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delicious almost vegetarian meal - 07:29 PM
(filed under 'healthy living')
i just finished making a really yummy meal made to a recipe given to me by a friend. it's like a shepherd's pie (not sure what american's call that) but instead of the meat at the bottom, the bottom is made with lentils, lots of other vegies & a bit of bacon. the mashed potato on top is makde with half & half normal potato & sweet potato.
it's absolutely delicious!
angie gave me a vegetarian recipe book as a gift for having her here, so i'm keen to try some of the recipes in there, too.
i really like vegetarian meals. i do eat meat, but i can just as easily go without it as well. i should try to eat more vegies, anyway, so vegetarian meals are a perfect way to do that.
I think Shepard's pie is definitely a NZ/Aussie thing. Something to do with our farming/pioneering background perhaps?
It's a Brit (and British colonies) thing. In fact, if you make it with beef, it should strictly be called Cottage Pie; it's only Shepherd's Pie if made with lamb. It is a frugal, using-things-up dish - a combination of meat, onion, vegetables and stock simmered long for the base, then mashed potato as the "lid", sometimes with melted cheese on the top. It is an excellent family meal and we eat it frequently here!
Not to dis Angie, but us Yanks do enjoy that sort of cusine here, as well.
All those meat and potato pies (with or without crust) goes down pretty well.
Will have to try the one Coralie baked. It does sound rather flavorful.
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I'm not sure we have anything quite like a Shepard's pie. We have something called a Pot Pie that is a crust all around with veggies and meat inside. But I've never seen anything with the potato top over here.