Hamburger cornmeal shepherd's pie

Yield: 8 servings

Ingredients:

1/2 c Green pepper; chopped finely -standard
1/2 c Flour; Dash lemon pepper;
3/4 c Yellow cornmeal; 1 ts Chili powder;
1/4 c Onion minced finely Sugar sub equlivalent to
2 c Ground round; -1 tb sugar
5 tb Oil;(far to much by today's 2 ts Baking powder; -standard 1/2 ts Thyme;
1 c Tomato sauce; 1/4 c Egg;(1 med)
2 tb Tomato catup; 1/2 c Skim milk;
2 ts Salt;(far to much by today's

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 400F. Saute pepper onion beef in 2 tablespoons of oil in skillet until beef is well browned. Stir in tomato sauce catup 1 ts salt(ugh) lemon pepper add chili powder. Put into 1 1/2 quart casserole. Stir flour cornmeal sweetener baking powder remaining salt (ugh) and thyme together in a bowl; then add egg milk and rest of oil. Stir until smooth. Top the first mixture with second and bake uncovered or until the cornmeal is sightly brown and firm to touch (about 1 hour). Loosen cornmeal with a knife around edges turn on serving plate with top side down. I think that this could be make in the a Crockpot as this was before the days of the crockpot!!! Food Exchange per serving: 1/2 STARCH/BREAD EXCHANGE + 2 FAT EXCHANGES + 1 1/2 MEAT EXHANGES + 1/2 VEGETABLE EXCHANGE Source: Recipes for Diabetics by Billie Little and Penny L. Thorup Brought to you and yours via Nancy O'Brion and her Meal-Master