Recipe: Appetizing Healthy-ish American Shepherd's Pie

Healthy-ish American Shepherd's Pie. This lightened up Shepherd's Pie recipe, filled with lean ground beef, veggies, and topped with yukon gold mashed potatoes would be perfect for all you meat and potato lovers out there! Serve with a green salad with balsamic vinaigrette and crusty bread. This Healthy Shepherd's Pie calls for olive oil instead of butter, extra-lean ground beef, lots of vegetables, and a cauliflower-potato mash topping for a lighter take on the This means fewer carbs and calories (for those of you tracking), but more importantly, the added health benefits of cauliflower.

Add garlic, salt, pepper, worcestershire and flour. Add beef broth/stock and then heavy cream. Sprinkle with the rest of shredded cheese. You can have Healthy-ish American Shepherd's Pie using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Healthy-ish American Shepherd's Pie

1. You need 2 head of of Cauliflower.
2. It's 1 tbsp of Milk.
3. It's 2 tbsp of Butter.
4. You need 2 lb of Ground Turkey or Chicken.
5. Prepare 1 of Onion.
6. You need 25 of small Carrots, or so.
7. You need of Garlic (Powder or Fresh).
8. Prepare 2 tbsp of Olive Oil.
9. Prepare 1/2 cup of Worcestershire Sauce.
10. You need 1/2 can of Beef or Chicken Broth.
11. Prepare 1 cup of Shredded Cheese (I tried Mozz this time.).
12. You need of Salt and Pepper.
13. Prepare 2 tablespoons of flour.

Brown ground beef in a skillet, breaking up into smaller pieces; drain off any excess oil. Place in a medium saucepan and cover with cold water. Set over high heat, cover and bring to a boil. Cover, set aside, keep warm while preparing beef.

Healthy-ish American Shepherd's Pie instructions

1. Start the cauliflower mash. Boil a pot of water then add cauliflower. Let cook approx 10-15 minutes, or until soft..
2. Start Meat. Sauté with oil: onion and carrots, then garlic. Add meat, and lightly brown. Add flour, then Worcestershire sauce and broth. Add salt and pepper as needed..
3. You can add green beans and corn to meat pan..
4. Drain cauliflower, add milk, butter and salt and pepper as needed. Blend in blender until reaches mashed potato -like consistency..
5. Grease 2-3 qt casserole dish. Add layer of meat, then layer of cheese, then cauliflower mash on top. Make sure cauliflower mash covers to the sides so meat does not boil out and cause a mess. Add a dash of paprika on top..
6. Bake at 400°F for 25-30 minutes. Let cool for 10 mins..

In a large skillet, heat olive oil, stir fry beef until no longer pink. The shepherd's pie is ready when the surface is golden brown and crisping at the edges. While it is cooling, there is plenty time to make a little Guinness gravy to accompany it. Add the brown gravy packets to the water in a saucepan and whisk together to eliminate all clumps. Traditional Irish Shepherd's Pie would actually call for ground lamb.