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Keto Bacon Cheeseburger Casserole

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Dreamy cheesy keto bacon cheeseburger casserole, doesn’t that conjure up a taste sensation for tonight?

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This has to be the favourite recipe for my 12-year-old son. It’s also his favourite recipe that he wants to cook every week on his cooking night (yes, each of my kiddos and hubby has a cooking night. 

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Keto Bacon Cheeseburger Casserole

The superb thing about this recipe, is that while you are waiting for your oven to heat to the required temperature, you will have prepared the quick and easy keto bacon cheeseburger casserole. Simply pop it in the oven.

Bake for 15 minutes until the cheese is golden and crispy.

I love to serve this dish with a huge side salad and homemade 1-minute mayo. What would you serve it with? Leave a comment below.

This recipe is so simple, it has to be seen to be believed. I have even thrown it all together and omitted the first step of browning and cooking the beef first. Yes, that’s right. I mixed the raw beef, onion, garlic and cream cheese together, placed it in the casserole dish, continued with my cheats cheese sauce and the rest of the recipe.

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If you cook the beef first, the bacon cheeseburger casserole only requires 15 minutes of cooking for the sauce and cheese to bake, but if you are using raw beef, cook for 40 minutes to ensure all the meat is thoroughly cooked through the centre of the casserole dish.

To make economical use of a warm oven, I always cook some extras at the same time. How about these little recipes that you can make while the bacon cheeseburger casserole is cooking?

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Keto Bacon Cheeseburger Casserole

A family friendly easy recipe for keto bacon cheeseburger casserole. Yes, you read that right. Heaven on a plate. Your kids will guarantee to love this, the only thing missing is the bun and the soda - perfect!
Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time15 mins
Total Time25 mins
Course: Dinner
Diet: Gluten Free, Grain free, Keto, LCHF, Low Carb, No Sugars, Wheat Free
Keyword: Keto Cheeseburger Casserole
Servings: 6
Total Carbs: 3g

Ingredients

Metric - Cups/Ounces

Beef Layer

Cheats Cheese Sauce

Instructions

Beef Layer

  • Fry the bacon pieces until cooked then remove and set aside. 
  • Fry the onion, garlic and beef until thoroughly cooked. Add salt and pepper to taste, stir through the cream cheese. 
  • Pour the beef layer into the baking dish. Sprinkle the bacon pieces over.

Cheats Cheese Sauce

  • Mix the eggs, cream, shredded/grated cheese, mustard, salt and pepper together. Pour the cheese sauce over the beef and bacon.
  • Place slices of gherkins/pickles all over the top then cover with the remanning shredded/grated cheese.
  • Bake at 180C/350F for 15 minutes until the cheese is golden and crispy. Serve with salad and 1 minute mayonnaise.
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Nutrition Facts
Keto Bacon Cheeseburger Casserole
Amount Per Serving
Calories 613 Calories from Fat 459
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 51g 78%
Total Carbohydrates 3g 1%
Sugars 1g
Protein 33g 66%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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  1. This is definitely one to try. I don’t like mustard so don’t have it in my cupboard. What could I use instead?

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  2. I know the serving size is 6, but can anyone tell me how much that ends up being? I made a batch and some was eaten and now I can’t divide up properly.
    Thanks!

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  3. Yum! This actually tastes like a cheeseburger.
    Reading the comments, I think people need to realise that the ‘cheese sauce’ isn’t trying to be bechamel.. Its replicating the mayo-melted-cheese flavours you’d get in a cheeseburger.
    This made me one for dinner and one for the freezer (feeding two people). We served it with cauliflower mash.
    Thanks for creating a recipe and sharing it, I appreciate how simple to follow they are!

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  5. I made some changes to make this more Keto friendly.
    First I brought this up to 9 servings for my family
    Replace the onion with dehydrated onion (1 Tbsp) dehd. has less carbs than fresh
    Add Worcestershire sauce (1 Tbsp) for a more meaty (umami) flavor
    No one uses medium eggs. Change to 4 large eggs
    Change mustard to 3 tsp dry mustard to keep the cheesy flavor, but takes the mustardy flavor out
    Remove pickles and have people add them to their own serving
    Remember… these are based on changing the recipe to 9 servings.

    This brought the carbs down to 1g per serving.

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  6. I made this to nite with half and half. Combine cream cheese with sour cream and green onion. I did six slices of bacon. One pound of ground round. And 1 and 1/2 cups of shredded cheddar. Put sugar free ketchup on top by Heinz. delicipus!

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  7. What size pan is being used? It’s definitely NOT a 9×9 because the pictures clearly show a rectangular pan.

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  8. I actually made for the first time and it was so delicia it wasn’t greasy or anything . My husband and I are the whole casserole! Thank you for your recipe

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  10. Honest review:. For me, this was not great. I didn’t fully understand the cream and egg mixture… It kind of came out soft and custard like which didn’t really go well with the ground beef in terms of texture. The cream cheese was lost and did not add much. Also, not enough cheese, and not enough bacon, which was also lost because it was buried. Don’t mean to be the sour puss, but felt that the reviews here were almost entirely five star, do needed a balanced voice. I do like the concept. I may retool this. Would put the ground beef below, layer with a cream cheese/sour cream/green onion layer, maybe another ground beef layer, then melted cheese, topped with bacon. Something like that I guess, adding in some olive oil to the ground beef to make the macros keto friendly.

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  12. This came out great!! I think it’s best to brown your meat ahead of time and try and get it in small crumbles vs bigger chunks. Personally I didn’t notice any egg taste (like some of the reviews commented). I used Yancy’s Fancy pepperoni cheese in the cheese mixture then used plain cheddar on top, only because I ran out. Will definitely make again and try other cheese versions than cheddar. On nights when I use plain cheddar I’m thinking of trying to incorporate a hot sauce. A burger chain here in the U.S. has a great one so I may try to copy. Or a version that has mushrooms and blue cheese. I didn’t add the bacon as I’m not a big fan but on this I think it would be good. Didn’t take more than the 15 minutes to cook, The serving is a little large for me unless you serve it with something light like a salad. So might try to cut into a little smaller pieces. And I’d say this would be great for picky eaters/children. They could probably even choose what toppings they wanted. I bet you could even make in individual serving dishes and everyone could create their own ‘burger’ Thanks for another great recipe Libby.

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  15. What kind of grated cheese to use? and I am the only one in the house that is eating a Keto diet and want to be sure that I don’t waste what if fix

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  16. I made this tonight with a side salad per your recommendation 🙂 Thanks so much! My pickiest eater ate some and said it would be good to make it again! I had to substitute onion powder for the onion – I think he doesn’t like the crunch.

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  18. I apologize if someone else already asked this question but I was wondering what ratio fat the ground beef is that you used to calculate the nutritional information. Looking forward to trying this!

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  19. My husband and me just made this recipe and couldn’t determine portion until after we had already divided out our meal although this meal was very flavorful . Was a bit runny but that was from the fat grease and our cheese sauce didn’t thicken any oh well the casserole was delicious!

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  20. Just to make it clear because the photos of stuff that you might need is confusing.pre- Shredded cheese isn’t keto because they add cornstarch to it to stop clumping

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  21. Obviously drain the grease before you put it all together but this dish is seriously one of the best for Keto! The one thing I did Different that I loved Is that I took It out a couple of mins before, switched the oven to broil and did that for a couple of minutes to get a nice crispy crust on the top. So good!

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  22. I know that keto is supposed to include extra fat, but putting it all together raw would leave it in a puddle of grease, even with very lean meat.
    I’d have to cook and drain the meat first.
    It does sound good that way.

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    • Meh… to each their own. I do have certain casseroles that I make with raw ground beef and they can get a tad greasy but if you go with leaner beef it’s still good. IMO anyway Haha. I enjoy the flavour though. Maybe not everyone’s cup of tea!

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    • how much is a serving? I see where you said you can change but how much is just one serving? maybe I am missing something lol, its been that kind of day.

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  25. Such a great dish! Absolutely love love love this! Thank you for the great site – I tell everyone I know about it!!!

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  26. Made this for the first time tonight, excellent! I read the comments before I started so I knew to beat the eggs well and drain the beef. Thank you to everyone who commented! I didn’t use pickles, instead I put a few dots of sweet relish on top of the beef/bacon layer then spread them out a bit. Not so keto friendly but there isn’t much in a portion and it’s much quicker than dealing with pickles. Hubby asked me what I thought of it as he went for seconds. I quite enjoyed this and he did too! I had much more beef than called for, I used all 3 eggs and beat them well before the whipping cream and yellow mustard went in.There was no eggy taste. I will definitely make this again!

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  27. So the comments about it turning into an omlette scare me. I dont want to notice the egg at all. Also, what about mayo in place of the cream or half cream half mayo? Won’t need egg if you just use mayo am I right? Anyone do this?

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    • I made this last night. I used two eggs, and a half cup of half and half, and one pound of beef. The egg was not noticeable, and it was delicious.

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    • Make sure you mix it well. The forst time i did it i beat the egg before adding the rest of the ingredients. Came out like a cheese sauce. 2nd time it was a bit eggie and i realized i half mixed. Now i know!

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  29. I’m not sure what I did wrong. I’ll eat almost anything, but I thought this was awful. I love pickles but I really regret putting them in there, the top tasted more like egg than cheese. I’ve ate it a couple days now because i hate wasting food, but I think the main killer for me is the topping, it just does not taste good.

    Regardless, thank you for the recipe, as I try more things on my Keto journey.

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  30. I’ve made this a few times. My husband and I are keto, but, just like other reviewers, it’s a whole family favorite! Our kids love it and even ask for it. It tastes exactly like a cheeseburger. Thanks for a great recipe.

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    • I double the recipe but I dont know if its me or what but every time i make this, it takes about an hour to fully cook, do you have that same issue when you double the recipe?

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      • Are you using a casserole dish that is too small so the casserole is too thick/tall? The beef is already cooked before you add it to the casserole dish so all you are cooking is the cheese sauce and to ensure the flavour is infused throughout the keto cheeseburger casserole. It should take no longer than 25 minutes. Let’s see if we can figure out what is going wrong here.

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  32. I made these with pickled jalapeños and it turned out amazing! Definitely going to be part of my meal prep option.

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  33. I know it seems obvious to long time cooks, but if you need to drain beef after cooking, you need to put it in the recipe.Never take for granted what people may or may not know about cooking when writing out a recipe.

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  34. my daughter has been doing keto for some time now. She had a procedure done yesterday and I wanted to fix dinner for her so I made this and I gave some to my dad and to my son and to my granddaughter who do not do keto and we all loved it!! I’m making it for my daughter again this week😊

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  35. If freezing this would you bake it first and then freeze or just cook the meat and put everything in the pan and freeze that way? I’ve made this multiple times but I’m stocking my freezer now with a new baby coming 😉

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  36. Just put this in oven to bake but noticed when I put the cheat sauce on top it just sunk into beef mix I couldn’t spread it like the video? Anyone else done this? Did I do something wrong? Thanks

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  38. I want to make this now and I’ve run out of mustard 🙁 will that make a huge difference if I don’t add it?

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  39. Just made this for my non keto cheeseburger loving partner and he loved it!! 10/10, so delish. Thank you for this recipe 🙂

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  40. I made this today and I cooked off about 1/2 lb of riced cauliflower and right before I added the cream cheese to the pan, I added the cauliflower in and mixed all the beef ingredients together with it and the cream cheese. This gave a nice added veggie for those who want a “one pot” meal!

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  41. Oh and btw, our favorite toppers are classic burger toppings ie; tomato, extra pickles, shredded lettuce, mustard, yet also so awesome with salsa and sour cream!

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  42. OMG! I have a household of 9. 3 of us are Keto. EVERYONE in the house asks for this recipe on the regular! I add a little heavy cream into the ground beef with the cream cheese and make the recipe for 16 servings (have dad, hubby and 18 yo son in the house.) I like to carmalize the onion and garlic in bacon grease as well. This recipe is an easy “go to” that pleases anyone in the house as well as a great idea when we have extra company. This is probably our favorite keto recipe to date!

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  43. As I got very excited on this recipe, I soon realized that this is only 1.6 lbs of beef and it serves 6 people? is this correct or is my calculations off?

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    • Yes, that is correct. Serve with plenty of non-starchy vegetables, leafy greens or a side salad. If you are from the US you may be used to larger serving sizes that are the norm. Once you live low-carb or keto for a while, your appetite will drop back and the healthy fats keep you sustained for longer.

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  44. Tried this and it tasted great. I think the mustard in the cheats cheese sauce gives the dish that cheeseburger punch. Has anyone else tried cooking it without the first step as Libby described?

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  45. Fantastic! I love it. I would add extra bacon next time, and jalapeños instead of pickles (or maybe a little of both). I also love the idea of adding mushrooms!

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  46. Cream cheese is listed in the ingredients for the beef layer, but not in the directions. What do you do with it?

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  47. How big is the baking dish you used? I’m going to purchase one but I’d like to know the dimensions or does it not matter which size I use?

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  48. This is so good! Curious on the nutrition label, is this for the whole recipe or 1 serving? Thanks!

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  49. Made this using Quorn mince and soya bacon and it was delicious! I’ve eaten it for 3 days in a row!

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  50. What would be the cooking difference if I made it into smaller dishes? I don’t like making them in the big things and I’d rather make them in single or double portions. Thanks so much!

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  51. This was amazing. Loved every bite and my have gone back for seconds. So many different flavors and tastes just like a cheeseburger 🙌🏻

    Will certainly use this recipe again

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  52. Hi! Making this *right now* due to being crunched for time and options in the house. The recipe is fairly simple, and I’m sure it would taste wonderful.

    However… I didn’t find the actual recipie until after I’d read through what I thought were simple step by step picture instructions. Looking for what temperature to bake this at proved my folly. I’ve forgone the Sour Cream and the Cheats Sauce, the the ruins and added Wortcheshire sauce as another user suggested. Fingers crossed for a good meal!

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  55. I see the serving size is 6 but the pan in the pic looks like a 9×13 is that a correct assumptioon or is it the smaller 9X9? Plan to make tonight! Looks yummy and so easy!

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  56. OMG! This was so good, and so easy! My husband raved about it, and my 13 and 15 year old son and daughter loved it too! I’ll definitely make it again! I had no clue what I was going to make for dinner–but it had to be fast as I was heading out with a friend to see some live music in the city… so I just googled “Keto ground beef” and found your recipe. Instead of pickles, I put pickled jalapeños on top (my son had once again eaten all of our pickles). I didn’t find that it needed any condiments – we have reduced sugar ketchup on hand, but hubby didn’t feel it was needed. I cut the casserole into 6 servings, and it’s a good thing there are only 4 of us eating as my son and husband had seconds. I found my single portion very filling. The recipe far exceeded my expectations! Will definitely make this again!

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  57. I made this for the first time tonight. I left out the cream cheese because my husband doesn’t like it and it came out great. Will be making this again. Just getting started on Keto so am collecting “good” recipes.

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    • How much Worcestershire sauce to you add in? Just curious. I always add it to my ground beef but that was before Keto.

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  59. I made this for my husband last night, who recently started Keto. He said it was great!
    I am a (Raw)Vegan, but I used to make a breakfast casserole similar to it, so I made it because the ingredients seemed good. Thanks!!

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  60. This was delicious! It will be my new go to easy dinner from now on. I did make a couple of changes though. I swapped the pickles out for jalapenos, doubled the bacon, and added a dollop of Primal Kitchens chipotle lime mayo on top of my serving along with some hot sauce and it was perfect! It reminded me a lot of In-n-Outs animal style cheeseburger.

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  62. This looks wonderful! I’m making this tonight, substituting Morningstar Farms products for the hamburger and bacon, since we are vegetarians. I have already used this cheese sauce poured over partially cooked broccoli, and then finished it off in the oven. That resulted in a delicious cross between quiche and broccoli casserole! Thank you so much!

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  63. This is so so amazing! I’ve been keto for over a year now and this is seriously my favorite recipe now! I left out pickles as I don’t care for them but everything else was perfect. The cheese sauce is so creamy and yummy. Delish!

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  65. My egg topping did not cook up and was flat. Is it possible the eggs should be slightly beaten before being mixed in with the other ingredients? It doesn’t make any sense.

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  66. I just made it. The topping turned into an omelet/scrambled egg “sauce”. Didn’t care for it. I’ll try leaving the eggs out the next time.

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  67. Hi, I followed your recipe but sadly my egg started to turn into an omelette during baking in the oven.
    I was wondering where I went wrong?

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    • I had a similar problem. The taste was good, but the top was a little odd. Next time I’m skipping the egg, mixing the cheese in with everything. I will also precook the bacon. Top the big mixture with bacon, pickles, and extra cheese. See how that goes.

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  69. Made this tonight and it’s fantastic! Tastes just like a cheeseburger 🙂 The only reason I can think of that some don’t set up right, is maybe they didn’t drain the fat when the beef mixture was done cooking? If I hadn’t drained it, I think it would have been soupy. Really great recipe!

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  70. I made this last night and loved it! I forgot all about the bacon until it was all assembled so I put it on top and stuck it all in the oven. It was really delicious! I will definitely be making this again!

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  71. I’m making this and it is not setting up. Is it supposed to be dry? Or just eat it soupy? I turned the oven up and put it in for more time.

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    • It sounds like you have used ground/mince beef that was too fatty and the fat has rendered out into the casserole. I tend to avoid low fat beef as we want plenty of healthy fat to keep us fuller for longer and all the benefits that come from a high fat diet, but I also avoid the highest fat beef as too much fat comes out in the cooking process for a dish such as this one.

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  77. My husband loved, loved, loved this! He said this was a keeper recipe; it tastes awesome! He also says he is enjoying my keto diet. Just had my physical and my doctor is pleased with my weight loss, portion control, and eliminating processed foods, as well as sugars.

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  78. Are gherkin pickles Keto friendly?…I loved the recipe however for some reason mine came out a little runny.

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  79. Hi Libby, I’ve made this twice now. The first time I ate the whole thing in 24 hrs by myself (NOT GOOD!) This time, I was able to eat a small amount and savor it. I didn’t see how many servings the recipe makes. Thanks, and by the way, can’t wait on the chilli, it’s finally starting to cool off here.

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    • Wow Gloria, you really do love this – way to to go! We just need to work on portion control now 😉 The recipe states serves 6. All that info is right at the top of each recipe. Don’t worry, many scroll past it eagerly wanting to get to the recipe itself. It is the beginning of summer there, but I will continue to make this throughout summer as my youngest absolutely loves it.

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  81. This recipe has become a weekly staple in our house. My mom was watching my baby while I was getting some meal prepping done and she tried this and loved it. My mom is not a foodie at all, and she couldn’t stop talking about how good this was.

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  84. does this freeze well? I am the only one in the house that is eating a Keto diet and want to be sure that I don’t waste what if fix 🙂

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  85. My family loved this, I replaced the gherkins with thinly sliced mushrooms as we’re not keen on them and added some cayene pepper as we like a bit of spice.

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  86. I’ve made this 2 weeks in a row and I absolutely love it! This is fast becoming a family favourite. Thank you for the awesome recipe!😘😘😘

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