#cheeseburger hotdish

[fcukfodmap]

Day 29: Low-FODMAP Cheeseburger Casserole

The high-FODMAP version of this hotdish has been a favorite in the household: it's dead easy comfort food. After my success with a mac & cheese-style casserole, I figured I'd give a low-FODMAP version a go. There didn't seem to be too many substitutions, and the flavor profile didn't seem too reliant on garlic and/or onions.

That's all true, but I want to take a moment and bellyache about how quickly and thoroughly AI has ruined Google searches. I wanted to know if American cheese was low-FODMAP, and duly googled it. The very first link went to a site which was obviously written by AI, and included verifiably wrong information.

For example, the site claimed that milk was low-FODMAP, which it is not. After a little more searching, I found an article written in 2018, well before LLMs turned the internet into gray goo, that indicated that American cheese has way more lactose than other hard cheeses, like cheddar, and could not be part of a low-FODMAP diet. I'm going to believe that over some fcuking AI hallucination. The internet sucks.

So. To the recipe:

Low-FODMAP Cheeseburger Hotdish

12 oz gluten-free elbow macaroni

1 1/4 lb ground beef

3 c water

1 15 oz can tomato sauce

1/2 c chopped dill pickles

2 tsp Worcestershire sauce

2 tsp dry mustard

1 tsp brown sugar

6 slices bacon

6-8 slices fake American cheese (or cheddar slices)

salt, pepper & vegetable oil

Preheat oven to 475F. Generously grease a 9x13 baking dish with vegetable oil or lactose-free butter. Spread noodles in dish, and crumble beef into 1/2 inch pieces over the noodles.

Mix water, tomato sauce, pickles, Worcestershire, mustard, sugar, 1/2 tsp salt, and 1/2 tsp pepper together in bowl. Pour into the dish with the noodles and stir to combine. Cover tightly with tin foil and bake for 25 minutes.

Meanwhile, microwave bacon until crisp, and then cut into crumbles.

Remove the dish from the oven, and stir thoroughly, scraping the sides. Lay cheese slices on top of casserole to cover, sprinkle with the bacon crumbles, then return to the oven and bake for another 4-7 minutes.

Remove from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes.

This turned out exceptionally well. Before this low-FODMAP nonsense, I had tried cheddar slices as the cheese topping, but I didn't particularly like how they melted. So I used Violife Just Like American Sandwich Slices Vegan Cheese Alternative, which are actually as advertised. They melted well and honestly taste like American cheese, but without gluten, lactose, or soy, which a lot of fake cheeses have. But cheddar slices would be fine in a pinch.

The other questionable thing in a low-FODMAP diet was the canned tomato sauce. Tomatoes are okay in smaller quantities, which for sure this was, but most tomato sauces have garlic and onions in them, which is on the no list, FODMAP-ily speaking. I was able to find a sauce that was just tomatoes -- the brand is Pomi -- but for sure you could use petite diced or crushed tomatoes, and this recipe would turn out fine. Pay attention to labels, per usual.

Anyway! Everyone went back for seconds (and one for thirds) so this was a total win. So much so I don't really have leftovers for lunch tomorrow, which is annoying. The drawbacks of success.

Disclaimer: I am no dietician. I'm doing my best to minimize FODMAPs in my diet, but it's possible for me to be misinformed or mistaken about various ingredients. Especially because the internet is broken.

[sheawritesstuff]

Redacted Characters as Midwestern / Southern Food I Think They'd Like

✩ Sam - Gooey Butter Cake

✩ Porter - Coleslaw

✩ Vincent - Toasted Ravioli

✩ David - Chili with Cinnamon Rolls

✩ Milo - Buckeyes

✩ Asher - Chicago Mix Popcorn

✩ Huxley - Tater Tot Hotdish

✩ Damien - Chili Mac

✩ Lasko - Scotcheroos

✩ Gavin - Sweet Cream Corn

✩ Camelopardalis - Sugar Cream Pie

✩ Vega - Morel Mushrooms

✩ Hush - Chocolate Potato Chips

✩ Avior - Deep Dish Pizza

✩ Regulus - Frog Legs

✩ Caelum - Puppy Chow

✩ Guy - Fried Cheese Curds

✩ Geordi - Cornbread

✩ Ollie - Biscuits and Gravy

✩ Ivan - Fried Okra

✩ Aaron - Burnt Ends

✩ Elliott - Hashbrown Casserole

✩ Blake - Apple Pie with Cheddar Cheese

✩ Brachium - Frozen Custard

✩ Kody - Meatloaf with Ketchup

✩ Anton - Cheeseburger Pie

✩ James - Watergate Salad

✩ Marcus - Fried Green Tomatoes

✩ Morgan - Beer Brats

[trivialbob]

Tonight I went out to dinner with my dad. 

I keep a list of restaurants I want to try. If there’s good review online or in the paper it goes on my list. My newspaper runs a column called “The 5 best things we ate this week.” Usually I can add one or two to my list when I read another column.

Tonight my dad drove and paid! for dinner. He let me pick the restaurant. Out came my list.

This place was good. I craved a cheeseburger and ordered one. It was perfectly fine. But you know what, afterwards I regretted not ordering the Tater Tot Hotdish, classic or modern.

Our table was next to a fireplace. It was pleasantly warm and cozy.

Today was my Friday. Now I’ve got a four-day weekend. I think I will make some tater tot hotdish of my own tomorrow.

[akagami94stuff]

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[samayla]

1k/day: January 27, 2019

Took the day off. 

It was my little brother’s 18th birthday, so I spent most of the day in the kitchen. I did a lemon poppy seed layer cake and his favorite tater tot hotdish. Think a really great, mushroom-y cheeseburger and fries. Caramelized onions and mushroom soup and a touch of tangy ketchup and mustard in the sauce... Birthdays around here mean special requests for dinner, and that’s what he wanted.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯