Recipes for Life | Country Beef Pie

The crust:
½ cup of tomato sauce
½ cup bread crumbs
1 lb. ground beef
¼ cup chopped onion
¼ cup chopped green pepper
1 ½ teaspoons salt
1/8 teaspoon oregano
1/8 teaspoon pepper

The filling:
1 1/3 cups Minute Rice
½ cup water
1 ½ cups tomato sauce
1 cup grated cheddar cheese
½ teaspoon salt

Combine ingredients and mix well. Pat meat mixture into the bottom and pinch 1-inch flutings around the edges of greased 9-inch pie plate. Combine Minute Rice, tomato sauce, salt water, and ¼ cup cheese. Spoon rice mixture into meat shell. Cover with aluminum foil. Bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees) for 25 minutes. Uncover and sprinkle top with remaining cheese. Return to oven and bake uncovered for 10 to 15 minutes longer. Cut into pie-shaped pieces.

Meal Plan
Country Beef Pie
Pineapple Salad
Iced Tea
Bread
Canned Peaches
French Toast and Eggs

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Recipe Submitted by: Mrs. Jim McLain (Nashville, Tennessee). Wife of Rev. Jim McLain; Mother of one child; Christian 23 years; Favorite verse: Matthew 6:33.

Note: This excerpt comes from Bible and Mixing Bowl in a Woman’s World, published in 1962. The net proceeds from the sale of this book helped fund the Memorial Student Loan Fund, later became Dr. Mary R. Wisehart Student Scholarship.

The co-editors were Mrs. Roy O’Donnell (Mt. Olive, North Carolina) and Mrs. Eunice Edwards (Nashville, Tennessee). Published by WNAC. Each page of the book contained two recipes, a meal plan, a devotional thought or poem, and a brief biography of the recipe's author.