Easy, fairly quick and very tasty. Recipe below photos.

Cooking the beef:


Cheese!


Dinner is ready


Cheeseburger Pie
Serves 6 – 8

1 lb Ground Beef
1 ½ cup chopped onions
½ tsp salt
½ tsp pepper
Other spices as wanted
1 ½ cup milk
¾ cup Bisquick
3 eggs
1 cup shredded cheese
Sliced tomatoes (if wanted)

400 deg. Oven, middle rack
10 x 1 ½ pie plate or equivalent volume casserole dish (I use a 10 x 8 x 3 casserole)

Lightly grease dish
Brown beef and onions & drain thoroughly
Stir in salt & pepper and other spices to taste
Spread in dish
Beat milk, eggs & Bisquick until smooth, 1 min. by hand or 15 – 20 sec. with blender
Pour Bisquick mixture into beef – filled dish
Bake 25 min
Top with tomatoes, if wanted
Sprinkle with cheese
Bake until knife inserted into center comes out clean and top is dark; 5 to 8 min.
Cool 5 min. before serving

Mmmmm Mmmmmm!

Pretty much, though, a thin meatloaf on a bed of cheese.



Now I am thinking about adding cheese to my next meatloaf!

Not quite like meatloaf, the Bisquick adds a nice fluffy bread like bit between the beef & cheese.

All right, Jay. That sounded just comfort-foody and white-trashy enough to be interesting, so I gave it a go today.

I made a double batch and used a roughly 9" x 13" pan.

Here's the meat and onion mixture in the pan:



After cooking for 25 minutes with the Bisquik mixture poured over it:



And after cooking maybe 15 more minutes with the cheese on top:



And here's the final product served in a bowl:



Yes, I enjoyed it and I'll enjoy it for a few lunches this upcoming week. No, I don't think we're gonna catch WanderingWalrus making this anytime soon.

It appears that I cooked mine less than Isildur did, but if I had to do it again I think I'd cook it longer during the first stage, then apply the cheese, then cook it again just long enough to melt and slightly brown the cheese. As I did it, the cheese became a sort of tasty leather on top. Not bad, but not particularly cheesy.

One trick I've learned is when you serve it, flip it over and put more cheese on it.
I've tried cooking it with a layer of cheese on the bottom, but that turned into rocks.