Keepers
- Canned seafood (tuna, salmon, crab)
- Sardines
- Canned tomatoes
- Salsas
- Pasta sauce or tomato sauce with no added sugars
- Canned green chilies
- Tomato paste
- Pumpkin
- Roasted red peppers (rinse if there is sugar in the ingredients)
- Dried tomatoes in oil (a little adds lots of flavor)
- Chicken and/or vegetable stock
- Artichoke hearts
- Jars of pesto or other vegetable-based sauces
- Other canned low-carb vegetables, if you like them
- Dill pickles
- Italian pickled vegetables
- Anchovies
- Nut butters (natural, unsweetened)
To Buy
- Coconut milk
- Canned black soy beans (taste like black beans, but lower carb)
- Other canned beans, depending on your individual diet
- Low-carb fruit, such as Carb Clever peaches, at 6 grams per serving
- Sugar-free sweet pickles, such as Mt. Olive Brand
To Toss
- Canned soups – almost all of them are high carb
- Canned fruits – unless specially packed to be low carb
- Anything with pasta, starch, or added sugars
