Momma's Meat Pie in Minutes

This is a family favorite. It is very easy, and you can use almost anything you have to make it. I will tell you how I made it, but no Judgy Judgerson's! I used a pre-made pie crust, shhhhhhhhh! I also served dinner with a side of honey glazed carrots, but I was too excited to take the picture and forgot to put them in. Look for that easy recipe at the bottom. 

Time: 10 minutes to brown meat. 5 minutes of prep time to layer pie, and 25 minutes to bake. Total time: 40 minutes. The best part is the longest part is a no-brainer. You can be playing with the kids while your pie is baking.

Ingredients:
1 lb of ground beef
1 jar/can of your favorite spaghetti sauce
1 pkg of refrigerated pie crust (2 rolled pie crusts in each package)
1 C of shredded cheese

That's it! Just 4 ingredients!
Shopping List (copy and paste): ground beef, spaghetti sauce, refrigerated pie crust, shredded cheese.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Get out a pie plate and pull the pie crust out of the fridge. The crust needs to warm up in order to unroll perfectly without cracking or tearing.

Brown the ground beef in a skillet until cooked. Season to taste. I added a 1/2 tsp of seasoned salt, and 1/2 teaspoon of garlic salt, and dried basil. Once the meat is completely brown, add jar/can of sauce. Warm the sauce through, and remove the skillet from heat.

While allowing the meat and sauce to cool. Gently unroll one pie crust over the top of the pie plate. Lift and adjust the pie crust to mold against the pan carefully folding the edges under. Then add 1/2 the meat mixture to the pie crust. Sprinkle with 1/2 the shredded cheese. Add the remaining meat mixture and then the remaining cheese. Unroll the second crust over the pie plate and tuck the dough's edge underneath the first pie crust. Then crimp all the edges with a fork. Bake for 25 minutes until crust is a golden brown. Cool for 5-10 minutes. By allowing the pie to cool for a few minutes it allows you to get pretty slices of pie and easily remove them from the pan.

Some substitutes:

You can use ground turkey instead of beef.

Another option, instead of spaghetti sauce, use water and taco seasoning and make a taco pie.

Make it for breakfast and use ground sausage and serve with a side of maple syrup or white gravy.

Glazed Carrots:
1 1/2 C raw baby carrots
1 C water
1/4 C of honey

I almost never measure this recipe. The above list is a rough guesstimate. Pop all ingredients in a pot and cook on the stovetop for 15 minutes. Test softness of carrots. Voila! If you don't like cooked carrots you will LOVE these! TRUST!

Last thing: If you MUST make a crust, go on ahead. I just don't have that kind of time on a weeknight, but I won't hold it against you.