For most of us, Thanksgiving is all about spending time with family and close friends around a table full of delicious food. Celebrating the holiday doesn’t have to mean de-railing your efforts on the keto diet.
It’s totally possible to make keto-friendly substitutes for your favorite Thanksgiving side dishes and desserts!
My best advice: enjoy all the turkey you like and make at least one side and dessert that’s keto friendly for you to enjoy. This ensures that you can fully celebrate the holiday with everyone and not feel deprived.
These 20 side dishes and desserts are perfect for Thanksgiving and totally low carb and keto friendly!
Keto Thanksgiving Bread
No holiday meal is complete without some sort of bread. Here’s a few low carb keto-friendly bread recipes that taste delicious!
- Grain Free Herbed Biscuits – make a double batch because everyone’s gonna love them!
- Almond Flour Biscuits – delicious, cheesy, and super easy
- Cranberry Jalapeno Cornbread Muffins – a fun twist on bread that’s delicious!
Keto Holiday Stuffing
Stuffing seems to be one of those “love it or hate it” type things. If you love stuffing and are sad that you have to skip it on the keto diet, you’re in luck!
Here’s 3 keto friendly stuffing recipes to try!
- Low Carb Cauliflower Stuffing – the cauliflower absorbs the turkey flavor; yummy!
- Low Carb Holiday Stuffing – the keto bread in this recipe make it like the real thing
- Low Carb Stuffing – totally worth the extra effort of making the keto bread first
Keto Thanksgiving Side Dishes
There’s no need to cave in to the traditional high carb side dishes at your Thanksgiving feast. Make these keto side dishes and enjoy without falling off the wagon!
- Easy Keto Gravy – this goes great on cauliflower mashed “potatoes”
- Creamy cauliflower Mash & Keto Gravy – here’s an all-in-one mashed potatoes and gravy if you need help making mashed cauliflower. It’s easy and delicious!
- Cauliflower Mac n Cheese – the perfect low-carb mac n cheese replacement
- Low Carb Potato Pancakes – so easy and totally delicious!
- Creamed Spinach – this goes great with turkey
- Low Carb Cranberry Sauce – a staple of every Thanksgiving table!
Keto Thanksgiving Casseroles
There’s always at least a casserole or two on every Thanksgiving spread. Here’s a bunch of low carb, keto friendly casseroles to make that everyone will enjoy!
- Green Bean Casserole – a holiday staple for every holiday!
- Cheesy Zucchini Casserole – incredibly cheesy, delicious, and super easy
- Sweet Potato Casserole – totally delicious, just eat in moderation!
- Cauliflower Bacon Gratin – cheesy, bacon goodness!
- Spaghetti Squash Au Gratin with Bacon – super easy, totally yummy
- Creamy Roasted Bacon Brussels Sprouts Casserole – a must try!
Keto Thanksgiving Desserts
All holiday get-togethers require a proper dessert, right? Here’s some keto desserts that are perfect for Thanksgiving!
- Keto Pecan Pie – full of flavor!
- Chocolate Silk Pie – chocolatey and delicious!
- Keto Crustless Pumpkin Pie – the staple for Thanksgiving!
Need more pumpkin goodness for your Thanksgiving gathering? Here’s 30 more delicious keto friendly pumpkin recipes!
Enjoy Your Keto Thanksgiving!
I hope these keto friendly recipes help keep you on track for your Thanksgiving gathering! There’s lots of delicious options here, so you won’t even feel deprived skipping those high-carb traditional dishes!
What did you make for Thanksgiving? I’d love to hear how everyone liked it – especially those non-keto friends and family! Share with us below!