Leftover Glory!

I love to make stuff up. It often turns out to be some of the best food I ever make. Go figure right!
My hubby signed us up for a marriage retreat that his unit is going to. Should be excited and we leave this afternoon to head to the Great Wolf Lodge! I have never been to a GWL before but I hear that they are really cool. And I hear the retreats are pretty awesome as well so should be a great weekend. Anyway. The leftovers...We decided to pack a picnic and on the way stop for lunch somewhere scenic we see...I had no idea what to pack since he eats sandwiches all the time and this is a special fun weekend not to mention the 1/2 pound of ground turkey sitting in my fridge I didn't want to go to waste!
Being (or trying to be) the crafty resourceful wife I rummaged through the cupboards, fridge, and freezer to see what I could do with this meat...when it hit me. A meat hand pie! I had a pie crust in the fridge from the skillet pot pie the other day that I could use and some onion and shredded potatoes I had saved from going bad by tossing them in the freezer a while back...Perfect. A little of this and that and tah dah! These bad boys were made!

Hand Pie Recipe:

1 Pie crust
1/2 pound ground meat
1 large onion, diced
shredded potatoes, frozen or fresh. about 1.5 cups
Salt
Pepper
Worcestershire sauce, a few splashes
1 tablespoon minced garlic

sauté the onion and potato until golden and potato starts to crisp in some oil or butter. Don't forget to season to taste with some salt and pepper. Remove and set aside.

Cook your ground meat in the same pan with the garlic and Worcestershire sauce. Re add the potato and onion mix and stir to combine. Remove from heat.

Roll out your pie crust and make your pie circles as large as you would like your pie to turn out. I made about 4 pies with ours and had filling left over.

Fill one side of the crust with filling and fold over and crimp with a fork. Poke vent holes in the top for steam and bake at 350 for about 30-40 min until nice and golden.

The pups were happy for the left over filling mixed in their kibble this am and these will be so great for lunch even room temp! I know this because I ate one for breakfast haha!