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Low Carb Green Bean Casserole – easy low carb side dish for the holidays!

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This low carb green bean casserole is a delicious holiday dish with fewer carbs. Easy to make and only 2.9g net carbs!

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This low carb green bean casserole is a delicious holiday dish with few carbs. Easy to make and only 2.9g net carbs!

This Thanksgiving, I’m trying to come up a few low carb options so I can stay on my plan but not make my family feel like they are missing out on traditional holiday foods. So far I’ve come up with a delicious loaded mashed cauliflower casserole and now this low carb green bean casserole. Both are so darn good I think we will be eating this all year round. Don’t worry we will still be eating turkey and stuffing. As a matter of fact I have a killer stuffing recipe coming up next week that I’m anxious to share with you.

This low carb green bean casserole is a delicious holiday dish with few carbs. Easy to make and only 2.9g net carbs!

Normally I always use fresh green beans when I’m making them as a side dish but today I used frozen. As a matter of fact I bought everything for this casserole at Aldi, even the shredded gruyere cheese! I love that place. 

This low carb green bean casserole is a delicious holiday dish with fewer carbs. Easy to make and only 2.9g net carbs!

low carb green bean casserole recipe

So I started by cooking the green beans in the microwave. I use this microwave pot all the time to steam my veggies.  It’s so much easier to saute  veggies when they have been precooked in the microwave. That just saves time.

While they were cooking I sauteed the baby portobello mushrooms in a bit of butter. I like to get the mushrooms well cooked because they release a lot of water sometimes and I hate soggy mushrooms. Just a quirk I have.

This low carb green bean casserole is a delicious holiday dish with fewer carbs. Easy to make and only 2.9g net carbs!

Then you add the cream, thyme and half of the gruyere cheese. If you don’t have gruyere, you can use Swiss cheese. You want to mix this well and then add the green beans. Lastly you sprinkle the rest of the cheese on top and bake for 30 minutes. 

Low Carb Green Bean Casserole

This low carb green bean casserole is a delicious holiday dish with fewer carbs. Easy to make and only 2.9g net carbs!

Out comes this creamy, tasty casserole. I really liked this combination as I’ve mentioned and I think we will be eating it more. It seems rich but it serves 6 as a side dish so a little goes a long way.

I hope you like this and give it a try even if you aren’t trying to lower your carbs. The nutritional count is as follows for 1 serving:

195 cals / 17.2g fat / 4.4g carbs / 1.5g fiber / 7.1g protein / 2.9 net carbs

This low carb green bean casserole is a delicious holiday dish with few carbs. Easy to make and only 2.9g net carbs!
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Low Carb Green Bean Casserole

This low carb green bean casserole is a delicious holiday dish with few carbs. Easy to make and only 2.9g net carbs!
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 6
Author Denise Wright (MyLifeCookbook.com)

Ingredients

  • 1 lb green beans
  • 8 oz mushrooms sliced
  • 1/2 cup cream
  • 2 Tablespoon butter
  • 1/4 teaspoon thyme
  • 1 cup gruyere cheese shredded

Instructions

  1. Add green beans to a microwave safe bowl and cook for 8 minutes.
  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  3. Add 1 tablespoon of butter to a large saute pan and your mushrooms. Cook until there is no water left in the pan, about 5 minutes.
  4. Add in the rest of the butter, cream and thyme. Mix well and then add half of the gruyere cheese. Mix until it starts to melt.
  5. When the green beans are done in the microwave, add them to the pan and stir to incorporate the sauce.
  6. Sprinkle remaining cheese over top and bake for 30 minutes.
  7. Serve immediately.
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Nutritional information for the recipe is provided as a courtesy and is approximate only. You should always do your own calculations if you are concerned about the accuracy of this or any recipe. I use the Lose It app for all of my nutritional information because I have for years.

Comments

  2. Marisa Franca

    October 14, 2018 at 1:01 pm

    What a fantastic recipe!! I hated using the cream of mushroom soup that was so popular a few years ago. People (family) got used to that high sodium, high everything else vegetable casserole. Now, I present to them a much healthier version. Thank you!!

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  5. Gloria

    October 9, 2018 at 7:59 pm

    I would eat this all year round, but it is the perfect side dish for the holidays. We all need a little help in the carb department…..the festive holiday cookies are difficult to resist.

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    • Denise

      November 14, 2017 at 6:24 am

      Hi Tammy,
      I would use the smallest size you could. I believe they are called extra fine at Aldi.
      Please let me know if you have any other questions and thanks for stopping by!

      Reply

    • Denise

      November 21, 2016 at 10:14 am

      Hi Lillian,
      Thank you so much for sharing my green bean casserole to your Low Carb Facebook group.
      Are you letting others join this group? I would love join!
      Let me know and thanks again for stopping by.

      Reply

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