Keto Ham and Broccoli Casserole

This keto ham and broccoli casserole is an easy and delicious recipe to make with leftover ham. Only 5 ingredients needed to make this cheesy low carb casserole and each serving has 5.1g net carbs.

You might also like this post about different keto recipes for leftover ham.

Lately I have been craving casseroles. My mom never really made casseroles growing up but I find they are easy, tasty and pure comfort food. Since there are such great deals on hams right now, I made one for a family Sunday dinner and of course had leftovers.

I decided to make this keto ham and broccoli casserole! I had some for lunch and then froze the leftovers for more low carb lunches next week. It has that cheesy broccoli casserole flavor that goes great with salty ham. YUM!

And if you didn’t care about carbs you could mix cooked white rice in with the broccoli and ham to make a complete meal. So if you have a leftover of all of these simple ingredients this would be a super easy casserole with leftovers!

 Casserole recipe ingredients I used.

There are only 5 ingredients in this cheesy casserole: ham, fresh broccoli florets, sharp cheddar cheese, fresh cauliflower florets and full fat cream cheese. The cauliflower along with the cheese is used to make a cream sauce.

Originally when I made this I used frozen broccoli but when I remade it today I think it’s better with both fresh broccoli and cauliflower. You could also use leftover already cooked broccoli if you want.

Frozen veggies sometimes have a lot of water and that might add excess water to the dish. So if you do use frozen broccoli, make sure you get all of the water out after you cook it.

How to make keto ham and broccoli casserole.

1. Preheat the oven to 400°F. Prepare a baking dish by spraying it with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
2. Chop and steam both the broccoli and cauliflower florets separately. I love to use my microwave steamer to do it in the microwave. You can do this any way you wish just make sure to strain off any excess liquid.
3. Chop the ham into small bite sized pieces and mix it with the cooked broccoli in the baking dish.
4. Add the cooked cauliflower, cream cheese and half of the shredded cheddar cheese to a high speed blender or food processor and blend until nice and creamy. It should be the consistency of a thick cheese sauce. You are going to use this as your creamy cheese sauce so if you want it thinner you can add a tablespoon or 2 to thin it out.
5. Mix the cream sauce mixture with the broccoli and ham in the baking dish then top that mixture with the remaining shredded cheese. You can seasoning with salt and black pepper if you want but I didn’t think it needed as the ham and cheese sometimes add enough salt.
6. Place the baking dish in the preheated oven and bake for 15-20 minutes until nice and golden brown on top. Let cool before eating. (Please scroll down to see the printable recipe card.)

Store leftover in an airtight container and place in the refrigerator or freezer. I like to use leftovers like this for a quick microwave keto lunch.

You could also freeze the whole casserole if you want. I’ve never tried it but I don’t’ see why it wouldn’t work.

This recipe made 4 servings for me but if you want you could add more broccoli or ham though remember the carbs count will change. 

You can also add some cauliflower rice, mushrooms, etc and play around with different cheeses like Monterey Jack, mozzarella cheese, Swiss cheese etc. 

More easy low carb casseroles to try.

I have over 20 keto casseroles on this blog I love them and they make for an easy low carb dinner. Four of my most popular ones are these:

• Cauliflower & cheeseburger
• Mexican chicken
• Buffalo chicken
• Spinach & broccoli

 

Well if you are looking for something to do with that leftover ham from a holiday dinner, try this low carb broccoli and ham casserole. It’s easy and delicious! The nutritional information for 1 serving is:

273 cals / 19.3g fat / 8g carbs / 2..9g fiber / 18.5g protein = 5.1g net carbs