These Keto Smoked Salmon Fat Bombs need just 5 ingredients and no cooking required making them quick, easy and a perfect snack anytime!
Fat Bombs
If you're new to the keto diet, you may be wondering what a fat bomb is and why you would want one? Fat bombs are usually a combination of some sort of healthy fat, like grass fed butter, coconut oil, nuts or seeds. But today I'm sharing a different kind of fat bomb using a favorite protein of mine, smoked salmon! Cream cheese is the fat of choice for these fat bombs and they are awesome for a snack or to serve as an appetizer for a party, even the non keto crowd will love.
The keto diet is all about low carb and high fat so that your body will get into a state of ketosis. When you're hungry, eating something with a healthy amount of fat will keep you satiated and won't spike your insulin as much as something with high carbs. So eating something that has a very low amount of carbs with the higher fat is important. It will also help keep you full for a longer period of time.
Whenever you eat your insulin spikes, but eating something with fewer carbs reduces how high or how often it spikes. When insulin spikes, you won't be able to lose weight. Reducing the amount of times your insulin spikes is the key so that your body will be able to burn fat, specifically, your own body fat.
Everything But the Bagel Seasoning
Trader Joe's sells their infamous Everything But the Bagel Seasoning and using it as a coating for these fat bombs is what makes them extra specially delicious! If you don't live near a Trader Joes I've given instructions on how to create your own seasoning at home. I bet you have all the ingredients you need for it as well. Red onion adds a little crunch and capers a nice spice!
Obviously without some sort of coating these fat bombs will be quite sticky to pick up and eat, but if it's just you at home, you can leave off the seasoning. Just be sure to keep them chilled in the fridge. Either way they are a scrumptious way to get in your macros! In fact, I'd be happy to just eat a few and call it a meal in my opinion!
Other fat bombs you might like:
- Blackberry Coconut Fat Bombs
- Peanut Butter Cookie Dough
- Almond Crunch Fat Bomb Bark
- Chocolate Fat Bomb Ice Cream
Meal Planning
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Keto Smoked Salmon Fat Bombs
Keto Smoked Salmon Fat Bombs
Ingredients
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 4 ounces smoked salmon
- 2 tablespoons red onion
- 2 tablespoons capers
- ¼ cup bagel seasonings
Instructions
- Combine all of the ingredients, except the bagel seasoning, in a medium bowl and mix well to combine.
- Roll into 8 equal sized balls then roll in the bagel seasonings.
- Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to one week.
Jess
I made these for my son (whose on a medically monitored ketogenic diet no more than 10g carbs daily) but didn't have some of the ingredients, infact I only had the smoked salmon and cream cheese, so I added half an Avocado, some Himalayan Salt, Cracked black pepper, ground flaxseed & pork rind crumbs once combined then I rolled them in pork rind crumbs and he absolutely loved them.
They were also freezer friendly, next time I'll add more pork rind crumbs to bring the fat content up some more.
The fat content is 10g per 30g ball and less than 1g of carbs.
I feel like the cream cheese is an excellent base for many recipes like this.
CJ
Will these freeze well if I make a double batch? Thank you!
Brenda
I've not tried freezing them, probably ok.
Kathleen
My bombs turned out tasting like a ball of salt. I had no idea how much salt was in the seasoning bottle; apparently a lot! I’ve doubled the recipe so the last thing I want is to throw out 2 cans of special salmon. How do I de-salt? It’s literally like licking a salt rock! Help.
Brenda
My bottle of bagel seasoning has not salt included. Sorry that happened!
Susie
WOW! These are absolutely AMAZING! thanks so much for the recipe! I just ordered your Keto Recipe book, it will be here on Monday - I can't wait.