[mbuster]

Sour Cream Beef Bake​

Ingredients:

• 3 cups cauliflower rice
• 15 Oz cooked lean ground beef
• 2 cups Rao Marinara Sauce
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 1/2 cups cottage cheese
• 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
• 1/2 cup diced green onions
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp black pepper

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
• Place cauliflower rice in 2.5 qt baking dish and microwave 4-5 minutes or until tender, but not mushy
• After heating the cauliflower, set aside
• In a large skillet or pot, cook the ground beef over medium high heat until browned.
• Drain off excess fat then stir in marinaro sauce, salt, and pepper and let simmer
• Put cottage cheese, sour cream in a bowl and stir together then mix in the green onions
• Put the cottage cheese, sour cream, green onion mixture in the baking dish with the cauliflower rice, mix well then level.
• Put half of the ground beef mixture in the dish and spread with a spoon
• Sprinkle half the cheese over the ground beef
• Put the other half of the ground beef in the dish and spread.
• Sprinkle the remainder of the cheese over the ground beef
• Bake for 20 minutes at 350.

Notes:

• Recipe called for low fat/lite dairy ingredients, I used the unadulterated versions.
• Recipe didn't specify ricing your own cauliflower or using frozen. I used riced cauliflower from the freezer secrtion.
  • Lots of moisture after baking, I assume came from using the frozen cauliflower. Wasn't there after microwaving. I only microwaved for 2 minutes though.
  • Anyone know how to avoid this if using frozen???
• Recipe didn't specify grade of cheddar, I used medium.
• Didn't seem like enough seasoning with just the salt and pepper but made it as written without any additional seasoning. It was excellent as is.
• BH, who doesn't even like cottage cheese, got a skimpy first serving hinting she might have to fix herself something else when discovering that was an ingredient.
  • Wasn't long she was up and getting healthier sized second serving, declaring "This is really good. It is a winner"

 

[itissteve]

That looks really good, mbuster!

I've had the best results with frozen cauliflower when I let it thaw in the fridge (sometimes I rush it in the microwave on Defrost) and let it sit on a towel for a while. I suppose drying it out in a hot frying pan might work even better and you've already got a hot pan from the hamburger if you swap a couple of recipe steps. I know the hot pan trick works really well with "miracle noodles".

 

[mbuster]

Yes since not using fresh cauli I was afraid if I microwaved too long it would get mushy, may have been wrong. I do like your idea of completely thawing first. Really didn't notice it getting out the first serving

Also I didn't have 2.5 quart dish, 2 and 3 qt. The meat layers seemed a little thin in the 3 qt.

 

[etherea]

This will be on my table after after my next grocery store run.

 

[MaJoie]

This does sound good. I was going to suggest draining the cauli in a colander with a coffee filter but I like itissteve's suggestion of using a towel just as well.