Would a few slices of avocado help? Maybe an avocado half with an egg baked in the middle, top it off with a little salsa or sour cream?

What about cream of asparagus soup - or broccoli cheddar soup? You can use a vegetarian stock base. Also, egg drop soup could be done in the vegetarian stock base, too. Also, how do you prepare your eggs? There are about a million ways to make them...yolks runny, yolks firm, whites runny, whites firm, baked, fried, in quiche (crustless or a keto friendly crust), scrambles, omelettes, deviled, egg salad, etc., etc., etc. They can even be used to make baked custards and other things. http://www.ibreatheimhungry.com/2014/07/egg-fast.html Recipes are part of the way down.

Also, what about hulled hemp seeds, chia seeds, flax seeds, nuts, etc for proteins? They can be made into all kinds of things. Veggie mixed with a dressing and nuts is awesome. Also some of the leafier greens have protein...

I'm not a fan of soy, but you might be able to include soy proteins, too, if you're not at risk for hormonal issues with them.

Also, I wanted to ask - what is the reason you're vegetarian? Is it spiritual reason? A health reason? Because without an underlying NEED to keep to that program, you're naturally excluding a huge classification of foods that could help you stick to this WOE/WOL in an easier way. Supplements will be a requirement to make sure you are getting the vitamins naturally found in most meats that are not found in the items you're sticking to above.

Also, cream cheese, heavy cream, cottage cheese (this one's HUGE in protein)... all options...

@d090882 is a more restricted vegetarian, if I remember correctly, and he might be able to provide some recipe suggestions. Stir fries and zoodle dishes are good options here (mmm....homemade alfredo sauce, yes please!), just making sure to use some olive oil and/or soy sauce/coconut aminos. Mushrooms can be used as a meat substitute in many recipes.

Make a list of what you *can* eat, and keep it posted in your kitchen for inspiration.

Spinach with Almonds salad, edamame, cacao butter, vegan dark chocolate, leafy greens, avocados, macadamia nuts, olives, flax crackers, chia seeds, various oils. I'd ditto what KnitOrMiss asked. Determine your needs vs wants of being lacto-ovo vegetarian on Keto as dietary necessity or a WOE and adjust where you can. If you can open up to the possibility of fish you will have a huge variety of options. I love those huge Portobello mushrooms grilled as a steak! Good luck!

Low carb soul bread.

When you say 20 total, do you mean 20 net? There is no advantage to being that low carb compared to 20 net, unless you are doing some kind of elimination diet.

if your diet of food is so small and restrictive it's not going to be substanable,better to have more thus having variety and hopefully it will be easier and more enjoyable to stick to

Since the vegetarian part of your diet is a given, I wonder if I can ask why you are so restrictive of the carbs? What is the reason that you decided to be under 20 carbs/day? This might be the sticking point that leaves you a very monotonous diet.

This is one of my favorite high fat recipes - and I think the chicken could easily be swapped out for paneer or a similar cheese (or maybe even hard boiled egg!). It says 6 servings, but to me, it makes more, so the carbs can be cut down further (I think it was 9, 8 net when I calculated it), and you can probably get away with less onion too, if that helps. Mainly, the sauce is the thing that is wonderful about this recipe - it's basically made of HWC, butter, tomato sauce, and curry (I have never been able to find tandoori masala, so I just use curry powder, which I add straight to the sauce).

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/141169/easy-indian-butter-chicken/?internalSource=search result&referringContentType=search results

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Cheese, eggs, butter and coconut oil. My calorie intake is down just because I can't face another meal of these items. . . . Any suggestions for any other lacto-ovo vegetarian keto foods that work well with my macros? (5% total carbs, 75% fats, 20% protein). I'm happy on keto otherwise, but man, soooooo sick of these foods!!

Here is a chart that might give you some ideas. http://lowcarbediem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Zero-Carb-Foods-Low-Carbe-Diem.jpg I'd also add olives to the list.

Ultimately, though, something has to give. Since you do not eat an entire category of foods, you may have to either put up with being sick of the ones you do eat - or (if ketosis is your goal), test how much higher you can go and still remain in ketosis. It is likely to be closer to 50 gross than 20.

fileshiny wrote: »

Fvaisey wrote: »

Since the vegetarian part of your diet is a given, I wonder if I can ask why you are so restrictive of the carbs? What is the reason that you decided to be under 20 carbs/day? This might be the sticking point that leaves you a very monotonous diet.

This is the keto diet. I didn't make it up, I just follow it!

Are you keto for a medical issue? If not you may be able to raise your carb ceiling.


Unless someone is on keto for epilepsy or other medical issues (they'll have rigid macros in those cases), the keto diet works up to 50g for most people. Athletes tend to have increased tolerance to carbs so they may be able to stay in ketosis at higher grams than even that. 20g is preferred to get you into ketosis faster in the beginning. Many people find that they stay that low because they either like it or find their cravings stay dead better that low. Or they may lose faster. But it may not affect loss rate at all. Rate of weightloss if different for different people, regardless of their WOE. Or because they think they'll get a keto-trophy for being hardcore. There isn't one, btw.

I'll have been keto for 2 years on June 3, I'm just staying under 50g right now. I'm still keto.

Point being, once you are keto-adapted, you can start messing with your gram level if you need to and raise it. Just keep it below 50g. You can mess with it before then, it just takes a little longer to become adapted. And if it isn't a race...a few more days isn't going to make or break anyone.

If you have a blood ketone meter or a ketone breathalyzer, you can fine tune even further and pinpoint the exact point you exceed your carb threshold.