Spinach & Bacon Hamburger Pie

   Even though this hasn't been the coldest summer, I've still been using our bbq for anything and everything. Seriously, even if it's raining I will still use the bbq just out of stubbornness because it is the summer, and summer is for using the bbq, darn it! 
   Anyway, onto this 'pie'. It's really not a pie at all except that I made it in a pie plate. You really could make it in a casserole dish if you wanted, but that's totally up to you and if you prefer to eat food in a square or a triangle!

Spinach & Bacon Hamburger Pie

Ingredients:

• 6-7 Pieces of bacon, cooked and diced
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 Tbsp each: garlic powder, paprika, dried mustard, and dried onion
  
• Salt & Pepper
• 1 Tbsp Franks Original Hot Sauce (or tomato paste)
• 1 Egg
  
• 2 Tbsp flax meal (or you could use almond meal. You could also use regular flour, if you're not paleo)
  
• 1 Cup spinach, thawed and drained, or fresh and well packed
  

As a "topping":

• 2 Eggs 
• 3 Tbsp milk (coconut, almond, or cows)

Method:

1. Heat bbq or oven to 400°F. Spray 9-inch glass pie plate with cooking spray or use your fingers to rub some olive or coconut oil around.
2. In a large skillet, start to cook beef over medium heat.
3. As the meat is cooking, and all the spices. Work the seasonings into the meat as it browns and you finish cooking it.
4. Remove meat from the heat when it's fully cooked, and stir in the Franks (or tomato paste), egg, the meal (whichever kind you choose), the spinach, and the diced bacon. Scoop this mixture into your prepared pie plate.
5. In a small bowl, whisk the 2 eggs and milk until blended. Pour over the meat mixture in the pie plate.
6. Bake about 25-30 minutes or until it doesn't jiggle, and a knife inserted in center comes out clean
7. Let sit for a few minutes before slicing and serving

   It really is a pretty simple meal to make. I generally make 2 pies, because we can eat almost one whole pie for dinner, and then I slice the second pie and put it into he fridge because it makes great leftovers for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. 
   Also, f.y.i., you can do all the prep on this ahead of time, then wrap it up tight and put it into the fridge until you're ready to put it into the oven or bbq. If you do this though, you'll need to put the pie into the bbq (or oven) as it warms because if you stick your cold glass pie plate into a hot anything it'll likely break! That would suck! So, you would just need to watch the cooking time a bit. 

   Well, that's it meat lovers! 
   I hope everyone has a great day!!!