known for being very keto-friendly. That’s why you need this salad in your life. With chicken, rice vinegar, cilantro, and other tasty ingredients, you’ll love every bite!

Chinese Chicken Salad (Low Carb!!)

I know, salads and guilty pleasures don’t normally go together, but this Chinese chicken salad is a recipe that I build my week around!
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Chinese Chicken Salad (Low Carb!!)

17. Keto Potato Salad

If you’re looking for southern style keto potato salad without cauliflower this one is it! It has all the flavors of southern-style potato salad without the carbs

Keto Potato Salad

Make Southern-style Keto Potato Salad without cauliflower using this radish recipe. Ready in 10 minutes.
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18. Easy Chicken Fajita Salad

Chicken fajitas are so much fun. Strips of chicken with fajita vegetables make for a scrumptious meal – but the tortillas can be a real problem. Lay all those favorite ingredients out on a salad or even a cheese taco shell, though, and you have the warm weather meal of your dreams!

Easy Chicken Fajita Salad

Chicken Fajita Salad is quick, easy and satisfying! This delicious and affordable chicken fajitas salad is a tasty meal the whole family will love.
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Easy Chicken Fajita Salad

19. Low Carb Creamy Crab Salad

If you’re looking for an extra-special keto-friendly dish to share with friends and family, you’ll want to check out this tasty crab salad. You can enjoy this with low-carb toast (this one is my favorite low-carb bread), keto-friendly crackers, or some butter lettuce.

Low Carb Creamy Crab Salad – The Keto Queens

This is the BEST Low Carb Creamy Crab Salad Recipe; it’s a chilled crab-based salad with a creamy, flavorful dressing! It’s a great appetizer or lunch.
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Low Carb Creamy Crab Salad - The Keto Queens

20. Summer Spinach Strawberry Pecan Salad

If you’re in the mood for the ultimate summer salad, this one may just blow your mind. Fresh spinach leaves provide the perfect bed for crunchy pecans, chicken, strawberry slices, and tasty balsamic vinegar.

Spinach Strawberry Pecan Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette

Enjoy this spinach strawberry pecan salad with homemade balsamic dressing and a salty or tangy cheese brings salad to the next level.
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Spinach Strawberry Pecan Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette

21. Chicken Bacon Ranch Salad

This is a great alternative to traditional chicken salad recipes. It starts with using homemade ranch seasoning to make ranch dressing. Then you just add cooked chicken, cheese and bacon.

Bacon Ranch Easy Chicken Salad – Low Carb, Keto, THM

My Bacon Ranch Easy Chicken Salad is packed with flavor. It is rich & creamy with cheddar, bacon, & dill. This is the BEST chicken salad you will ever eat.
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Bacon Ranch Easy Chicken Salad - Low Carb, Keto, THM

22. Amish Broccoli and Cauliflower Salad with Shrimp

If you love classic Amish broccoli and cauliflower salad, this version is a tasty (and different) delight. Using shrimp instead of bacon brings new refreshment to this satisfying meal. But, if you want to throw a little bacon in, too, I won’t tell on you!

Amish Broccoli Cauliflower Salad w/ Shrimps My PCOS Kitchen

A delicious vegetable salad with grilled shrimps and cheddar cheese!
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Amish Broccoli Cauliflower Salad w/ Shrimps My PCOS Kitchen

23. Shrimp and Avocado Ceviche Salad

Although traditional ceviche is made without heat, this tasty salad involves lightly-grilled shrimp. I imagine that the extra step really brings out the shrimp flavor.

Cold Shrimp and Avocado Salad {VIDEO}

This Easy Cold Shrimp and Avocado Salad is made with ingredients like Old Bay Seasoning, cucumber, fresh basil, olive oil, and lime. This is the best salad idea for a quick meal you can even toss on a sandwich. Serve with pan-seared or grilled shrimp.
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Cold Shrimp and Avocado Salad {VIDEO}

24. Buffalo Chicken Wedge Salad

Wedge salads are easy, satisfying, and delicious – but when you add the flavor of buffalo chicken, you get a salad that is off the charts. Combined with blue cheese crumbles and an assortment of tasty vegetables, this salad will really surprise you!

Buffalo Chicken Wedge Salad | Peace Love and Low Carb

A delicious spin on a classic wedge salad. This Buffalo Chicken Wedge Salad has all the amazing flavors of buffalo wings, with the perfect crunch that only a wedge salad can offer.
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Buffalo Chicken Wedge Salad | Peace Love and Low Carb

25. Rotisserie Chicken Salad

Made with rotisserie chicken, bacon, and cheese, this chicken salad is simply amazing. So delicious, you’ll want to share with your family but may be very tempted to eat it all yourself.

Rotisserie Chicken Salad with Bacon, Ranch + Cheddar!

Rotisserie chicken salad is a full-flavored, protein packed and intensely delicious lunch that comes together in 20 minutes flat!
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Rotisserie Chicken Salad with Bacon, Ranch + Cheddar!

26. Creamy Cauliflower Salad

Cauliflower is wonderfully versatile (in fact, I have a post with 40 cauliflower recipes), making it the perfect choice to substitute for potatoes in this Creamy Cauliflower Salad. This tasty side dish offers you all the satisfaction of potato salad – without the carbs.

Creamy Cauliflower Salad

A perfect cauliflower salad recipe, just in time for summer. Creamy, flavorful, and packed with all your favorite potato salad add-ins. You won’t miss the spuds with this perfect keto side dish. This post is
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Creamy Cauliflower Salad

27. Greek Zoodle Salad

Sometimes you’re just in the mood for a good pasta salad, and this Greek Zoodle Salad is the keto-friendly solution that you are looking for. Rich with Greek flavors like Kalamata Olives and Feta Cheese, it is the dinner salad you’ve been craving!

Greek Zoodle Salad

Enjoy this Greek Zoodle Salad in place of traditional pasta salads. It’s light and fresh, all while packing a big flavor punch
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Greek Zoodle Salad

28. Easy Low Carb Cheeseburger Salad

When you’re in the mood for a cheeseburger but want to avoid bread, this Low Carb Cheeseburger Salad is a completely delicious alternative.

Easy Low Carb Cheeseburger Salad {THM-S} | My Montana Kitchen

All the flavors of a juicy cheeseburger in a light and lovely salad. This meal is one of my family’s
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Easy Low Carb Cheeseburger Salad {THM-S} | My Montana Kitchen

FAQs

What lettuce is best for keto?

This depends on what you enjoy. Personally, I love salads with a mix of romaine lettuce, shredded kale, and spinach.

Can salad kick you out of ketosis?

Sugar can kick you out of ketosis. So, a salad dressing covered in a sugary dressing or carb filled toppings will impact your goals. Most salad vegetables are very low in carbs so you’d need to eat an unusually large amount of them to have to worry about eating too many carbs for ketosis. For example, an entire head of romaine lettuce has 7g net carbs. Most do not eat that much lettuce in a salad.

Can you eat cucumbers on keto?

A medium cucumber has 4g net carbs. So, many who enjoy them, add them to their keto way of eating.

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