Tamale Pie ala Kranky Krone

Ingredients:
1 pound ground beef or buffalo
1 or 2 onions
1 garlic clove, chopped
large green/red bell pepper
2 cans tomato sauce     (this time it was the tomato sauce with garlic and onion in it)
1 cup water
1 tsp or more of salt
coarse ground pepper
2T chili powder
1T black cumin seed(optional)
1 tube of polenta, cut into slices
1 can corn, drained or bag of frozen corn
1 can of olives sliced
2 cups grated cheddar cheese

Brown:
Meat in olive oil if needed, add onion and bell pepper, cook till
done.

Add:
Tomato sauce and water, chili powder and cumin seed and salt
and black pepper, with corn and olives

Simmer: for a bit

Grease or spray with olive oil spray, long baking pan/dish. Add the meat mixture and then sprinkle the cheddar cheese over it.
Arrange the slices of polenta over all.

NOTE: using the polenta this way, you won't have the corn mixture mixing with the meat. I used the long pan but with only 1 pound of meat and these ingredients it spreads pretty thin, if you put this in a smaller pan, you will have a meatier meal and perhaps cut the polenta into thicker slices.

Bake at 375 for 30 minutes, then add a bit of the shredded cheese and bake about 5 more minutes.