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Preheat the oven to 350F
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In a large skillet, brown the ground beef in the olive oil.
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While you are busy with the ground beef, cook the lentils in water over high heat until soft, about 15 minutes.
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Test to make sure they are soft, there's not much worse then biting into a hard lentil while eating comfort food.
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While you are doing this you might as well jump ahead a bit in the ingredient list and cook up the potatoes in a separate pot of water until they are soft (do the fork test).
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In a large bowl, mix the browned ground beef with the cooked lentils.
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Add the tomatoes, carrots and white onion.
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Add the beaten eggs to the mixture.
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Add the jalapeno pepper.
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You can add as much or as little as you like, depending on how much zing you want in your pie.
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Add in the soy sauce, salt and pepper and paprika to taste.
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Mix everything until it's well combined.
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Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish and pat the meat mixture down into the dish.
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Take the cooked potatoes and mash them together with the margarine, egg, salt and pepper.
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Do this quickly so the hot potatoes don't cook the egg before it has a chance to be incorporated.
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Spread the mashed potatoes over the meat mixture.
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Use your fork and make a pretty design in the mashed potatoes, and dust with sweet paprika.
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Place the pie in the oven and bake for about 50 minutes.
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The top should be a lovely brown and crispy color (can color be crispy?
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This is almost a complete meal, you really just need a green vegetable or salad on the side.
