The Easiest Recipe for Shepherd's Pie

This is The Easiest Recipe for Shepherd's Pie and it is perfect for those nights when you want an old fashioned comfort food dinner but don't feel like spending a lot of time standing over a hot stove preparing dinner. 

Sometimes you just want comfort food...something warm and filling, loaded with creamy mashed potatoes, carbs and fat...

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The Easiest Recipe for Shepherd's Pie

The Easiest Recipe for Shepherd's Pie is really good, and as the title suggests, it is very easy to make! The ground beef had a lot of flavor and I think would be fine to use those flavors for ground lamb or even ground turkey if you wanted a little healthier version of Shepherd's Pie.

You can even sprinkle cheddar cheese on the top of the creamy mashed potatoes before putting this dish into the oven, and it will turn out nice and crispy!

I like to add a layer of cheddar cheese over the ground beef - in between the meat and the veggies - for a little fun twist sometimes! Cheese just makes everything better, doesn't it?

That is my daughter Angeline's favorite way for me to make it, but then again, she prefers that I add cheese to everything! I can't complain, because I love making a Cheesy Easy Shepherd's Pie too!

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How to Make The Easiest Recipe for Shepherd's Pie

Ingredients needed to make this Easy Shepherd’s Pie Recipe

Directions for making The Easiest Recipe for Shepherd's Pie

Preheat oven to 400. Grease a pie plate with nonstick cooking spray. Add ground beef and onions to a skillet and heat over medium high heat until beef is browned. Drain the grease.

Add your bouillon cubes, water and Worcestershire sauce and continue to heat until cubes are dissolved and the liquid is mostly absorbed. Spoon the meat into pie plate.

Top with your vegetables.

Spoon the mashed potatoes on top and spread them out evenly. 

Bake for 25 minutes or until potatoes begin to brown. Serve immediately. 

The Easiest Recipe for Shepherd's Pie serves 6 people.

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Easy Shepard's Pie

Course Entree, Main, Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword Ground beef, Mashed Potatoes, Shepherds Pie

Servings 6

Author Jenn

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef
• ¼ cup chopped onions
• 2 beef bouillon cubes
• ¼ cup water
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 bag 12 oz, frozen mixed vegetables, thawed
• 4 servings mashed potatoes
• -I used instant potatoes the box required water, butter, milk and potatoes

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400. Grease a pie plate with nonstick cooking spray.
2. Add ground beef and onions to a skillet and heat over medium high heat until beef is browned. Drain grease. Add bouillon cubes, water and Worcestershire sauce and continue to heat until cubes are dissolved and liquid is mostly absorbed.
3. Spoon meat into pie plate. Top with vegetables. Spoon potatoes on top and spread evenly.
4. Bake for 25 minutes or until potatoes begin to brown.