The countdown to Thanksgiving is officially on, and if you're feeling a little discouraged by everything you can't eat on the keto diet [1] (ahem, your aunt's signature biscuits [2]), here's a bit of good news: green beans get the green light.
While green beans share a name with off-limits legumes like kidney and pinto beans, they are much lower in carbs. "In one cup of green beans, there are about 10 grams of carbohydrates [3], with four of those coming from fibre," Jaclyn Shusterman, RDN, CD, CNSC, a health coach at Arivale [4], told POPSUGAR. That's only six grams of net carbs [5], making green beans about as virtuous as a side of broccoli or brussels sprouts.
When preparing green beans, try sautéing them in oil and topping them with herbs for a flavour-packed bite. (On keto, you can even serve them with bacon or prosciutto [6].) If you just can't have Thanksgiving without the traditional green bean casserole, there are ways to make that keto-friendly, too — by making the sauce with almond flour [7], for example.
