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.
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