It can be challenging to host an Easter dinner when you’re on a low carb diet. But thanks to these delicious low carb Easter dinner ideas, you can delight your guests with mouthwatering dishes without your guests knowing they are low in carbs!
These recipes may be extremely low in carbs, but they taste like the traditional meals that grace Easter tables. From impressive mains like ham or lamb to crowd-pleasing appetizers and festive desserts, here’s a roundup of delicious and low carb Easter dinner ideas.
For many more delicious Easter recipes check out these other roundups:
Healthy Easter Recipes | Low Carb & Keto
Keto Easter Recipes – Easy and Delicious
Keto Friendly Recipes For Easter
Easter Dessert Recipes: Low Carb & Keto
Low Carb Cookie Dough Easter Eggs
Low Carb Easter Dinner Ideas
1. Keto Avocado Egg Salad
Eggs are a staple of the Easter celebration. They represent new life and a symbol of resurrection. Thankfully, eggs are low in carbs, so feel free to include them in your Easter dinner menu.
While it’s common to have deviled eggs for Easter, you can also have them for salads. Try this Keto Avocado Egg Salad Recipe from Chef Sky Hanka of Trifecta. Its two main ingredients are eggs and avocado, and both are keto-friendly.
2. Hard-Boiled Egg BLT Keto Fat Bombs
It’s common to serve deviled eggs for Easter. But if you want to impress your guests, let them try something new. These Hard-Boiled Egg BLT Keto Fat Bombs from Jess of Paleo Grubs will surely leave a good impression on your guests.
While it’s a breakfast recipe, you can also have them as appetizers for your Easter dinner. Made with fat-heavy ingredients like boiled eggs and bacon, these fat bombs are perfect for maintaining ketosis!
3. Keto Instant Pot Borscht
Eating Borscht soup is an Easter tradition in Poland. It’s a sour soup with sausages, eggs, potatoes, and other ingredients. While white borscht soup is what many would cook for Easter, you can also have red borscht soup, which uses a splash of apple cider vinegar.
If you want to keep up with the Polish Easter tradition, try this Keto Instant Pot Borscht Soup recipe from Keto Mojo Cooking. All ingredients are low in carbs, and each serving contains only 8.9 grams of net carbs.
4. Vegetable Frittata Baked in the Oven
Are you searching for low-carb Easter dinner ideas for vegetarians? Try this delectable Vegetable Frittata from Sylvia Fountaine of Feasting At Home.
This low-carb appetizer is healthy and delicious, made with your favorite keto-friendly veggies, such as broccoli, spinach, and mushrooms.
You can make the frittata ahead and reheat it before dinner. It’s also possible to assemble the veggies, refrigerate them unbaked, and serve them freshly baked at your Easter dinner.
5. Easy 15-Minute Keto Lamb Chops Recipe
Lamb is one of those foods commonly served in Easter celebrations in many countries and cultures. You’ll find lamb chops recipes online featuring different flavorings, ingredients, and spices. But some of these may have ingredients that could kick you off ketosis.
If you want to serve low carb lamb for your mains, try this Easy 15-Minute Keto Lamb Chops Recipe from Natalia Meadows of Keto Millenial. It’s super quick and easy to prepare, perfect for those who don’t have plenty of time to roast and prepare complex lamb recipes.
6. Low Carb Baked Ham
When searching for low carb Easter dinner ideas, many recipes include ham. And that’s because it’s another food commonly served for Easter. Unfortunately, many recipes use sugar and other high carb ingredients for glazing. So, if you want ham for your mains, try this Low Carb Baked Ham from Holly of Easy Low Carb.
The recipe uses brown sugar substitutes for the glaze, so you can be sure it won’t kick you out of ketosis. You can use sugar-free maple syrup or honey as an alternative to brown sugar substitutes.
7. Low Carb Oven-Baked Salmon
Many would swap meat for fish on Good Friday as part of the Easter tradition. If you want to continue this tradition on your Easter dinner, this Oven Baked Salmon recipe from Tayo Oredola of Carb Africa would be a great recipe to try.
It’s quick, easy, and healthy, guaranteed to be loved by everybody. Aside from being low in carbs, salmon is rich in healthy fats that will help you maintain ketosis and comes with benefits like reducing inflammation and improving heart health.
8. Easy Instant Pot Lobster Tails Recipe
Surprise your dinner guests by serving lobster tails for your Easter dinner. Seafood may not often come up when looking for low carb Easter dinner ideas, but you can certainly have lobster for Easter!
It’s also perfect if you are following the Pescatarian Keto Diet. This Easy Instant Pot Lobster Tails Recipe from Courtney O’Dell of Sweet C’s Designs can become the highlight of your Easter celebration. It’s super easy to prepare using an instant pot or pressure cooker.
9. Easy Low Carb Hot Cross Buns
Almost every country that celebrates Easter has a special Easter bread. The most popular of these are hot cross buns from Britain. These are spiced buns with a cross on top. And although bread is one of that food to avoid for a low-carb diet, you’ll find low-carb versions of your favorite bread, including hot cross buns.
So, if you want to keep up with the tradition, follow these Easy Low Carb Hot Cross Buns from Libby of Ditch the Carbs. Instead of regular flour, it used coconut flour, making this bread low in carbs.
10. Braided Keto Easter Bread
Here’s another low-carb bread recipe for your Easter dinner. The twisted bread is a staple for Easter Sunday celebrations in Greece, often made with butter and topped with sesame seeds.
For a low carb take on this bread, follow this Keto Easter Bread recipe from Angea of Diva Delicious Recipes. It uses coconut flour to ensure the bread is low in carbs.
12. Keto Easter Bunny Cheesecake Bites
Your Easter dinner celebration won’t be complete without the yummy desserts. The best way to cap off your dinner is with these Keto Easter Bunny Cheesecake Bites from Keto Focus.
These are balls of low carb cheesecake coated with sugar-free white chocolate and shredded coconut. They are sure to delight your guests, especially the kids!
13. Keto Marshmallow Chocolate Eggs
Chocolate eggs are some of the most common desserts that will come up when searching for low-carb Easter dinner ideas online. These Keto Marshmallow Chocolate Eggs from Ludmilla of Low Carb Abode are a unique and more delectable take on classic chocolate eggs. The gooey and sugar-free marshmallow filling is a true delight for adults and kids!
