Shepard’s Pie

I make a delicious lower carb Cauliflower Lamb Bake that my family loves. My daughter has since decided she does not like cauliflower… or lamb anything. And while I am not a short order cook, everyone loves mashed potatoes so I decided to make this mashed potato version of the dish with beef. So good!

We make it so much now that I decided write up a post instead of saying just sharing the cauliflower recipe and saying “We just subbed mashed potatoes for the cauliflower.”

So here is how I make it…

Ingredients:

Mashed Potato Topping:

• 3 lbs potatoes
• 1/2 tsp plus more sea salt  (or more to taste). We buy our Redmonds Real Sea salt at Thrive Market.
• Sprinkle of pepper 
• garlic powder (to taste)
• 5 TBS grass fed salted butter

Beef and Green Bean Layer:

• 2 cans organic green beans
• 1 TBS coconut oil
• 1 tsp sea salt  (or more to taste). We buy our Redmonds Real Sea salt at Thrive Market.
• 1/2 tsp pepper 
• 1/2 tsp dried onion (about 1 tsp) You could also use fresh but this is all I had on hand.
• 2 lbs of ground beef
• 1.5 tsp thyme
• 3/4 tsp rosemary
• 3 small cloves fresh garlic (minced)
• 1/4 cup bone broth (preferably beef or chicken)

Directions:

1. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
2. Take a large pot and fill it with water and cut up skinned potatoes to make your mashed potatoes first. I often leave some of the peels on the potatoes but some people like it without any peels
3. Boil the potatoes until soft. You should be able to easily poke a fork into the middle of a piece of potato.
4. Once your potatoes are boiled turn off the burner then pour out the water except leave about 1/4 cup of water in the pot with the potatoes.
5. Place your pot of cooked potatoes back on the burner on low.
6. Add 5 seperate pieces of grass fed butter into your pot. Space out the butter around the pot so it’s easier to mix.
7. Add your seas salt, garlic powder (to tatse), and sprinkle in some black pepper.
8. Use an emersion blende to blend up the potatoes and butter untill they are whipped up and as smooth as you like.
9. Set your pot of potatoes aside off the hot burner.
10. In a large pan add 1 TBS coconut oil, and add onions and sautee, then add your garlic and sautee that as well being sure to not let it burn.
11. Add two lbs of ground beef to your pan and brown your ground beef.
12. Once your beef is browned add the 2 cans of green beans, black pepper, thyme, rosemary, salt, and 1/4 cup bone broth and mix.
13. Spread out the beef and green bean mixture into a large Pyrex or casserole dish.
14. Now scoop out large spoonfulls of mashed potatoes and place them evenly over the beef and greenbean layer. Use your spoon to evenly spread out the mashed potatoes making a smooth top layer.
15. I like sprinkle more sea salt over the top layer after this.
16. Place in the oven and cook for about 20 minutes.
17. Allow it to cool at least 5 minutes before serving.
18. Enjoy!

There you have it! The ultimate comfort meal! I love this blend of herbs with the beef and greenbeans. My mouth waters just thinking about it.

I hope you love this dish as much as out family does. I used to make this with just 1 lb of beef and half the 3 lb bag of potatoes but my kiddos are growing and always ask for seconds because they love this so much so I have since doubled the recipe.

If you want a lower carb version of this dish check out my Cauliflower Lamb Bake. You can sub the beef for lamb if you like. It’s amazing either way!

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