Highly modified ground beef stroganoff

This started as an, "I don't want to cook dinner tonight" recipe I found. Meaning it was supposed to be a very simple and fast dinner. I couldn't do that though. It's not as complicated as the dinner I had planned to make, but more so than the original!

1/2 lb ground beef
1 cup very mashed beans
2 tsp minced garlic
1 cup sour cream
salt
pepper
1 recipe mushroom sauce (or one can cream of mushroom soup)

Brown beef over medium heat. Drain, rinse and return to pan. Add garlic and cook for a couple minutes. Add mashed beans and cook a few more minutes. Add mushroom sauce, sour cream and salt and pepper to taste. Heat through and serve over egg noodles or rice.



Mushroom sauce (credit: Beatrice Ojakangas) better known as a cream of mushroom soup substitute (use in place of one can)

4 tbl butter
1/2 lb mushrooms (you can use less, I only had about 1/4 lb)
1 small onion diced
1/4 c flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
1 c beef broth

Melt butter in medium sauce pan. Add mushrooms and onion and cook for 3-4 minutes. Add flour, salt, and pepper, stirring until mushrooms are coated. As beef broth slowly, stirring constantly to thicken sauce. Cook until desired thickness is achieved.



As this was supposed to be an easy dinner I served it with frozen green beans and corn. In different bowls because each child wanted a different vegetable. Go figure.