Mystery Fridge Challenge

Captain Obvious speaking:  I love watching MasterChef....or any cooking show, for that matter.  My favorite part of MasterChef is the Mystery Box Challenge, because it often mimics my fridge and/or pantry.  Tonight was one of those nights where I had a crap load of crap that I needed to do something with.  Come to think of it, it's kind of what my week at work was like.  I had a pile of crap and nowhere to put it.  Anyway...I digress.  Here's what I had:

Ignore the two butcher blocks in the background...and the hot dog buns....and the Tupperware container.....and the bread....and the paper towels....I LIVE IN AN APARTMENT!   Okay. 
Then I got out my trusty cast iron skillet.  You can't go wrong when you use a cast iron skillet.  I'm telling you -- listen to me.  Cast iron FTW!

First step:  ALWAYS pre-heat your oven. I promise.  You will not regret it.  I chose 350-degrees tonight.

I browned the beef and drained it, strained it, whatevered it...and put in my packet of onion soup mix, and I did a round of beer to deglaze.  Let that simmer together for a hot second, stir it up some, and pour the rest of the beer in.  Turn the heat up on that burner, son!  Let 'er boil!

Just for kicks and giggles, I threw in a dash of seasoned salt and another dash of my Tastefully Simple Onion Onion. I let it cook down for a while; maybe 10-ish minutes.  I don't know, I was busy texting people.  After a bit, I added some of the frozen veggies.  Yep, just thrown them in.

Looks like Christmas!  Stir, set, stir, set.  The veggies have to cook a little bit because they are frozen, so let it go. (See what I did there?)  I had to thicken up this mix, so I whisked a little flour into a little cold water and tossed it in the skillet.  BAM!  Thickness.
I cut my pie crust with a pizza cutter - because duh - and had 8 triangles.  I spooned out some of the beer beef onto four of the triangle crusts.  I topped the little messes with the other triangles, spread some melted butter on the tops, and stuck them in the oven until they were light golden brown.

The beer mixed with the onion soup mix created such dense flavor.  The little hand pies don't look pretty, but they sure tasted delightful!