Here's the truth: I'm
struggling trying eating
mostly low carb. It makes me feel better and gives me lots of energy when I get sugar and white stuff out of my diet. But, I am a carb junkie. What's a girl to do? Trick herself with...mashed cauliflower!!! (duh)
Here's a very easy and mostly quick hotdish (as we call casserole in Minnesota) that I've tried a couple of times.
Whatcha need:
- ground beef or turkey
- BACON (yum) - I use low sodium, no sugar added
- frozen cauliflower
- shredded cheese
- cream cheese - optional but, again, yum!
- egg - optional
- onion, garlic, salt, pepper - all optional
- skillet
- paper towels
- baking dish
- stove/oven (ha!)
I'm not a super cook so you'll notice there are no measurements above. You know why? Because I have no idea how much of anything. I used a package of ground beef - once I used extra lean and another time I used ground chuck because that's what was on sale. I use a whole bag of frozen cauliflower, about half a bag of shredded cheese, one egg if you want (I used it once, once I didn't, couldn't tell a difference), a few dabs of cream cheese (low fat once, full fat another, couldn't tell a difference), a few strips of bacon. When I say a few strips of bacon, I mean like three, four, five-ish. But if you love bacon, use a whole package. Seriously. Your call. Just know that I get about 4-6 servings outta this so if you eat a whole package of bacon in 4-6 settings, have at it.
Cook your bacon. Skillet, oven, microwave, precooked - however you like to cook your bacon. I fried mine. I drained the bacon on paper towels, cleaned out the skillet then browned the ground beef. I added some minced garlic and lots of pepper. I started to salt it but then remembered this was getting bacon and cheese so, be mindful and maybe salt it after you taste the final product. Just an idea.
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| meat! |
While all this meat cooking is going on, steam the heck outta the cauliflower. Because I wanted really mushy cauli, I boiled it then drained it when I could moosh it with a fork. (See what a gourmet I am? Moosh?)
I put down the (drained) ground beef in a baking dish then crumbled the bacon into it. Last, I added the cauliflower, mashed it up and added a few dabs of cream cheese and the shredded Monterey Jack I found in the fridge. Bake this at 350 until the cheese is browning - like 35 minutes.
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| I am clearly no food photographer but it was yummy anyway. |
