Talk about comfort food and affordable! This has got to be one of the easiest dishes to make and mosttimes we have all the ingredients already! Hubby loves simplicity, he's not a complicated man - good for me right? So with his food, he doesn't always go for my explaining all the things I add to the dish, he just sees it and eats it! Making this meal stretches our bucks a bit and it is so good the next day as it sits and the flavors merry together more. Plus, you know how much I love the smell of comfort food in my kitchen.
I have to say I'm happiest when I'm cooking in my kitchen and I have my veggies out to prep, the skillet is getting hot with a little EVOO, the onions are waiting to go in and I'm peeling potatoes...I can't explain it, you foodies know what I'm talking about. I feel like I'm in a different place where I can escape my problems, overcome a long day at work and just relax. This is one of those dishes where my mind wanders because I'll have potatoes boiling and prepping at the same time so I can just daydream. Cooking is a therapeutic experience and then after the meal is cooked, the process of presenting it on a plate in a beautiful way just before we eat is so important to me. I love to create and being an artist by trade, I think that creativeness follows me to the kitchen. And, I love the look of my hubby's face when I give him his plate and he sees how pretty the food looks. Then 15 minutes later, and his plate is empty and with a puppy dog look, he comes to me and asks, "Is there anymore?"
Ingredients:
1 lb. lean ground beef
1 can peas or 1 bag of thawed frozen peas
1 can sweet corn
1 medium vidalia onion, diced
1/3 c. sugar
8 medium potatoes
2 c. shredded sharp cheddar cheese (optional)
kosher salt
lemon pepper
Preparation:
Boil potatoes, mash and season to taste with milk and butter.Brown ground beef and onion with salt and pepper. When cooked, add peas, corn, sugar. Let simmer until heated through.
In 13" x 9" pan place meat and vegetable mixture in bottom of pan. Cover with mashed potatoes.
OPTIONAL: If you want to add cheese then sprinkle some on top and place in oven on BROIL until cheese is bubbly or light brown.
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