Whole30 Cheeseburger Casserole
on Jan 03, 2020, Updated Jun 29, 2025
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I am feeling so pumped for 2020! I love even numbers so that is one reason I am pumped. But i’m mostly just excited to watch Ruthie keep growing, grow this blog even more and see my first cookbook come into the world!! So to start off this year the right way, let’s get some delicious and healthy recipes in our system. This one is pretty epic because it’s a simple casserole and all of the layers come together in cheeseburger deliciousness. The best part is that Ruthie loved this dish so much and with her getting pickier by the day, that’s a huge win! I would LOVE for you to try out this recipe and let me know what you think in the comments. Enjoy!!
Served with a Topo Chico of course.
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Whole30 Cheeseburger Casserole
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 cup diced onion
- 1 cup diced bell pepper
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 14oz can diced tomatoes, drained
- 1 14 oz can tomato sauce
- ¼ cup mayo
- ⅓ cup chopped pickles, or compliant relish
- 1 cup cashews
- ¾ cup water
- ¼ cup nutritional yeast
- Salt & pepper to taste
- ½ tsp salt
- 16 oz. frozen hash browns
- ½ head of thinly sliced iceberg lettuce
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place a large skillet over medium heat and once it is warm, add in oil.
- Place diced onion and bell pepper into the pan and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add in ground beef and cook, breaking it down and mixing it with the veggies until it has browned, about 5-7 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
- Add in the diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, mayo & chopped pickles. Remove from heat.
- In a blender combine cashews, water and nutritional yeast and blend on high until smooth and creamy. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- In a 13 x 9 inch casserole dish, pour frozen hash browns on the bottom in an even layer and toss with 1 teaspoon salt.
- Top the hash browns with ground beef mixture and spread evenly. Then drizzle on the cashew cheese in an even layer. Cover the dish with foil and bake for 30 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and top with thinly sliced iceberg lettuce before serving.
I love this casserole! I’ve made it twice already! I subbed compliant fries for hashbrowns since I haven’t been able to find compliant ones. Turned out great!
That sounds amazing!
This is so good and super easy to throw together. Definitely recommend!!
Great!!
Totally delish!!! I added a drizzle of mustard on top of my serving and it adds extra burger tang! I also might try adding more pickle and finely chopped raw onion, I think it would just be bonus flavor! Great recipe!
That’s a great idea!!
We made it last week and are making a bbq bacon version this week! It’s definitely going to be part of our rotation from now on!!!
Yes!! Great idea!
This was super yummy! And bonus my 6 and 9 yr old ate it up! Always a win if everyone loves my whole 30 meal! Thanks for keeping it easy to feed the fam ❤
Such a win!!
Loved this! I’m not doing a whole and am not dairy free so I sprinkled a little cheese on top and it was delish!!
That’s great!!
Really lovely and easy to make recipe ! Thank you
You got it!! 🙂
My husband and I loved this recipe! So easy and delicious!
That’s great!!
My family loved this recipe. It was easy and delicious. Thanks Kelsey!
Awesome!!
This was so good! Both my husband and toddler approved too! We aren’t whole 30 so we used some not approved ingredients and it still turned out great. We doubled the hashbrowns and browned them first before putting the beef mixture on top. I also decreased the amount of pickles since I used sweet relish instead. So so good!
Amazing!!
Another rave review! I was missing a can of tomatoes so I chopped up fresh cherry tomatoes. The husband is not a fan of cheese, so he was excited that this didnt have any. I heard at least 5 “wow!” comments while hea ate the first helping. Thanks for a great recipe!
That’s awesome!!