Yummy eats-shepherd's pie

Okay, I know what you're thinking. Shepherds Pie? Eww. A lot of people don't like it. But folks, I'm tellin ya, this is some good eatin! Well, it is in my family.

• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can green beans, drained
• 1 (10.5 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
• 1/2 onion, diced
• 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
• 2 cups mashed potatoes

Yes, I cheat and use steam and mash potatoes. Honestly, why would I go through the trouble peeling, dicing, boiling and mashing potatoes when it's made so easy for me?

1. Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Cook and stir ground beef in a skillet over medium-high heat until beef is browned, about 10 minutes. Drain fat. Mix in green beans, cream of mushroom soup, and onion. 

3.  Pour beef mixture into a 2 quart casserole dish and top with Cheddar cheese. Spread mashed potato on top. 

Seasoned with garlic & onion. I season EVERYTHING with it.

Not quite ready for the oven.

Now it's ready for the oven. EXTRA cheese, also a must for our family.

4.  Bake in the preheated oven until the pie is hot, and the mashed potatoes are golden brown, about 30 minutes. 

Ready for the oven!

SO yummy!!

Favorite family recipes

Apparently Friday is a good day for me to get some blogging done. I think this is the 3rd post for me today!

One of the things I hate doing is choosing what to have for dinner. Or trying to remember which recipe of a certain food my family enjoyed having. So I decided to make a quick binder containing our favorite recipes. I grabbed an old binder I had on hand, I really need to get a new one for it.

I used paint shop pro and made a cute cover sheet to slide into the front of it.


My favorite place for recipes is allrecipes. I sometimes will tweak the recipe to fit our tastes better, but for the most part this is my go to site. I print off all of the recipes that seemed to be a hit for my family and put them in this binder. Page protectors are awesome for this, especially if you are like me and tend to get in a hurry and start spilling and making messes. (Hey-I can't be perfect ALL the time.)

I also downloaded a meal planning template off the internet and added a few of our favorite meals to the bottom of it. This way, when I ask each member of our family what meal they want for one night this week, they have a visual list of some of our favorites. If I didn't do this, my kids would alternate pizza and taco's every night. I keep these tucked into the front pocket of the binder for easy access.

I am also working on hand writing some of the family "tradition" foods that we all enjoy. The plan is that someday, when the time comes, this will be passed on to my daughter.