Easy Cornbread Casserole

With a layer of cornbread as the base, a mixture of spices with organic grass fed ground beef and another layer of cheesy cornbread on top, this scrumptious meal is not only a family friendly one, but simple enough for any busy weeknight! It’s also easy to make ahead, freeze and thaw for when life gets crazy and you need dinner on the table fast.

Keto Cornbread

When I think of comfort foods, it always comes back to some form of bread for me. I am an Italian and grew up on carbs, so when I began eating low carb that was certainly something I missed. But it’s also made me work really hard to make over traditional recipes and turn them into low carb wonders, like my Grain Free Low Carb Cornbread.

Organic Grass-Fed Ground Beef is always on the menu for my family on a weekly basis. I love making comforting meals using ground beef, like my Bacon Cheeseburger Cauliflower Casserole, and my Bacon Cheeseburger Calzone made with my Fathead Low Carb Dough!

I’ve partnered with ButcherBox because I love their 100% organic meats. Butcher Box is a monthly subscription which works out to be less than $6.00 a meal. Each box comes with 8-11 pounds of meat which is about 20-28 meals. The best part is that it’s shipped right to your door and delivery is free.

You can choose to customize your box with whatever meats you prefer. I love having variety so the standard box was perfect for us. It came with 100% Grass Fed Ground Beef, Top Sirloin, New York Strip, Ribeye, Free Range Organic Chicken Breasts, Heritage Breed Pork Chops, and Bacon.

Right Now ButcherBox will be giving you 2 pounds of FREE Ground Beef for life on every order for the lifetime of your subscription!! 

I highly recommend trying Butcherbox if you’re a busy family like me especially concerned about the meat you and your family are eating and that it doesn’t containing hormones. It’s not only affordable, it’s convenient too!

If you love meals like this for yourself and family, you might be interested in my meal planning membership. Weekly low carb keto dinner meal plan sent to your inbox every Friday with shopping list. The best part about my meal planning feature is that if you aren’t interested in one of the dinner meals you can swap it out for something else! You can even change serving sizes and the shopping list will adjust! It pretty amazing software and I hope you’ll take advantage of it. You can have a sustainable low carb/keto lifestyle when you’re well prepared and planning meals is the key!  LEARN MORE TODAY!

Keto Cornbread Casserole

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Mexican Cornbread Casserole (Low Carb, Gluten Free)

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes minutes

Total Time 50 minutes minutes

Servings 12 servings

Calories 514kcal

Author Brenda Bennett | Sugar-Free Mom

Ingredients

• 2 lbs ground beef Butcher Box, organic, grass-fed
• 1 cup onion diced
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• 2 tsp cumin
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• chili powder optional
• 1 cups salsa
• 2 cups cheddar cheese Mexican-style, shredded

Cornbread Recipe

• 4 eggs
• 1 1/4 cups heavy cream or unsweet coconut milk
• 1/2 cup butter softened
• 1 cup coconut flour 107 g
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp clear liquid stevia
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp corn extract
• 1/2 cup cheddar cheese

Instructions

• Cook the ground beef in a large skillet with the onion and garlic until no longer pink.
• Add the cumin, salt, pepper, salsa and chili powder if using. Stir together. Set aside.
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F while you make the cornbread.
• Add all the cornbread ingredients to a stand mixer and blend until well combined. 
• Grease a 9 by 13 baking dish and spread a thin layer, about one third of the cornbread mixture over the bottom of dish.
• Pour the ground beef mixture over the cornbread layer. Sprinkle 1 cup of the shredded cheese over the meat.
• Spread the remaining cornbread mixture over the meat and top with remaining shredded cheese.
• Cover and bake for 15 minutes. Remove cover and bake an additional 15 minutes. 
• Remove from oven and allow to cool slightly for about 10 minutes before serving. 
• Enjoy with toppings: sour cream, jalapenos, salsa, cheese, olives

Notes

Net Carbs: 5g

This recipe was first published in October 2017 and updated with video and reposted in March 2019. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 514kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 22g | Fat: 41g | Saturated Fat: 22g | Cholesterol: 153mg | Sodium: 757mg | Potassium: 334mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 660IU | Vitamin C: 1.6mg | Calcium: 207mg | Iron: 2.2mg

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Whether you are a woman who works out of the home or works at home, everyone needs a satisfying lunch wouldn’t you agree? Working in the home can often be challenging to weight loss. Why? Because often there’s no need to pack a lunch since you can just make something whenever you want. Get the point? Whenever you want to eat all you have to do is walk into your kitchen and help yourself.

When I worked as a full time teacher there was no opportunity to eat until the lunch bell rang and I had 22 minutes to shovel in my food before heading back to class. Once I left that job to stay home with my kids and home school I gained some weight. I would eat a snack with them whenever they asked. I quickly discovered I couldn’t continue on this path.

I won’t tell you I pack a lunch for myself every weeknight, but at least 3 times a week I have something in a container to pull out of the fridge for lunch.This meal is one of those lunches using my recent Healthy Collard Green Burrito recipe.

The burrito recipe makes 4 so just double it if you want to have a more than two days worth of lunch. I’ve calculated everything in this container below. You even have the nutritious info if you decide to eliminate the cheese which will lower calories and fat. The small section has some plain Greek yogurt sprinkled with cacao nibs for a little crunch.

Healthy Collard Green Burrito Meal-To-Go

• 2 Collard Green Burritos
• 1/2 cup grape tomatoes
• 1 part skim, low fat mozzarella string cheese, sliced
• 1 cup grapes
• 1/2 cup plain Greek Yogurt, nonfat (sweetened with 2 droppers vanilla liquid stevia)
• Optional: 1 tablespoon cacao nibs, unsweetened

Nutrition Info

Calories for entire Meal-To-Go: 456* Fat: 11g* Cholesterol: 15mg* Sodium: 672mg* Carbs: 63g* Fiber:13g* Sugars: 34g* Protein: 33g* Points+: 11*

** If you remove the string cheese here’s what you have:

Calories: 372* Fat: 5g* Cholesterol: 15mg* Sodium: 524mg* Carbs: 62g* Fiber: 13g* Sugars: 34g* Protein: 26g* Points+: 10*

Other Meal-To-Go recipes you might like:

• Fruity Baked Quinoa Meal-To-Go
• Healthy Chicken Salad Wrap Meal-To-Go

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Have you ever tried collard greens before? Guess what? I haven’t….ever! Blessed with a free bundle a few weeks ago from a member of church,  I just knew I had to make use of this green somehow.

Apparently or typically it is sauteed with bacon, but I didn’t feel like doing that. I wanted a healthier option and from the looks of the large leaves I knew they would make awesome burritos. I found this recipe from Fat Free Vegan Kitchen that gave great help in how to trim and cut the stem. Her recipe is for making hot burritos and baking them. Again I wasn’t feeling the need. I just wanted something easier and cold and no oven required. This recipe is what I came up with and I’m sticking with it! I loved it and I hope you’ll give collard greens a try! At least try them like this, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed in the least. 🙂

A few simple ingredients, besides the collard greens, you probably already have on hand.

No oven required! Shall I say it again? No Oven required! Don’t you just love a recipe without needing to slave at the stove or heat the oven?? Well I certainly do so I hope you don’t mind!

Mix ingredients in a bowl, plop in the center of a blanched collard and wrap them up! So easy! So fast! So nice to make them ahead and have them ready to go for lunch or dinner!

Fold up the bottom, then each side…….just like wrapping a little present!

Close the top and you.are.done!

Healthy Collard Green Burritos

Ingredients

• 4 large collard green leaves, trimmed, cleaned*
• 1/2 cup soy beans/edamame, shelled
• 1/2 cup black beans, canned, drained
• 1 cup diced celery
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin
• 1/4 cup salsa, chunky
• 1/4 cup hummus
• Optional: 1/2 cup cooked brown rice, 1/2 cup shredded cheese, 1-2 teaspoons red chili flakes

Directions

*Check this post to trim your collard greens.

Heat a large pot of water to boiling. Once boiling add your pre-washed, trimmed collard greens covering as much of them as you can. Boil for about 4-5 minutes. Drain and allow to cool. You will only use 4 for this recipe so keep the rest refrigerated for up to a week.

In a small bowl add your soy beans, black beans, celery, seasonings, salsa and hummus. Mix together well. Add optional ingredients if using. Divide mixture among 4 collard leaves and place in center of each. Roll up bottom, fold in sides, then top. Enjoy! Makes 4 burritos.

Serves 2* (2 burritos each)

Nutrition Info

Calories per serving: 190* Fat: 5g* Cholesterol: 0g* Sodium: 475mg* Carbs: 27g* Fiber: 11g* Sugars: 4g* Protein: 13g* Points+: 5*

Want to see how I packed this as a healthy Meal-To Go, check this post!

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