You can prep in the night before and store it covered in your oven until you are ready to bake it. Can I make this casserole ahead of time?Ībsolutely! I love to make this healthier tater tot ahead. If you need gluten free, be sure to read the ingredients on the bag and/or check to make sure they are certified gluten free. Tater tots are made from potatoes, but often contain wheat.
#Tator tot casserole free#
Make this gluten free by using gluten free tater tots. Just make sure your vegetables are tender before you bake them with the tater tot topping. You can get creative and use whatever vegetables you have on hand: mushrooms, peppers, green beans, cauliflower would all be great. Cook a finely diced large carrot with the onion in the beginning of the recipe then you can add peas and corn if you wish. Many tator tot casseroles don’t use cheese at all! For the cheese, you can use a dairy-free cheese or leave out the cheese. However, I think cooked lentils, mushrooms, or a combination of both of those would be a great texture and flavor substitute for the ground meat. I have not tried any vegetarian subs for this recipe. Make this tator tot casserole vegetarian. If there is a lot of fat in the pan after sautéing the beef, you can drain that before continuing with the rest of the recipe. Not a fan of turkey? Use a pound of ground beef instead of the ground turkey in this healthier tator tot casserole. Many of you messaged me that the versions you make don’t have cheese at all….so you can omit if that is what you love or works best for your dietary needs. Which is delicious and melty, but in the TNN version of tater tot casserole, I opted to put the cheese under the tots so that they could get all crisp in the oven.īut you can totally modify the cheese to where YOU and your crew like it best. Many recipes that I found while researching this recipe have the cheese on top of the tots. Thanks to all of you, I learned that there are many many ways to make a tater tot casserole and where the cheese goes (or if there is cheese at all) is a passionate subject. See the suggested adaptations section below.Ĭheese on top? Or under the tots? Both? Maybe not at all? It can easily be made gluten free or dairy-free.
This casserole keeps great, though the tater tots need a little crisping up in the oven when you reheat it! I love making a sizable casserole for dinner and then know the leftovers will be there to enjoy for lunches or another night. It is prepped and read to go into the oven with just 15 minutes of work and its done cooking in 20 minutes….making it the perfect veggie-loaded weeknight dinner. This healthier tater tot casserole is made from lots of fridge and freezer staples. A hearty flavor that just screams cozy and comforting. This healthier tater tot casserole comes together extra fast since it uses mixed frozen veggies and frozen cauliflower rice….meaning there is next to no veggie prep! I love fresh veggies, but sometimes I love to learn on the easy of frozen vegetables when making a meal. If you find ground turkey recipes kinda blah, don’t worry! The seasoning worked into the casserole ensures it is flavorful as well as healthy. I lightened up the classic tater tot casserole recipe by making this version with ground turkey. Why this healthier tator tot casserole is amazing…. It is easy to make dairy-free and gluten free and works great as leftovers or to feed a crowd. Loaded with frozen mixed veggies and frozen cauliflower rice to make veggie-loading easy breezy for you all, this tot casserole tastes somewhere between a Shepherd’s pie and a potpie and is allllllll the delicious comfort food you TNNers made it out to be. What we created together is a healthier version of the classic tater tot casserole. This recipe was a team effort with my pal Heather Staller, who helped test and perfect this seriously delicious casserole recipe.
#Tator tot casserole how to#
So many of you asked for it, so I set to work learning about the midwest classic comfort food and figuring out how to put a veggie-loaded twist on it. But after I shared with you all on Instagram stories that I bought some frozen tater tot for my daughter to try, the requests for a veggie-loaded healthier tater tot casserole (often called a hot dish…I learned that) recipe came FLOODING in.
#Tator tot casserole full#
This healthier tater tot casserole is full of ground turkey, delicious homemade sauce, and easy frozen veggies! This recipe comes together quickly and is a hearty, comforting dinner recipe.Īs a born and breed Maine girl, I honestly had never heard about a tater tot casserole until a few years ago.
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