Lightened Up Shepherd's Pie

Ingredients

• Potato

  Flesh and skin, raw

  3 Potato medium or 639g

• Chicken broth

  Soup, canned, ready-to-serve

  ¾ cup or 180g

• Sour cream

  Reduced fat

  2 tbsp or 30g

• Salt

  Table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  1 dash or 0.1g

• Paprika

  Spices

  ½ tsp or 1g

• Ground beef

  80% lean meat / 20% fat, raw

  1 lb or 453g

• Flaxseed oil

  1 tsp or 5g

• Onions

  Raw

  1 medium or 110g

• Garlic

  Raw

  2 cloves, minced or 6g

• Mushrooms

  White, raw

  ½ lb or 227g

• Celery

  Raw

  1 stalks, large (11 inches long) or 64g

• Wheat flour

  White, all-purpose, unenriched

  2 tbsp or 16g

• Mixed vegetables

  Frozen, unprepared

  1 ¼ cup or 281g

• Beef broth or bouillon canned soup

  Ready-to-serve

  1 cup or 240g

• Tomato paste

  Canned, without salt added

  2 tsp or 11g

• Worcestershire sauce

  1 tsp or 6g

• Rosemary

  Fresh

  1 tsp or 0.7g

• Thyme

  Fresh

  1 tsp or 0.8g

• Salt

  Table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  1 dash or 0.1g

Directions

1. Boil potatoes in a medium pot of salted water until cooked and soft. Drain and mash with chicken broth, sour cream, 1/2 tsp salt and pepper, set aside.
2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
3. In a large sauté pan brown meat over medium high heat, breaking the meat up with a wooden spoon as it cooks. Season with 1/2 tsp salt and pepper, to taste. When cooked, set aside on a plate. Add the oil, onion, garlic, mushrooms, and celery and sauté on medium heat about 6 to 8 minutes, until the vegetables are tender. Add the flour, frozen vegetables, beef broth, tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, rosemary, thyme, cooked meat and mix well. Simmer on low about 8-10 minutes.
4. Spread the meat on the bottom of casserole dish. Top with mashed potatoes and sprinkle with paprika. Bake 20 to 25 minutes, then place under the broiler 1 to 2 minutes until the potatoes turn golden.
5. Remove from oven and let it cool 5 minutes before serving. Enjoy!
6. Recipe inspired by: http://www.skinnytaste.com/2010/03/shepards-pie-lightened-up.htmlbe