Low Carb Grocery List
Low Calorie Vegetables
(5g carbohydrate per ½ cup cooked or 1 cup raw)
Radishes
Artichoke Hearts
Eggplant
Asparagus
Green Onions
Salad Greens
Beans (green, wax, Italian)
Greens
Sauerkraut
Beets
Kohlrabi
Spinach
Broccoli
Leeks
Summer Squash
Mixed Vegetables (no corn
Tomato
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage
or peas)
Turnip
Carrots
Mushrooms
Water Chestnuts
Cauliflower
Okra
Zucchini
Celery
Pea Pods
Cucumber
Peppers
Meat / Protein
(0g carbohydrate and 7g protein per ounce)
Very Lean (0‐1 gm fat/ounce)
Lean (3 gms fat fat/ounce)
Medium/High (5‐8 gms fat/oz)
Chicken/turkey (white meat, no skin)
Chicken/turkey (dark meat)
Chicken (dark meat w/skin)
White fish
Salmon, catfish, sardines
Fried fish
Tuna, fresh or canned in water
Tuna canned in oil, drained
Most beef
Shellfish (shrimp, crab, lobster, etc.)
Oysters, herring
Pork chop, cutlet
Duck (no skin), venison, buffalo
Goose (no skin), rabbit
Mozzarella/ Ricotta
Low fat cottage cheese, fat free cheese
Parmesan cheese
Processed meat
Processed meat with 1 gm of fat/ounce
Cottage Cheese
Peanut butter
Beans, peas, and lentils (also 1 carb choice)
Lean processed meat
All regular cheese
Egg whites or egg substitute
Lean pork, ham
Al regular sausage
Lamb roast or chop
Fat (0 gms carbohydrate, 5gms fat per serving)
Monounsaturated
Polyunsaturated
Saturated
1 tsp. Canola, Olive, or Peanut oil
1 tsp Corn, Vegetable, Flax Seed
1 slice bacon
Olives (8 black or 10 green)
or Soybean oil
1 tsp butter
1 oz Avocado
1 tsp Soft Margarine
2 Tbsp chitterlings
6 Almonds, Cashews, or
1 Tbsp flax, pumpkin, sunflower,
2 Tbsp coconut
Hazelnuts
or sesame seeds
1 Tbsp coconut milk
10 Peanuts or Pistachios
4 walnut halves
2 Tbsp half and half
4 Macadamia Nuts or Pecan
1 tsp regular mayonnaise
1 Tbsp cream cheese
Halves
1 Tbsp salad dressing
1 ½ Tbsp reduced fat cream
½ Tbsp Peanut, Almond, or
2 tsp Miracle Whip
cheese
Cashew Butter
1 Tbsp Pine Nuts
2 Tbsp sour cream