Happiness Pie

This is a recipe for the best Shepherd's pie ever. Seriously this pie is made of happiness and joy. And some other great ingredients, but mostly joy and happiness

Ingredients:

1 lb ground beef

1 can sweet corn
1 can green beans
1 can cut carrots
         (feel free to substitute any veggies you want, if cooking with frozen vegetables simply cook your pie longer in the oven. With fresh make sure to wash your veggies properly!)

1 can cream of mushroom soup
about a little more than half the can filled with milk

4 cups mashed potatoes (I use instant potatoes for lazy nights, but leftover from scratch taste great too!)

About 2 cups cheese for topping

1 - 2 Tbl minced garlic (depends on how much you LOVE garlic)
salt and pepper to taste


Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and get your casserole dish ready. I use a 2 quart rectangle dish that works great.

Brown your meat in a large skillet over medium high heat. Adding salt and pepper to the meat while cooking is about the only seasoning I use for this dish. Make sure you drain as much grease off of the meat as possible before continuing on.

Still in the skillet and over medium high heat add your garlic and let it cook with just the meat for about two minutes.

Add in your vegetables, cream of mushroom soup and a little more than half the can with milk.

Stir well to combine and allow to come to a gentle boil.

Spoon into your casserole dish and cover with the mashed potatoes. Coat everything with as much cheese as you prefer.

Bake in the oven about 20 minutes; a cookie sheet below the pan works well to catch any of the mixture that might bubble up to the top of the dish and spill over.

Spoon onto plates and enjoy your meal of happiness. After a true comfort meal fills not only your stomach but your heart too.