Blog With Friends: Cheese Steak and Potato Pie

Today’s post is the next in our series of Blog With Friends theme collaborations. Each month a group of bloggers get together and each publish a project based on a theme. What I love about this partnership is that it’s not bloggers with similar interests or strengths but a diverse group coming up with a variety of posts. In any given month we may have a recipe, sewing tutorial, crafts projects, book review and/or a technology post all related to the theme of the month.

This month's theme is Luck. There will be individual project pictures and links to what everyone else has to offer at the end of my post, but here’s a peek at what we all came up with:

For my project I made a Cheese Steak and Potato Pie.

Cheese Steak and Potato Pie 

How did I get from the theme of Luck to a Cheese Steak and Potato dinner pie? Well, there are two tie-ins. First, follow me now, since it's March and the theme is luck, my mind went straight to St. Patrick's Day. When I googled foods of the holiday, mostly what came up was Corned Beef and Cabbage (I still need to post my recipe for that) and lots of beef and potato dishes, including Beef Stew served over mashed potatoes. I've already posted my recipe for Rosemary Beef Stew so that was out, and I really wanted to come up with a unique idea of my own. That's when I came up with the idea of a version of Philly Cheese Steak, casserole style, with potatoes.

There you have it, how I got from Luck to Cheese Steak and Potato Pie. And here's how I decided to make it. I started by making a hash brown crust:

 I cooked thinly sliced steak, mushrooms, peppers and onions, and mixed in a few more ingredients.

 Cheese on the bottom and cheese on the top. Sprinkle with canned french friend onions and bake.

The other tie-in to the "luck" theme? Everyone loved it. I mean, I thought for sure there would be leftovers but they ate every single bite. For a first time try at a new recipe idea, that, my friends, is luck!

As always, any time you make one of my recipes, feel free to post a picture of it to my Baking In A Tornado Facebook Page. I'd love to see it!

Be sure to visit all of this month's other Blog With Friends projects:


Robin of Someone Else's Genius shares a DIY, her Lucky Shamrock Wreath.

Dawn of Spatulas on Parade shares Lucky 3 Guinness Cheese Spread, who wouldn't feel lucky to enjoy this triple cheesy Guinness spread as a snack or condiment for a super burger?

 
Shannon of My Brain on Kids shares a Review of a novel, Lucky Us by Amy Bloom.

Melissa of Home on Deranged shares Seven Tips to Make Your Own Luck in Life. 

Rabia of The Lieber Family Blog shares how to make your own Lucky T-Shirts.

 Lydia of Cluttered Genius shares Four Fun (easy and inexpensive) St. Patrick's Day Crafts.

P.S. I'm on the Huffington Post again this week with Pi Day Pie. Eleven recipe options including chocolate, fruit, and no-bake for your Pi Day (3/14) celebration. Stop by, leave me a comment and tell me which one(s) you'll be trying.

Cheese Steak and Potato Pie

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Printable Recipe

Ingredients:

1 bag (20 oz) shredded potatoes 
1 egg
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper

1/2 green pepper, sliced
1/4# mushrooms, sliced
1/2 onion, sliced
1# thinly sliced beef
1 tsp season salt
1/2 tsp garlic powder
2 TBSP Worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup French onion dip
8 - 10 slice provolone
1/2 cup French fried onions

1/4 cup shredded lettuce
1 Roma tomato, chopped


Directions:
*Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 10 inch pie plate or a quiche dish with non-stick spray.
*Mix together shredded potatoes, egg, salt and pepper. Press into and up the sides of the prepared baking dish to form a crust. Bake for 15 minutes. Remove from oven but leave the oven on.
*While the crust is cooking, grease a skillet with non-stick spray. Add the green pepper, onion and mushrooms, cook and stir until soft. Place in a bowl.
*Add the beef, season salt, garlic powder and Worcestershire sauce to the same skillet. Stir until the beef is cooked. Drain and add to the cooked veggies. Mix in the French onion dip.
*Place 4 - 5 slices of the cheese onto the potato crust, spread the beef mixture over the cheese. Top with the rest of the cheese slices, then crush the French fried onions onto the cheese. Bake for 20 - 30 minutes or until hot.
*To serve, top with lettuce and tomato.