Making quick and easy meals is a must whether you're just starting a new high protein low carb health plan or just want to spend less time cooking. This is where our list of 30 low carb 30 minute dinners comes in...we're basically giving you a dinner meal plan for the whole month!
We've been creating easy low carb and keto friendly meals for our readers since 2018. We have hundreds of low carb recipes and tips to help you cut out processed foods and sugar, or perhaps to help lose weight. Quick and easy dinners are always a priority on our site since we know how busy you are. ❤️
Whether you're craving sausages, soup, a sheet pan meal, a main dish salad, or a quick skillet dinner, we've got you covered and know you'll find tons of delicious and easy menu options from our list. Many of these are cheap meal ideas too if you're doing low carb or keto on a budget.
All of these easy keto dinners take a max of 30 minutes to put together and cook, some only take 15-20 minutes!
Easy 30 minute keto dinners: top tips!
We love good food but who has time to spend hours in the kitchen with our busy schedules and lives?
Here's our go to list of quick cooking proteins you can easily just pair with a simple salad or sauteed or air fried veggies.
- Ground meats - turkey, chicken, or beef
- Chicken tenderloins or chicken cutlets are thin and cook super fast
- Cubed or thinly sliced meats - great for casseroles or skillet meals
- Sausage links - either raw sausages (pork or chicken), or precooked chicken sausage like Adell's brand
- Shrimp -raw shrimp literally cooks in just 2 minutes.
- Tofu cubes
- Quick stovetop soups
- Turn leftovers into lettuce wraps
- Start with precooked meat like rotisserie chicken
Keto Crack Slaw (Eggroll in a Bowl)
One of the most popular quick and easy low carb dinners is egg roll in a bowl, sometimes known as low carb crack slaw, be careful it's addicting! It's basically all of your favorite eggroll ingredients served in a bowl instead of the rice wrapper.
Things seriously do NOT get much easier than this recipe so we listed it first. You won't believe it only takes 15 minutes to cook.
Get our low carb crack slaw recipe
Green Chili Casserole
Quick and easy low carb keto casseroles make one of the BEST low carb 30 minute meals. This one is not only the most popular casserole recipes on our site, but it only takes 20 minutes to bake when you start with a rotisserie chicken!
Our green chicken chicken casserole is easy to assemble with just a few ingredients like pre-cooked chicken, cheese, cottage cheese taco seasoning, and salsa.
Get our green chili chicken casserole recipe
Flatbread with cottage cheese
This cottage cheese flatbread recipe is viral for a reason! With just 332 calories for the entire pan, 29 g of protein, and less than 4 net carbs.
We show you how to make 3 different flatbread flavors plus give tons of filling ideas.
Get our flatbread with cottage cheese recipe
Greek turkey patties
For the quickest most flavorful dinner, you'll love our Greek turkey patties made with ground turkey, spinach, feta cheese, and Greek spices.
Cooks in just 8 minutes! We make them smaller patties and serve 2 per person, you can also make 4 larger Greek turkey burgers.
Get our Greek turkey patties recipe here
Italian chicken sausage and peppers
Make healthy comfort food in a skillet in less than 30 minutes when you start with chicken sausage links, peppers, onions, and marinara sauce.
We served ours with Trader Joe's low carb pelmini pasta (hearts of palm pasta).
Get our Italian chicken sausage and peppers recipe
Strawberry chicken salad
With less than 300 calories per serving, a whopping 29 g of protein, and 11 carbs (9 net carbs if you count net carbs), this makes the best salad recipe from spring through summer!
In less than 30 minutes, you can have a gorgeous fresh and fruity salad packed with lean rotisserie chicken, with just a touch of goat cheese and fresh basil that make the salad pop with flavor.
Get our strawberry chicken salad recipe here.
Baked chicken tenderloins
Chicken tenderloins are totally underrated and should be way more popular than they are! They cook up super fast, plus they're cheaper than chicken breasts.
Make our baked chicken tenderloins recipe in less than 30 minutes. It's great to have leftovers for other salads and recipes for the week.
Get our healthy baked chicken tenders recipe here.
Big Mac salad
Readers love our Big mac salad recipe. Get all the flavors of your favorite fast food burger but made healthier and lighter! We promise, you won't miss the bun.
Prep the salad bowls while the ground beef cooks. We share our favorite store-bought dressing if you don't have time to make our Big Mac dressing recipe.
Get our Big Mac salad recipe.
Italian stuffed sausage
Italian stuffed sausage is made with just 3 ingredients: raw sausage links (pork or chicken), string cheese, and marinara sauce. Bake for 30 minutes or air fry for even less.
Get our stuffed sausages with string cheese recipe.
Beef Stroganoff (dairy free)
Stovetop keto and paleo beef stroganoff comes together super fast when you use either stir fry meat, shaved beef, or ground beef.
We used coconut milk to make this paleo friendly and dairy free, feel free to use heavy cream or a plant based cream alternative.
Find our dairy free beef stroganoff
Chicken Zoodle Soup
It's hard to find a low carb meal more comforting than a bowl of piping hot soup. When you want a lighter keto dinner, but still want something warming, this chicken zoodle soup will be the recipe you'll crave.
Starting with rotisserie chicken and a bag of already spiralized zucchini makes this recipe as easy as can be.
Find the chicken zucchini noodle soup recipe at Whole Lotta Yum
Chicken bacon ranch casserole
Quick casseroles always make an easy comforting dinner. You'll love the combo of shredded chicken, bacon, broccoli, and cheddar in this flavorful classic.
Get our chicken bacon ranch casserole recipe.
Low carb fried rice (with cauliflower rice)
If you're missing your favorite Chinese takeout, have no worries because you can still make delicious and simple dishes at home in a skillet.
We made the fried cauliflower rice with cubed chicken but you can use whatever bite size protein you prefer.
Get our fried rice with cauliflower rice recipe
Creamy chicken mushroom skillet
Easy sauteed chicken with mushrooms and caramelized onions! Get dinner on the table fast with this low carb creamy cast iron chicken recipe that cooks in just 20 minutes.
Get our chicken with mushroom sauce recipe.
Low carb egg drop soup
A reader favorite soup that cooks in less than 15 minutes! Better than restaurant quality and made without corn starch. Each 1 cup serving is 52 calories and less than 1 net carb.
Feel free to add in protein like rotisserie chicken, ground chicken, tofu, or whatever you prefer!
Get our easy egg drop soup recipe
Sheet pan chicken and vegetables
A healthy dinner can't get much easier than cubing chicken with a variety of low carb veggies. Season and spread them on a sheet pan for a quick dinner that bakes in just 15 minutes ~ seriously!
Get our 15 minute sheet pan chicken and veggies recipe.
Low carb broccoli cheese soup
While this isn't a light meal, our broccoli cheddar soup is comfort food at it's finest! Made with whipping cream, cheddar cheese, and cream cheese, it's a simple stovetop soup you can make super fast.
Get our keto broccoli cheddar soup recipe.
Skillet parmesan crusted chicken
Our parmesan crusted chicken cutlets will become a new favorite for sure! Eat them simple as is or use them to make chicken parmesan or or chicken cordon bleu.
Get our parmesan crusted chicken recipe.
Shrimp and pesto zoodles
You'll love the flavors of pesto and shrimp with this quick skillet recipe. Use our favorite 5 minute homemade pesto recipe or store bought.
Get the pesto zoodles and shrimp recipe
Air fryer sausage and veggies
With your air fryer, quick cooking veggies, and pre-cooked sausage (pork or chicken), you can make a delicious and easy dinner in 27 minutes from start to finish.
Get our air fryer sausage and peppers recipe here
Blackened Cod
Our blackened cod recipe takes 20 minutes from start to finish, especially when you start with a grocery store blackened seasoning.
Serve with low carb pasta and a quick sauteed veggie on the side.
Get our blackened cod recipe
Air Fryer Pork Chops
You've GOT to try our super juicy air fryer pork chops that only take 14 minutes to cook. Made with a simple rub, these don't skimp on flavor and have no breading.
Serve with a salad or air fried vegetables.
Get our bone-in air fryer pork chops recipe. (We have a air fryer boneless pork chops recipe too).
Pepper steak stir fry
Get our pepper steak stir fry recipe
Pulled pork wraps
Taking any leftover meat you have in your fridge and adding it to a lettuce wrap with more veggies and a dressing or sauce, is a great way to repurpose leftovers.
We made pulled pork lettuce wraps from our popular pulled pork recipe, feel free to make taco wraps, or any other kind of lettuce wrap.
Even more low carb 30 minute dinners!
All of the recipes above are from our webite Whole Lotta Yum, here's a handful from other recipe sites we like.
- 20 Min Shrimp & Sausage Skillet
- Ground Turkey Skillet with Green Beans
- Creamy Tuscan Garlic Chicken
- Low Carb Swedish Meatballs
- Big Mac bites
- Chipotle Chicken Skillet
- Garlic mushroom chicken thighs
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