Aunt Jennie's Shepherd Pie - Tina

Aunt Jennie's Shepherd Pie
By Tina Pirruccio

1 lb. hamburger
1 can french style green beans
1 can campbell's tomato soup
1 egg
1 medium onion
about 2 cups mashed potatoes

Brown hamburger and onion together until hamburger is all browned.  Add green beans and tomato soup (not diluted).  Let simmer about 15 min.  Put in casserole dish.  Add egg to mashed potatoes.  Cover hamburger mixture leaving a hole in the middle to let steam escape.  Bake until potatoes are browned, about 1 hour at 350 degrees.

[Note from Dina-
There are many variations of shepherd pie.  Mine is similar to above, but easier, as I am lazy in the kitchen and rarely have much time to whip something up before the kids get that hungry wolf look.  So, after I brown the hamburger, I add 1-2 cans of  "Manwich" or "Sloppy Joe" sauce - it has onions, peppers, tomato, etc.  already in it.  Then I lay it in the casserole dish and cover with a can of drained veggies....whatever is in the cabinet...usually mixed veggies.  I usually make my mashed potatoes while the beef is cooking, which means I often use dried mashed potatoes, but I doctor them up pretty well with butter, sour cream and chives.  That gets put on top, and then baked until heated through.  Also, if you microwave the veggies in the center before adding them, then there's really no reason to even have to bake it unless you like the top browned - everything is already cooked - and by that time, my kids are usually already at the table with the hot sauce in hand ready to dig in.  So just drop the food and spatula on the table, and step back carefully......]