IQ - Sheperd's Pie $1.10/serving

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Tonight, I got home a little late from shopping so it was a great night for a quick, inexpensive meal.  It's always a hit in my house, especially the little ones, they love it!

I made a lasagna size, foil pan of it, which fed 5 hungry adults, we all had seconds, and still had enough left for 2 lunches.

I did a little search to see why Sheperd's Pie is called Sheperd's Pie--according to Wikipedia, it used to be called Cottage Pie.  Cottage Pie was the rural man's food (I was just explaining to my husband that it was a poor man's food before I researched it), which consisted of leftover meat.  It was termed Sheperd's Pie when they ate it with lamb.  This term appeared around 1877.

SHEPERD'S PIE

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Serves 12.

Ingredients

1 1/2 lbs ground beef
1 small onion, chopped
1 can diced tomatoes
16oz bag of frozen mixed vegetables, cooked
8 cups instant mashed potatoes, prepared
1 cup shredded cheese or 8 slices American cheese
Italian seasoning
Salt & pepper

Directions

  1. Brown ground beef with chopped onion, season with salt and pepper.  Drain grease.
  2. Spread ground beef on the bottom of the pan (a deep, lasagna size pan)
  3. Mix in tomatoes with the ground beef in the pan.
  4. Mix in 1 teaspoon of Italian Seasoning in the meat and tomato mixture.
  5. Add salt and pepper to taste
  6. Layer the veggies on top of the ground beef.
  7. Layer the mashed potatoes on top of the veggies using a rubber spatula.
  8. Top the potatoes with cheese.
  9. Sprinkle a little Italian Seasoning on top.
  10. Place in the oven until the cheese is melted and golden, about 15 minutes.
TIPS:
  • You can use pretty much any type of tomatoes, or tomato sauce, you already have in your cabinets.  If they're Italian stewed tomatoes, I suggest cutting them up and use 1/2 teaspoon of Italian seasoning instead of a whole one.
  • The mashed potatoes could be more or less, I guesstimated :)
  • You could use leftover meat spaghetti sauce in place of ground beef and tomatoes, as long as it's very meaty.

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