Low Carb Casserole: 5 Delicious Recipes With Vegetables and Meat

Low-carb tomato and zucchini casserole with spinach

For a low-carb tomato-courgette casserole with spinach, you need 4 tomatoes, 2 medium-sized courgettes, 750g leaf spinach, 2 onions, 2 cloves of garlic, 3 tbsp olive oil, 3 tbsp flour, 500ml milk, 250ml water, 150g grated cheese, pepper, salt, and some butter.

• Wash fresh spinach and drain well. Thaw frozen spinach and drain well.
• Wash tomatoes and zucchini and cut them into bite-sized pieces.
• Peel and finely chop the onions and garlic cloves. Heat a tablespoon of oil in a pan and sauté the onions and garlic until translucent. Add the spinach until it wilts. Season with a little salt and pepper.
• Heat the remaining oil in a pan, and add the flour and sauté. Add the milk and the water and bring to a boil briefly. Season with a little salt and pepper.
• Grease a casserole dish with a little butter and alternately layer the vegetables and the sauce in it. Finish with a layer of sauce and sprinkle the grated cheese on top.
• Bake in a preheated oven at 175°C for 40 minutes.

Hawaiian casserole with ham and pineapple

You can use your favorite vegetables as the basis for this Hawaiian casserole and bake them with ham and pineapple. Or you can follow our suggestion – for this you need 250g peppers, 250g carrots, 500g cauliflower, 1 onion, 300g cooked ham, 250g fresh pineapple, 3 tablespoons olive oil, 150g grated cheese, salt, and pepper.

• Wash the vegetables, peel the carrot and pineapple, and cut everything into bite-sized pieces. Also, peel and finely chop the onion.
• Heat the oil in a pan and sauté the onion in it until translucent.
• In a casserole dish, layer the vegetables alternately and spread the sautéed onion with the oil over them.
• Scatter the pineapple and ham over the vegetables and sprinkle over the grated cheese.
• Bake in a preheated oven at 175°C for 35-40 minutes.

Healthy low-carb aubergine and salmon casserole

This healthy low-carb recipe provides important omega-3 fatty acids and is quick to prepare. The sliced ​​aubergine is the perfect replacement for traditional lasagne sheets, making it easy to conjure up a low-carb lasagne. For this recipe, you need 700g aubergine, 400g salmon fillet (skinless), 4 tbsp olive oil, 1 onion, 500g chopped canned tomatoes, 150g cherry tomatoes, 3 tbsp tomato paste, 1 tbsp pesto, 150g grated mozzarella, salt, and pepper.

• Wash the aubergines and cut them into 1 cm thick slices. Place the aubergine slices on a baking tray lined with baking paper and brush with a little olive oil. Then bake for about 25 minutes at 180 °C in a preheated oven and then season with salt and pepper.
• Wash and quarter the cherry tomatoes. Peel the onion and chop finely. Cut the salmon fillet across the grain into approx. 1 cm thick slices.
• Heat 3 tbsp olive oil in a saucepan and sauté the onion until translucent. Add the tomato paste and sauté briefly. Then add the cherry tomatoes and deglaze with the chopped tomatoes. Simmer for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, then stir in the pesto.
• Layer the aubergine slices, sauce, and salmon fillet alternately in a casserole dish and finish with a layer of sauce. Scatter the grated cheese over the top and bake at 180°C for 45 minutes.

Hearty broccoli and ground beef casserole

For this quick low-carb casserole, you need 500g broccoli, 250g minced meat, 1 onion, 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 egg, 100g cream cheese or cottage cheese, 100g grated cheese, and some salt, and pepper.

• Wash the broccoli, cut into bite-sized florets, and blanch in boiling salted water for about 2 minutes. Then drain in a sieve.
• Finely chop the onion and sauté briefly in a pan with hot oil. Add the minced meat and sauté together with the onion.
• Layer the broccoli and ground beef in a casserole dish.
• Mix the cream cheese or cottage cheese with the egg, season with salt and pepper, and spread the mixture evenly over the broccoli and ground beef.
• Finally, sprinkle with the grated cheese and bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C for 20 minutes.

Sweet low carb apple quark casserole

Even a sweet meal can be prepared quickly with a low-carbohydrate diet. For this low-carb apple quark casserole, you need the following ingredients: 500g low-fat quark, 250ml milk, 1 pack of vanilla pudding powder, 2 apples, and 2 tablespoons of vanilla protein powder, some sweetener, and vanilla flavoring. Some butter to grease the casserole dish.

• Using a hand mixer, mix the low-fat quark and milk with the vanilla pudding powder, protein powder, sweetener, and vanilla flavoring.
• Peel and core the apples. Put a few slices aside for decoration. Grate the rest of the apples and fold them into the quark mixture.
• Grease a casserole dish and pour in the mixture. Arrange the apple slices on top for decoration.
• Bake the apple and quark casserole in a preheated oven at 160 °C for approx. 60 minutes.