Mock Cornbread with Spicy Beef Casserole

[RenoGal]

Preheat Oven to 400 degrees

Cornbread:
1 can 15.5 oz. can Great Northern Beans (drained & rinsed)
4 large eggs
1 T cumin
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder (NOT BAKING SODA!)
2 T olive oil
1 teaspoon Tabasco
1/3 C Splenda(1/4 C if you do not like sweet cornbread)

Meat Mixture:
1 lb cooked lean ground beef (drained)
1 10 oz. can Rotel tomatoes with green chiles (DRAINED!)
1t cumin
2T chili powder
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
2 T diced canned jalepenos
1 zucchini, chopped
1/2 red sweet pepper, chopped
1 cup shredded low-fat or fat-free cheddar cheese

Combine all of the cornbread ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Pour 1/2 of the mixture into a greased 9x9 or a 8x8 pan and bake in a preheated 400 oven for 15-20 minutes.

Meanwhile combine meat mixture.

Remove mock cornbread from oven and sprinkle with a 1/3 cup cheese. Top with the meat mixture and sprinkle with another 1/3 cup cheese.

Pour the rest of the bean batter on top of the meat mixture and top with 1/3 cup cheese.

Bake casserole for 30-45 minutes, until mock cornbread is cooked through and has turned a golden brown. Serve with a dollop of fat-free sour cream.

This "cornbread" would be great with chili also

[cottagebythesea]

I'm intrigued by the idea of mock cornbread. Have you made this recipe, RenoGal? It sounds like it would be a great dish for Fall weather.

[RenoGal]

Yes made it.. loved it.. hubby is new to the SB idea so cornbread being his favorite.. he was totally fooled..

yeah a new believer..

I did find the meat to be a little dry if you use extra lean.. so I do not totally drain the Rotel tomatoes 100% leave a little juice to moisten..

[murphmitch]

I am definitely making this!

[harrismm]

Looks really good!

[KO]

Did anyone make this?

[RenoGal]

if you have not you need to try at least once.. was excellent...

[HRCarol]

Looks delish ! I'll let you know how it turns out for me ~ I'm not a good cook so I appreciate the specific directions !

[zeffryn]

This is on the menu for next week! I can't wait.

[jenne1017]

I hope I make this right since I am just making the cornbread. Putting it all into the pan at once and will start checking it after 20 minutes!

[jenne1017]

OK, I used just the cornbread portion of this. I cooked it all at once. I used somewhere between 1/3 and 1/4 cup of splenda because I got frustrated with opening packets forever.

It was a bit too much splenda for me but this was really, really good. I didn't include the jalepeno as DW doesn't care for it but wanted to taste it.

It was really good.

[WaistingTime]

Here's my question for Jenn and anyone else making this or similar "mock" carbs - does it taste enough like the real thing that you crave the real stuff? I'm afraid I would have less control with a bread-like substance

[honeybjones]

I find this recipe really interesting but I have one (possibly dumb) question. How is it low carb? The beans are much higher in fiber than corn or cornmeal but aren't they still starchy beans?

[raebeaR]

South Beach is not a 'low carb' diet -- just a healthful carb diet. So maybe that's what confused you, honeybjones.

[kaplods]

Does it really have a "corn-bread" texture? I'm craving the texture of breads since I started avoiding gluten (the whole-grain gluten-free breads I've tried have been horrible, and outrageously expensive).