Make Something Monday ... Pillsbury Ground Beef Pot Pie

I had to break into my reserve of already wrote up recipes, this weekend has been nuts and with Easter I was a little less on time! Hope you enjoy this one!

Looking for a yummy easy meal for the family, this is it! Another one I made a while back when my favorite little book came, that has become a favorite of the house. Plus check it out I can sneak in carrots and no one knows!! So no veggie eaters here, and sadly that includes me sometimes too!

Ingredients:

Crust
1	box Pillsbury® refrigerated pie crusts, softened as directed on box
Filling
1	lb lean (at least 80%) ground beef
1	medium onion, chopped (1/2 cup)
1	teaspoon garlic salt
1/2	teaspoon pepper
3	tablespoons cornstarch
3	cups frozen southern-style diced hash brown potatoes (from 32-oz bag), thawed
3	medium carrots, sliced (1 1/2 cups)
1	jar (12 oz) beef gravy

DIRECTIONS

1.	Heat oven to 450°F. Make pie crusts as directed on box for Two-Crust Pie, using 9-inch glass pie plate. In 12-inch skillet, cook beef, onion, garlic salt and pepper over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until beef is thoroughly cooked; drain.
2.	Stir cornstarch into beef mixture until mixed. Stir in potatoes, carrots and gravy. Cook 5 to 6 minutes over medium-high heat, stirring constantly, until hot. Spoon into crust-lined pie plate. Top with second crust; seal edge and flute. Cut slits in several places in top crust; cover edge of crust with foil.
3.	Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until crust is golden brown. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

Tempt My Tummy Tuesday ~ A Cowboys Pot Pie Recipe

OK So I know I promised Chili but I couldn't resist making this recipe first. Chili tomorrow, I'll post next week! I know Cole was totally bummed, until he saw this come out with his initials and I was back on top as Mom of the year (oh stop laughing). So here I go recipe #2 using French's Foods and a can of Manischewtiz Beef broth. Now I've made a version of this before but I switched it up, hope you enjoy!

My Gift Basket, Thank you again Michaelene for the amazing opportunity!

Here's what I started with!

What the recipe called for Red Wine!

Good way to use up wine that you don't drink, not a big drinker or a red fan.

Perfect for recipes!

Throw it all together and then put a together like a pie!

I love putting the boys initials as the vents.

Cole & Caden loved it!

Ingredients

1/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp pepper
1- 1/2# Ground Beef
1/3 cup onion, chopped
1/3 cup celery, chopped
1 Red Bell Pepper
3 Carrots
3 Potatoes
1 cup Manischewtiz beef broth
1/2 cup beer or red wine (can use 1/2 cup beef broth as substitute)
1/2 tsp French's hot sauce
1 tsp French's Worcestershire sauce

Directions

Mix together the flour, salt, paprika, and pepper until well combined
Add meat with the flour mixture
Lightly brown meat
Add onions and celery, cook until tender
Add beer (wine), broth, hot sauce and Worcestershire sauce
Stir until it comes to a boil
Stir in veggies cover, and set aside
Preheat oven to 450 degrees
Roll out dough to fit bottom and sides of baking dish leaving about a 1/2 inch overhang
Place in baking dish
Pour meat mixture into pastry-lined pan
Roll the reaming dough to fit top of baking dish
Place dough on top of meat mixture
Pinching together to seal
Cut several steam vents in top crust (this is where you can do initials or a short word)
Bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes
Reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake for an additional 30 minutes or until crust is brown and filling is hot

And a REMINDER for you amazing cooks that can rock at making your own items I want to share with you some fun things that are going on right now.

• French’s Foods announces the launch of its first-ever LIVE National Cook-Off -celebrating home chefs who bring smiles to their families with time-saving, great tasting recipes. Revive the ritual of the family meal this autumn and submit your favorite family recipe featuring at least one-French’s product. 5 finalists will receive a trip to NYC to compete in the live cook-off for the chance to win $25,000!

• Just in time for the holiday season, The Manischewitz Company announces the launch of the 4^th Annual Man-O-Manischewitz Cook-Off, a cooking contest designed to encourage home cooks to challenge themselves in preparing a meal that is kosher, simple and delicious. The contest encourages people to experiment with ethnic cooking similarly to the way people enjoy preparing Chinese, Mexican and Italian cuisine. Entrants will compete for a chance to win the $25,000 grand prize package including GE Profile kitchen appliances. Featured celebrity guest judge and MC-legendary acclaimed chef, Jacques Pépin.