Keto Mexican Casserole Recipe (Ground Beef or Turkey)

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Keto Mexican Casserole Recipe (Ground Beef or Turkey)

Looking for a low carb, gluten free and/or Keto friendly casserole that has a Mexican flavor and combines ground beef (or ground turkey), cauliflower, bacon and cheese?  This Keto Mexican Casserole Recipe, with only 4 net carb, is delicious!! 

Why Eating Clean Keto Matters

Eating clean, whole food is the key to improving your health and immune system.

Eliminating processed foods with flour, sugar and additives that are linked to inflammation and cancer is critical if you want to live a healthy lifestyle. 

This Keto Mexican Casserole Recipe combines, ground beef (or turkey), cheese, cauliflower, bacon and yummy spices to create a great low carb meal, that's also gluten free!

Since I started eating good nutritious food, not only did I lose weight, I eliminated inflammation that was resulting in chronic join pain and fatigue. Believe me – it makes a difference! 

Read more about clean eating and get a printable food list here: Clean Eating Food List For A Healthier You

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Keto Mexican Casserole As A Comfort Food

A spicy, cheesy food is a great choice when you need a comfort food. 

Traditional comfort food recipes like grandma made were always delicious and usually clean.  Unfortunately, today they are usually loaded with additives, GMO flour, sugar, all which you don't need. 

This Keto Mexican Casserole Recipe is a great comfort food to warm you up, but will keep the ingredients clean and carbs low for your healthy Keto lifestyle.

Note:  When you pour the butter and cheese mixture over the meat, it's an odd color, kinda pink.  

It doesn't look that appetizing but it tasted great, much better than it looked. Just don't show any family members what it looks like until it is cooked! haha

If you would like to learn more about Keto, you can read how I got started and the results I achieved in this article about starting Keto and my journey of losing 45 pounds and getting healthy.

Important Clean Ingredients

You should always use uncured bacon.  Nitrates have been linked to cancer in some studies.

ButcherBox or SimpleTruth Bacon from Kroger both are uncured.

For beef, grass fed beef is always the best choice. Make sure the beef is also grass finished.

Some farmers will let a cow eat grass for most of its life, but then pen it up and feed it cheap bread or GMO corn at near the end to fatten it up.

The penning process puts stress on the cow and then you eat the meat, resulting in stress released into your body.

This is why I have ButcherBox meats delivered to my door. They only use farmers that raise animals using sustainable techniques and the cows are grass fed and grass finished.

Studies have linked CLA found only in grass fed beef to cancer prevention.

If you've seen my other recipes, you know I'm a big fan of cayenne pepper.

Cayenne pepper has some health benefits along with the great taste. It can lower blood pressure, increase metabolism, and may even reduce pain.

You can read about some other health benefits of cayenne pepper here. 

You can omit the cayenne, or put less or more, depending on your taste.

Easy Keto Ground Beef or Turkey Cheese Cauliflower Tex Mex Cassserole

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Ingredients

  

• 4 slices Bacon Nitrate Free - ButcherBox is a great option
• 1 lb. Grass Fed Ground Beef or Turkey ButcherBox great option
• 1 Onion chopped
• 1 Bell Pepper chopped
• 2 tsp Garlic crushed
• 2 tsp Worcestershire Sauce Organic and gluten free preferred
• 2 cups Riced Cauliflower frozen works and MUCH easier
• 1 cup Cheddar Cheese Grated
• 2 oz Cream Cheese
• 2 tbsp Heavy Cream
• 2 Eggs
• 3 tbsp Butter
• 1 cup Salsa organic
• 2 tsp Cayenne Pepper
• 2 tsp Garlic Powder
• Pink Salt to taste
• Black Pepper
• Non Stick Cooking Spray Avocado best

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (204 C)
• Spray 9X13 casserole dish with non stick spray
• Cook bacon in large frying pan, Ninja Foodi or air fryer, and reserve grease
• Drain bacon on a paper towel and set aside
• Add 1 tablespoon butter to the bacon grease in large frying pan
• Cook pepper, garlic and onions in bacon grease/butter combo until tender
• Move cooked pepper mixture to 9X9 casserole dish
• Add ground beef or turkey to frying pan
• Cook ground beef on medium until done and drain
• Add Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, cayenne, garlic powder and cooked bacon to beef
• Heat all together for about 5 minutes on low/medium heat
• Add beef mixture to pepper mixture in casserole dish

Cauliflower Sauce

• Cook frozen rice as directed on package
• In medium bowl beat eggs while rice is cooking
• Add 2 Tbsp melted butter, cream cheese, cream, 1/4 cup grated cheese, and Salsa to eggs, mixing well
• Add cooked cauliflower to egg mixture and mix all together
• Add this sauce mixture to the casserole dish and mix all together
• Place in preheated oven and cook for 20 minutes
• Top with remaining cheese and cook 5 -10 more minutes
• Allow to cool for 5 minutes and enjoy!

Cooking times can vary based on your appliance and altitude/elevation.

Have ButcherBox quality meat delivered to your door!

Nutrition 

(8 servings – without chips)

Nutrients are calculated based on the FDA standards and/or labels for ingredients I used.  You may need to calculate your own based on your ingredients.

• Calories 197
• Fat 14
• Protein 6
• Carbs 5
• Fiber 1
• Net Carbs 4

Serving Suggestion for Keto Mexican Casserole Recipe

Top with sour cream and Pork Rinds or  Quest Protein Chips 

For extra healthy fat, serve with a few slices of avocado. 

It was really good as leftovers also the next 2 days. I heated it up with extra cheese on top.

For a delicious Keto green side, check out this article with  several different green side recipes.

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Conclusion – Keto Mexican Casserole Recipe

Hope you enjoy this low carb Keto Mexican Casserole as much as we did! 

Do you prefer Mexican or Italian food? Let me know in the comments so I can work on the next recipe!

Keep it healthy! 

Jamie

Medical Disclaimer: I'm a certified health coach, not a licensed medical professional and the advice on this page is from my personal experience, health coach certification training or from the experience of my clients. You should talk with your medical professional when seeking advice about a medical condition, new diet or exercise program.