Recipe: Yummy Vegan Shepherd's Pie

Vegan Shepherd's Pie. Shepherd's pie is pure comfort food, and this vegan version will satisfy the taste buds of the vegetarians in the crowd. My family wasn't big on casseroles growing up and John and I aren't big on them now, but this recipe may be our one exception. Traditional Shepherd's pie contains ground beef, which I considered swapping for walnuts, a combination of mushrooms and walnuts, or lentils.

Storing the vegan shepherd's pie is super easy! Shepherd's pie is a classic British dish traditionally made with meat. However, I veganized it by adding vegetable protein (lentils) to make it comforting, nutritious, warm, and filling, as well as cruelty-free. You can have Vegan Shepherd's Pie using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Vegan Shepherd's Pie

1. It's of mashed potato layer.
2. It's 4 medium of russet potatoes.
3. You need 1/4 cup of butter.
4. Prepare 1/2 cup of milk.
5. It's 2 clove of garlic.
6. You need of bottom layer.
7. It's 1 tbsp of vegetable oil.
8. It's 1 large of onion.
9. You need 3 cup of mixed vegetables.
10. You need 1 clove of garlic.
11. Prepare 1 cup of hot chunky salsa.
12. It's 1 packages of yves ground round.

Since the vegan shepherd's pie is so hearty with the mushroom base and starchy potato topping, it doesn't need much to go along with it. A nice green salad is the perfect complement to the rich flavors of the casserole, and I like having it with a glass of red wine to go along with the mushroom gravy. This vegan shepherd's pie is what (dinner) dreams are made of! Jaye was the one who conceived of it (he's great with the savory stuff!) and he wanted to experiment with chopping up mushrooms super fine and putting them in with the veggie mince to create a really hearty texture.

Vegan Shepherd's Pie step by step

1. Bring potatoes to a boil until tender - 25 min - and drain.
2. Preheat oven to 400 and spray 2 qt baking dish with cooking spray.
3. Heat vegetable oil in large skillet, stir in onion, mixed vegetables and salsa..
4. Crumble the veggie ground beef into skillet with vegetables - medium heat - about 10 min.
5. Spread vegetarian meat into bottom of baking dish cover with mashed potatoes.
6. Bake in preheated oven - about 20 min.

It's still cold and rainy here, so the comfort food continues! This week has been filled with Vegan Lasagna, Hearty Soups, Baked Vegan Mac and Cheese, and this Vegan Shepherd's Pie. I've always loved Shepherd's Pie but I never made my own version before, so I thought it would be fun to veganize Gordon Ramsay's Version. I'm not sure how happy Gordon would be about this, so thankfully we are at. The best Vegan Shepherd's Pie recipe with lots of mushrooms in a silky red wine gravy and pillowy olive oil mashed potatoes topping.