This Keto Chopped Salad is perfect to make for Weekend Food Prep and then you have salad ready to eat all through the week! Check out the Weekend Food Prep category on my site to see more ideas to cook or prep on the weekend.

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Crunchy Low-Carb Chopped Salad found on KalynsKitchen.com

Other than a life-long fondness for cabbage, I’m not sure what inspired me to try a chopped salad minus lettuce and full of raw cruciferous vegetables, but this Keto Chopped Salad quickly turned into a staple in my fridge. It’s perfect for those times you’re pan-frying or grilling fish or meat and need something quick to go with it for a side dish, and I love a big bowl of this for a lunch salad as well.

I love to make this salad on the weekend and keep a container of the cut-up veggies in the fridge to make it easy to grab a healthy salad any time during the week. And nothing keeps me on track with my eating than having something healthy like this Keto Chopped Saladin the fridge to start out the week!

And this recipe for keep-in-the-fridge salad is perfect for the recipe category called Weekend Food Prep! If you’re someone who’d like to develop the habit of making some food on the weekend for leftovers that can be eaten later in the week, check out some of the options there, read more below about this category! 

What is Weekend Food Prep on my site?

What you’ll find in the Weekend Food Prep category on my site are recipes that you can cook or prep on the weekend and then reheat and eat or assemble and eat during the week. A few years ago I went through my huge recipe index and tagged all the recipes that make a lot of servings and are suitable for reheating leftovers later in the week, as well as recipes like this one where you prep a large amount of something for using later in the week. And if you haven’t previously focused on weekend cooking that much, I hope you’ll like the idea; I have been adding recipes to that category for several years now!

What ingredients do you need for this recipe?

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  • chopped green cabbage
  • chopped red cabbage
  • chopped broccoli florets
  • chopped cauliflower florets
  • radishes
  • See complete recipe for other optional ingredients you might like to add

Can you use other veggies for the Keto Chopped Salad?

When I chose the veggies to include in this salad I focused on crunchy cruciferous Keto-friendly vegetables that would stay good in the fridge. Other low-carb raw vegetables you could add to switch it up would include lettuce, celery, jicama, turnips, or bell pepper.

What things could you add when you eat the Keto Chopped Salad?

I love this salad just plain with Ranch Dressing, but when I want to switch it up a bit I add low-carb toppings like slivered almonds, peanuts, sunflower seeds, walnuts, grated cheese, crumbled Feta, crumbled blue cheese, or chopped hard-boiled eggs.

What dressing do I use for the Keto Chopped Salad?

My favorite dressing to go on this is simply good old American ranch dressing made with buttermilk and a packaged mix, or homemade ranch when I have the energy for that. But I also enjoy other dressings such as Blue Cheese, Green Goddess or Caesar with this salad mix, and if your store sells low-carb Asian ginger dressing, that would be delicious. I think the options are endless for dressing for this type of salad.
Crunchy Low-Carb Chopped Salad process shots collage

How to make the food prep Keto Chopped Salad:

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  1. Of course you can add any veggies you want to a keep-in-the-fridge salad mix like this, but my salad always uses lots of cabbage.
  2. The other veggies I almost always include are red cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, and radishes!
  3. I focus on low-carb veggies most of the time, but carrots are good in this too if you don’t mind a few more carbs.
  4. I combine all the vegetables and store the salad mix in a huge plastic container with a snap-lock lid to keep it fresh in the fridge.
  5. Then when I want a tasty salad I just take out the desired amount and toss it with one of my favorite dressings and I’ve got a healthy salad for lunch or a side-salad for dinner!
  6. I love to add Gorgonzola or Feta cheese to this salad too, if that sounds good to you!
  7. When I prepare some of the Crunchy Low-Carb Chopped Salad to eat I also like to add things like almonds, grated cheese, peanuts, or chopped hard-boiled egg to the salad to keep it interesting!

Keto Chopped Salad in two bowls.

More Salads to make for Weekend Food Prep:

Crunchy Low-Carb Chopped Salad found on KalynsKitchen.com
Yield: 10 servings of salad

Keto Chopped Salad (for Weekend Food Prep)

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes

This Keto Chopped salad is the perfect idea for Weekend Food Prep; cut up the veggies on the weekend and you'll have salad to eat all week!

Ingredients

  • 4 cups chopped green cabbage
  • 2 cups chopped red cabbage
  • 3 cups chopped broccoli florets
  • 3 cups chopped cauliflower florets
  • 2 bunches radishes, washed, ends trimmed and cut in half
  • (see notes for more options)

Instructions

  1. Wash veggies in a salad spinner if needed and chop into bite-sized pieces.
  2. Store the salad mix in the fridge in a large container with a snap-tight lid. (Some people use a Ziploc bag for salad as well, but I've had better luck with a container like the one in the photo.)
  3. When you can a salad take out the desired amount, toss with dressing, add toppings as desired, and enjoy!
  4. My favorite dressing to go on this is simply good old American ranch dressing made with buttermilk and a packaged mix, but I also enjoy other dressings such a Blue Cheese, Green Goddess or Caesar with this salad mix.
  5. I like to add low-carb toppings like slivered almonds, peanuts, sunflower seeds, walnuts, grated cheese, crumbled Feta, crumbled blue cheese, or chopped hard-boiled eggs to keep the salad interesting. There are endless options for toppings, so get creative!

Notes

Use any combination of veggies that you prefer, and if this makes more than you will eat in a week you can definitely cut the recipe in half.

Nutritional information is for the vegetables only and does not include optional vegetables, dressing, or optional toppings.

This combination of salad veggies is something Kalyn has been making for years for a keep-in-the-fridge salad to eat during the week.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

10

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 48Total Fat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 38mgCarbohydrates: 10gFiber: 4gSugar: 4gProtein: 3g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated by the Recipe Plug-In I am using. I am not a nutritionist and cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, since many variables affect those calculations.

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Keto Chopped Salad shown in two bowls with forks.

Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
This Keto Chopped Salad is perfect salad for any Keto or low-carb diet, and it’s also great for any phase of the original South Beach Diet.

Find More Recipes Like This One:
Use Weekend Food Prep for more ideas of things to make and the weekend and eat during the week. Use the Diet Type Index to find recipes suitable for a specific eating plan. You might also like to follow Kalyn’s Kitchen on Pinterest, on Facebook, on Instagram, on TikTok, or on YouTube to see all the good recipes I’m sharing there.

Historical Notes for this Recipe:
My ideas for a chopped salad to store in the fridge were first posted in 2008! This recipe was last updated with more information in 2024.

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