Here we go! Sharing my first recipe of many to come! Shepherd’s Pie, both comforting & very filling. Great for a big family like us or for the small couple. Try it out, I’m pretty sure you will like it! It’s an easy dish, not a whole lot of ingredients. And if you just happen to be following the Trim Healthy Mama lifestyle like me then this is a good S dinner for you, as well.
I started out with about 1.5 lbs of ground beef that I browned up. I added some of my favorite veggies – a small onion, three cloves of garlic, several mushrooms, chopped.
While the onion, garlic, & mushrooms cooked into the beef, I boiled up a head of cauliflower to use (instead of mashed potatoes).
For my beef spices I used garlic powder, onion powder, salt, & pepper. About a tablespoon each, except the salt. I added that to taste.
I created a gravy for my beef mixture by adding about 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream and a stick of butter. It works best if you first drain all the excess grease off before adding the butter & cream!
Once the cauli is soft enough, drain the water off, add half a stick of butter, a 1/3 cup heavy whipping cream, 1/2 sour cream, salt & pepper to taste. Throw some mozzarella cheese in for extra yumminess! Mix that up with a hand mixer!
Add one egg & a cup of cheddar cheese to cauli mixture & combine well.
Layer the ground beef in a big oven proof 9X13 baking dish.
Next layer canned green beans. You could probably use only 2 cans but I used 3 (we have a big family).
Pour the mashed cauli mix over the top & spread.
Spread a little more cheese on top because hey, everything is better with extra cheese!
Sprinkle a little chopped chives on top. It looks pretty & tastes good too!
Cover with foil & bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes!
Enjoy!!
Looks sooo good! I must try it! Can you make a link for Pinterest??
Created a pin!! 🙂 Thanks for the idea!
Yum..love it
Thank ya! 🙂
Must say my family loved this dish. I have only had cauliflower once before and shepard’s pie is a personal favorite before THM. Great dish for THM beginners!
YAY!!!! So glad you liked it!!! 🙂
This was supper tonight! YUM!!!!! We enjoyed it so much. Thanks for taking time to create such wonderful dishes and for sharing them with us!!!!!!!!!!
You are so very welcome!! :)))
I really want to make this for supper but I don’t have sour cream pr heavy cream on hand and I don’t live in town/city. Could I use cottage cheese and 18% cream instead?
I *think that would work… it might not be as thick but it should still taste good!! 🙂
I made this for a British themed party (we watched Lion, Witch, Wardrobe after having read book in a class). It was amazing! My guests loved it and couldn’t tell it wasn’t mashed potatoes! Yummy!! My husband loved it too and I’ll be making this for years to come!
YAY!!! 🙂
I seriously LOVE your Shepherd’s Pie recipe! My entire family gobbled it up! It was even asked that I put it in my recipe rotation! Score 1 for us THMama’s!!
This is my absolute fav!
Would it be possible to make a recipe for those of us who are not food artisans? I need amounts, and a format that can be printed or imported to an online planner. Thanks!
nvm. looking forward to trying this
Ugh, yes… this was the very first recipe I did so it really needs me to go back and rework the format! I will try to do that soon! And get better pictures!
I am following THM. What would be the serving size?
I big plateful… 😉 just till you fill satisfied. I don’t really count portions unless I have too so for something like this I just eat till I am satisfied! 🙂
So I’m new to THM would this be an S or ?
Yes mama, an S! 🙂
Can this be frozen
Hmmm, I’ve never frozen it but I think it would work… then just thaw and bake.. maybe drain any excess water?!
I made this tonight & it was delicious, but I would make a few changes. It was a little watery, so I’d cut down on 1/2 & 1/2 added to meat mixture & to what I added to the “potatoes”. I used frozen gr beans, (& maybe that’s the reason for extra wateriness), but next time I will use green peas. The whole fam loved it! Thank you!
Awesome!! Thank you for sharing!!