Are you Keto but avoiding cow’s milk products? SUB goat cheese instead. EASY!
Why y’all LOVE my keto bread recipe…
It’s versatile, super quick n’ easy, yummy, nourishing and CHEAP.
- Add toppings to make a pizza — a main meal made easy!
- Remove the olives, spice it up and slice it into long strips for keto breadsticks
- Keep it simple and serve it as a side to any salad or soup
- Make it fluffy or flat and use it as “sandwich bread” for a custom easy on-the-go meal
- Switch up the type of cheese and olives, add your favorite veggies (even pureed works!) for something new
*Note – adding ingredients like veggies and meat will change the macronutrient (carbohydrate/protein/fat) breakdown. If you absolutely are on a strict keto diet – be sure to run your numbers to ensure it is still a 4:1 or 3:1 calorie ratio between fat and protein+carbs.
Keto Breadsticks with Onion
sans olives
Keto Breakfast Pizza 
Classic Keto Bread
perfect for sandwiches or solo bites
Flat Bread style Keto Pizza with grass fed/grass finished sausage and organic spinach
$ – Savvy: The plain version of these keto breadsticks (omitting the olives) costs $3.60 for 1800 Calories! For a family of FOUR, that’s just $0.90 per plate for a 450 Calorie serving, totaling $239/month. Add a simple salad and you’re on your way to another “A grade” meal. Check out the exact recipe for more details.
Keto Breadsticks
Equipment
- pizza pan or cookie sheet, measuring cup, fork, knife, cutting board, medium-sized microwavable bowl, oven, microwave
Ingredients
- 1.25 cups Almond Flour
- 1.5 tsp Baking Powder heaping teaspoon
- 4 oz Goat Cheese or cream cheese
- ½ cup Grated Pecorino Romano Cheese or other grated cheese
- 2 each Eggs
- 10 each Kalamata Olives, Whole or black olives
- ½ tsp Italian Seasoning
- ½ tsp Garlic Powder
- ½ tsp Rosemary whole or crushed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to regular bake at 350°F
- In a medium bowl, add the cheese and microwave for about 30 seconds until soft. Blend together with a fork. Whip in the eggs until blended.
- In the measuring cup, combine the almond flour and baking powder.
- Add these dry ingredients to the cheese mixture, plus herbs/spices and the sliced Kalamata olives. Mix until blended.
- Place about 1 Tbsp of olive oil (or avocado oil) in a small bowl, dip a silicone spatula into the bowl and grease a rimmed baking sheet. (be sure it has a 4-sided rim so oil doesn't drip off)
- Use said spatula to scoop out the dough, dipping frequently to spread it onto the tray ~ about ¼ inch at the thinnest. I recommend creating a squarish or rectangular shape.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes. Keep a nose out and watch for a very slight golden brown color to appear – that means it’s done.
Notes
- If the dough is refrigerated it will not rise as high, even when brought up to room temp before baking.
- If you’re looking for a nut-free flour, Cassava flour (yucca) is delightful and a 1:1 substitute for regular baking flour (less protein and fat though). It is not Keto approved because it has more carbohydrates.
- These pair well with our Hearty Garden Soup or our Beefy Butternut and Bok Choy Soup.
- To create a flatbread version, omit the baking powder entirely or reduce it to half.
Nutrition
Let’s talk about Keto Pizza.
It’s a very similar recipe to the breadsticks, with a few ingredient changes including additional toppings. That’s where the real fun in creating begins — consider a “pizza bar“ where everyone can load up their own slices! Breakfast Keto Pizza pictured above is a fave. As always with keto: be sure to calculate your macronutrients whenever you add ingredients to ensure the proper proportions of calories from fat versus carb+protein.
I love to eat the breadsticks or keto pizza along side my Purple Salad – a win-win A grade meal with extra veggies for a non-keto gal like myself. Avoiding raw cruciferous for thyroid reasons? Simply lightly saute the cabbage in olive oil first! By cooking your cabbage (think “warm salad”), you’ll cut down the goitrogenic effect by about two-thirds!
Keto Pizza with Extras
Equipment
- pizza pan or cookie sheet, measuring cup, fork, knife, cutting board, medium-sized microwavable bowl, oven, microwave
Ingredients
- 1.25 cups Almond Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Powder heaping teaspoon
- 4 oz Cream Cheese
- 4 oz Grated Pecorino Romano Cheese or other grated cheese
- 2 each Eggs
- 20 each Kalamata Olives, Whole or black olives
- 4 oz Broccoli Florets thinly sliced
- ¼ lbs Chicken Breast free range
- ½ tsp Italian Seasoning
- ½ tsp Garlic Powder
- ½ tsp Rosemary whole or crushed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to regular bake at 350°F
- In a medium bowl, add the cheese and microwave for about 30 seconds until soft. Blend together with a fork. Whip in the eggs until blended.
- In the measuring cup, combine the almond flour and baking powder.
- Add these dry ingredients to the cheese mixture, plus herbs/spices and the sliced Kalamata olives. Mix until blended.
- Thoroughly grease a cookie sheet or non perforated pizza tray.
- Place about 1 Tbsp of olive oil in a small bowl, dip a silicone spatula into the bowl and grease a rimmed baking sheet. Use said spatula to scoop out the dough, dipping frequently to spread it onto the tray ~ about ¼ inch at the thinnest.I like making a square — good template for creating plain “bread sticks” or pizza squares.
- Add your favorite toppings. I tend to use chopped steamed broccoli and chicken. **Omit toppings to keep carbohydrates and protein lower for a more ketogenic pizza.**
- Bake for 12-18 minutes. Keep a nose out and watch for a very slight golden brown color to appear – that means it’s done.
Notes
- If the dough is refrigerated it will not rise as high, even when brought up to room temp before baking.
- If you’re looking for a nut-free flour, Cassava flour (yucca) is delightful and a 1:1 substitute for regular baking flour. It is not Keto approved because it has more carbohydrates.
- If you’re strictly adhering to a keto diet: Be SURE to calculate your macronutrient breakdown to ensure you have a 4:1 or 3:1 ratio of fat to protein/carbs.
- This recipe — with all the toppings — has about 369 kcal from FAT our of 511 per serving. (72.2% fat) You may need to add more oil or remove some chicken to increase that %.
Nutrition
Here’s a table with external links for each recipe ingredient (plus a few alternate ingredient ideas). As previously mentioned, prices vary per region, season, city, store and personal preference for brand or specific type of food item.
| Almond Flour or Costco | Organic Spinach | Grass Fed/Grass Finished Sausage (Costco) |
| Extra Virgin Olive Oil (organic) | Organic Arugula | Free Range Chicken/ Turkey/ Costco or Sam’s Club $5 chicken |
| Coconut Oil (extra virgin) | Eggs (Costco or Sam’s Club) | Chopped Garlic |
| Avocado Oil or Costco (less $ bulk) | Goat Cheese Costco (best $) or Sam’s Club or TJ’s | Fresh Chives |
| Black Peppercorn | Pecorino Romano Cheese(or Sam’s) HEB brand has WAY less Sodium | Shallots |
| Smoked Paprika (TJ’s) | Cream Cheese or Organic Cream Cheese | Onion |
| Fresh Chives | Kalamata Olives (typically this is a slightly smaller glass tub for about $7) | Black Olives or Sam’s Club bulk |
| Organic Broccoli Cuts |
TJ’s = Trader Joe’s
