These Keto Smoked Salmon Fat Bombs need just 5 simple ingredients and no cooking required making them quick, easy and a perfect snack anytime! Just 2 g net carbs!
Healthy Fats on Low-Carb Diet
If you're new to the keto diet, you may be wondering what are keto fat bombs and why you would want one?
These tasty fat bombs are great little snacks that provide healthy fatty acids when following a keto lifestyle or low carb diet. These little bites are usually a combination of some sort of healthy fat, like grass fed butter, coconut oil, nuts or seeds.
This is a perfect combo with a creamy texture! Cream cheese is the fat of choice and creamy base I'm using for these everything but the bagel fat bombs.
But today I'm sharing a different kind of easy keto fat bomb using a favorite protein of mine, smoked salmon! Salmon is a fantastic fatty fish full of Omega 3.
They are awesome for a great snack or to serve as a keto appetizer the next time you have a party, even the non keto crowd will love. Add some keto crackers for a charcuterie board.
It's important to have a balance of Omega 3 and Omega 6 in our diets. Unfortunately many packaged processed snacks are high in Omega 6 which can cause inflammation in the body.
Do I Need to Eat High Fat on a Keto Diet?
The keto diet is all about low carb and leveraging fat so that your body will get into a state of ketosis.
When you're hungry, eating something with a healthy amount of fat is a great way to keep you satiated and help balance blood sugar.
High fat won't spike your insulin as much as something with high carbs. So eating something that has a very low amount of carbs with the higher fat is important. It will also help keep you full for a longer period of time.
Whenever you eat your insulin spikes, but eating something with fewer carbs reduces how high or how often it spikes. When insulin spikes, you won't be able to lose weight, in fact you store fat.
Reducing the amount of times your insulin spikes is the key so that your body will be able to burn fat, specifically, your own body fat for weight loss.
Everyone is different and dietary fat amounts will also be different depending on your health goals. If you have struggled to lose weight on a keto diet with higher fat, consider lowering the fat and upping the protein.
This blog post on How Much Fat should you be eating might be helpful as you navigate what works best for you.
As a certified nutritional therapy practitioner, keto coach, sugar detox coach and life coach, I recommend to all my members of my sugar free tribe weight loss membership to eat a nutrient dense whole foods diet that prioritizes protein and helps balance blood sugar and end sugar cravings.
I've also created a course called Stall Busters that provides 4 weeks of meal plans with leveraging the fat intake. Each week you take a quiz and I recommend the meal plan with either 70%, 60% or 50% daily fat intake.
My 30-day Sugar Elimination Diet book also have a 30 day high protein meal plan that offers either a low carb or keto meal plan to choose from.
Everything But the Bagel Seasoning
Trader Joe's sells their infamous Everything But the Bagel Seasoning and using it as a coating for this quick recipe is what makes them extra specially delicious!
If you don't live near a Trader Joes I've given instructions on how to create your own seasoning at home. I bet you have all the ingredients you need for it as well. Red onion adds a little crunch and capers a nice spice!
Obviously without some sort of coating these fat bombs will be quite sticky to pick up and eat, but if it's just you at home, you can leave off the bagel seasoning.
Just be sure to keep them chilled in the fridge in an airtight container. Either way they are a scrumptious way to get in your macros on a ketogenic diet!
In fact, I'd be happy to just eat a few and call it a meal in my opinion!
More Low Carb Easy Salmon Recipes
Keto Low Carb Easy Salmon Caesar salad
Keto Salmon Burgers with spicy sugar free coleslaw
Simple Keto Smoked Salmon Stacks
LOW CARB KETO SMOKED SALMON CREAM CHEESE STUFFED MINI PEPPERS
Other Creamy Fat Bombs you might like:
- Blackberry Coconut Fat Bombs using coconut butter
- Peanut Butter Cookie Dough
- Almond Crunch Fat Bomb Bark using almond butter
- Chocolate Fat Bomb Ice Cream
Keto Smoked Salmon Fat Bombs
Keto Smoked Salmon Fat Bombs
Ingredients
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 4 ounces smoked salmon
- 2 tablespoons red onion
- 2 tablespoons capers
- ¼ cup bagel seasonings
Instructions
- Combine all of the ingredients, except the bagel seasoning, in a medium bowl and mix well to combine.
- Roll into 8 equal sized balls then roll in the bagel seasonings.
- Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to one week.
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About Brenda
Brenda Bennett is a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, certified Sugar Detox Coach, certified Keto Coach and certified Life Coach. She has been Sugar Free & Refined carb free for 17 years and has written 2 cookbooks, Sugar-Free Mom, and Naturally Keto and her 3rd book The 30-Day Sugar Elimination Diet, is a four part program to help you detox from sugar, eliminate cravings, balance blood sugar and lose weight all while eating a delicious, nutrient dense whole foods. Meal plan offers two tracks to follow, low carb or keto. She is the founder of the Sugar Free Fresh Start course and Sugar Free Tribe weight loss membership. Learn more.
Terri
Hello Brenda, I just made these and they were really good! I didn't have onions so just put a little onion powder. I think I will do just 1 Tablespoon of capers as it was a little salty.
Sue
I made the mistake of not reading the comments before I made these. My seasoning also had salt in it and they turned out so salty. I ended up throwing mine (seasoning and all) back into my mixing bowl and adding another pack (8oz) of cream cheese and re-rolled them. I got a lot more than 8 with a medium scoop and the salt is no longer an issue. I did not roll them in seasoning again, I just chilled them. So good!
Jess
I made these for my son (whose on a medically monitored ketogenic diet no more than 10g carbs daily) but didn't have some of the ingredients, infact I only had the smoked salmon and cream cheese, so I added half an Avocado, some Himalayan Salt, Cracked black pepper, ground flaxseed & pork rind crumbs once combined then I rolled them in pork rind crumbs and he absolutely loved them.
They were also freezer friendly, next time I'll add more pork rind crumbs to bring the fat content up some more.
The fat content is 10g per 30g ball and less than 1g of carbs.
I feel like the cream cheese is an excellent base for many recipes like this.
CJ
Will these freeze well if I make a double batch? Thank you!
Brenda
I've not tried freezing them, probably ok.
Kathleen
My bombs turned out tasting like a ball of salt. I had no idea how much salt was in the seasoning bottle; apparently a lot! I’ve doubled the recipe so the last thing I want is to throw out 2 cans of special salmon. How do I de-salt? It’s literally like licking a salt rock! Help.
Brenda
My bottle of bagel seasoning has not salt included. Sorry that happened!
Susie
WOW! These are absolutely AMAZING! thanks so much for the recipe! I just ordered your Keto Recipe book, it will be here on Monday - I can't wait.
Sue
I just made these and formed them into 12 balls. I ran out of bagel seasoning on the last one and I didn’t think it would store properly without it so I ate it instead. So good! It’s great to have a new savory snack option. Thank you for an easy and delicious recipe.
Angie H
Yummy, and so easy! Thank you SFM!
Mia
I made these yesterday and wow!!! For me I enjoyed them without the everything bagel seasoning which I think made them overly salty. However, I will keep these in rotation with my keto diet plan. This was a winner in my book. Thank you for sharing!
Marlene Lester
Made these this morning. They are delicious! just what I was looking for. A little on the salty side, but that's ok.
Elena Bartlova
what smoked salmon do you recommend?brand , place to buy?
Thank you
Sedika Gazey
I'd like to know this answer too.
Cameron Poe
I have a party to go to tomorrow, I know what I'm bringing for appetizers now, thank you! These look awesome!
Lindsey Bieligk
Super yummy! Thank you for the recipe. Is the serving size correct? 2 carbs per bomb?
Brenda
yes correct
Nancy Chouinard
I love you, Brenda!: Why did I never think of making these myself? We're having a snowstorm, but I'm tempted to run to the store to pick up smoked salmon right now! Thank you for another great keto snack. These are perfect because they're not too high in calories , are very low in carbs, and have great flavor! Can't wait to make these a staple in my house.
Brenda
Thank you Nancy!