Tamale Pie

I got home so excited about a recipe that I had found on Pinterest for Tamale Pie. It was a part of a once a month cooking blog that some friends and I are getting ready to try. Well, low and behold, my sweet husband went on one of his I-am-going-to-throw-out-everything-no-matter-its-value sprees. I had the ingredients but for the life of me could not find the recipe on pinterest (no I didn't pin it, yes I am an idiot.) So I decide to wing it and do my own thing.

It. Was. Amazing.

I did enough to be able to freeze the tamale part and just add cornbread mixture next time.

2 lbs ground beef
1 bell pepper
1 small zucchini (finely chopped)
1 medium carrot (finely chopped)
1 onion (half of it or all of it if you really like onions)
1 can black beans (drained and rinsed)
1 can tomato sauce
Chili Seasoning (Basically just season it the way you would your chili)

Brown your meat, strain and return to pan.
Add in your veggies and let that cook for a few minutes.
Add in your chili seasoning and cook for a few more minutes to allow meat to season.
Add in your tomato sauce and cook on simmer until veggies are done. 30 min or so
(If you are freezing, cook but don't overcook your veggies. That way wen you warm it up again they are not already cooked to death.)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees
While this is cooking mix up 2 packages of corn muffin mix. (I like sweeter tasting corn bread but you could do regular cornbread mix)


Preheat oven to 400 degrees

Spoon chili into pie pan. Add cornbread mixture to the top and spread until it covers pie pan.
Bake for 15-20 minutes or until brown.

If you are freezing it wait for it to cool down before putting it into containers.

Really so good and definitely going onto our meal plan around here.