On Twitter and Faceplace I mentioned I made what I call a...

On Twitter and Faceplace I mentioned I made what I call a reverse fried shepherd's pie for dinner, and some people had asked about it. It's basically something I came up with when I was in the middle of making sloppy joes and then found out I needed to feed more people than I'd planned on. I take chili meat and brown it (I get it from a local ranch, and it doesn't produce as much grease as ground meat from the grocery store) add onions, tomato paste, some chicken broth, some garlic, salt, pepper, a masala spice mix, green onions, and a little apple cider vinegar. Then I make hashbrowns (grated potatoes with a little onion, and salt and pepper, cooked in butter or butter substitute (I use Smart Balance)) cooked until crispy on top and bottom. Then you put the beef and sauce mixture on top of the hashbrowns and eat it. I always have a vegetable on the side, and you can always add peas to the sauce.

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