20 BEST Cheap Keto Meals

You've been wanting to start a Keto Diet but you're concerned that a higher protein and high fat diet will cause your grocery budget to go through the roof. Cheap keto meals are totally possible if you eat the right foods and know how to be a savvy shopper.

Are whole foods more expensive than processed packaged artificial foods? Often! But if you're serious about feeling great and losing weight, eating low-cost food with real ingredients is the way to accomplish that.

Let me assure you, that as a frugal mama who also likes to eat whole foods that are low carb and work for my keto following hubby too, there are tons of cheap keto meals you can make in a snap.

Finding cheap keto meals is totally possible and will make it easier to keep that grocery bill down. Regardless of what you read elsewhere, keto does NOT have to be an expensive diet.

Whether you're looking for cheap keto chicken meals, ground beef, turkey, and more, you'll love the variety of these cheap low carb recipes.

Cheap Keto

Just knowing the best low-cost protein options can make or break your keto grocery budget.

Here are some of the leanest meat cuts you can buy to keep your Keto Diet meal costs down:

ground beef
ground chicken
ground turkey
chicken thighs
frozen chicken breasts
sausages
canned tuna
pork shoulder roast
casseroles and soups
vegetarian

Cheap Keto Meals

What's even better is that not only are these low carb and keto dinners cheap, they're also so quick and easy to put together! They also make fabulous leftovers for your lunch and for easy meal prep ideas.

Whether you're craving tacos, burgers, a hearty soup, lasagne, macaroni and more, we have tons of budget low carb and cheap keto meals for you! Here are 20 of our favorite cheap keto recipes from our site, but also from other keto blogs we like.

Our top tips for eating the cheapest keto meals:

Eat inexpensive cuts of meat and protein sources
Stay away from expensive processed keto snacks
Shop grocery store sales and use coupons
Buy foods in bulk to save on large quantity pricing
Use a meal plan to only buy what you need for the week
Make recipes with simple ingredients, such as a protein paired with low carb vegetables

Our Top Cheap Keto Recipes

Here's our top cheap keto recipes on our website that are inexpensive to make but also easy! None of us have time to spend countless hours in the kitchen cooking complicated recipes with special ingredients.

Low Carb Crack Slaw (Keto Egg Roll in a Bowl)

If you haven't yet tried keto egg roll in a bowl also known as keto crack slaw, you've just found one of your new favorite recipes!

It just has a few ingredients and only takes 15 minutes to cook! This is one of our favorite cheap keto meals since you can easily swap out the ground pork for beef, chicken, or turkey depending on what's on sale.

GET THE RECIPE:

Keto Crack Slaw Recipe by Whole Lotta Yum

Green Chili Casserole

This easy keto green chili casserole is not only inexpensive, it uses simple ingredients and bakes in only 20 minutes.

One of my favorite keto saving tips is to cook with frozen chicken like we did with this easy cheap keto recipe. You've save big on chicken by purchasing frozen, even better yet? Use frozen chicken tenders instead of the more costly chicken breasts.

Salsa Chicken

Things don't get much easier than 3 ingredient salsa chicken! You can even use chicken thighs instead of breasts and just cook for less time.

Stuffed Bell Peppers Without Rice

These simple keto stuffed bell peppers are a low carb take on the traditional rice-filled classic. Buying the peppers in bulk or on sale will keep the cost down, or grow them in your garden like we did this year!

Ground meats are also one of the least expensive cuts of meat, which also makes it easy to do cheap keto.

Instant Pot Country Style Ribs

By chance you have an instant pot, our ribs recipe is super popular on our site. So moist and juicy, everyone will think these were slow cooked all day long!

We LOVE eating country style ribs, not only is a super affordable cut of meat, they're always a crowd-pleaser.

Pizza Soup

You can't go wrong with low carb pizza soup! Not only does it cost less to make than buying a whole pizza, soup is easy to stretch and take to lunch or freeze for later.