Cheeseburger Pie Low Carb Goodness
Cheeseburger Pie is bright fast food in a casserole!
Cheeseburger Pie is low carb food that eats perfectly at any meal, plus, it keeps spectacularly well for left-overs. Did I mention it’s ready in a flash?
Although KETO is the go-to diet these days, when I was busy having babies, the best way I found to drop a few pounds was using “Protein Power – The High Protein/Low Carb Way to Lose Weight“ (affiliate link). It turned out to be a (slightly modified) version of Atkins, which my parents used to drop weight occasionally. No wonder the plate with a plain-jane broiled burger and cottage cheese looked so familiar.
It sure didn’t take long for that plate to get boring, and I was scouring any books and/or websites that I could find. One of my favorite sources was (and still is) Suzanne Somers – her recipes were no nonsense and to the point. It scored huge points that they were also delish. This is a modified version of a classic dish that divided our family a bit.
Baby Boy is a sausage machine
And loves all things meat – seafood, beef, chicken, turkey… you get the idea. Our oldest and our youngest LOVE eggs almost as much as middle son loathes them. Bert is also not a huge fan of this dish. It is a little…. eggy.
It’s basically a crust-less quiche for goodness sake. Of course it’s eggy.
It’s an awesome dinner served with some field greens or spinach. It makes a wonderful brunch dish too – with that I’d probably serve some Roasted Cauliflower. Try not to ruin the low carbishness of it with spuds, no matter how good they sound. And bread. Bread would probably be a little less than stellar accompaniment.
Saute the ground beef in a cast iron skillet (affiliate link) that you’ve sprinkled with a little kosher salt. Once the beef is cooked through, add the cream. Once the pan has cooled a bit, add the eggs and stir well.
Add half the cheese and combine well.
Spray your fabulous casserole dish (affiliate link) with cooking spray, and pile in the Cheeseburger Pie mixture. Or you could cook and serve in the cast iron skillet if you wanted to cut down on dishes.
Sprinkle on some coarsely ground black pepper, then the rest of the cheese.
Pop the Cheeseburger Pie into the preheated oven for 15 or 20 minutes until the cheese begins to brown and the custard is cooked through.
Serve with (affiliate link)
Cheeseburger Pie is so awesome because it’s SO VERSATILE!
Mix it up –
use Ground Turkey or Chicken instead of the Beef
add green chilis or chopped chipotle peppers to add a kick
roughly chop some mushrooms and add with the meat or instead of it!
pour the prepared mixture on top of a bed of cooked spinach
use your favorite cheese
Add bacon. Aah. Bacon.
Cheeseburger Pie
Ingredients
- Cooking Spray
- Kosher Salt
- 1 pound Ground Beef
- 1 small White Onion, chopped finely
- Montreal Steak Seasoning
- 1 cup Heavy Cream
- 3 eggs
- 2 cups Shredded Cheddar Jack Blend
- Tabasco Sauce
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sprinkle Kosher Salt in cast iron skillet set over medium high heat. Spray two quart casserole pan with cooking spray.
- Crumble ground beef into pan and sprinkle with onions. Sprinkle well with steak seasoning. Cook beef and onion mixture thoroughly, about 8 minutes.
- Add cream to pan, and allow beef to cool down a smidge before adding eggs. Stir in well, then add 1/2 the cheese, and mix that in as well.
- Pour into the prepared pan. Sprinkle with the remaining cheese and bake until cheese is melty and brown.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
Even the non-low-carbers are going to love this one! ♥
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