Vegan Shepherds Pie With Sweet Potato Food

VEGAN SWEET POTATO SHEPHERDS PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Prick sweet potatoes all over with a fork, place on baking pan, and cook for 30 minutes or until they tender enough to mash with a fork. Once the sweet potatoes are done, remove from the oven, mash with skins on, and set aside.
• Reset oven to 350 degrees for later on in the recipe.
• Preheat large nonstick pan over medium-high heat.
• When pan is ready add celery and carrots. Let cook for 2-3 minutes adding a little veggie broth if necessary to prevent sticking. Toss in the onions and let cook for another 1-2 minutes.
• Add the garlic, coriander, parsley, thyme and rosemary along with 1-2 Tbsp. of veggie stock. Allow to cook for 5-10 minutes.
• While mixture cooks, slice mushrooms and chop up the sun-dried tomatoes. (If you bought sliced mushrooms just chill for a few minutes.) Add the mushrooms, sun-dried tomatoes, and veggie stock. Let cook for about 10 minutes.
• Add the lentils and chickpeas. Mix well to combine. Taste and season with salt and pepper if desired.
• Once everything is mixed together pour into a 9×11 or 9×13 baking dish (affiliate link), spread the mashed sweet potatoes evenly over mixture. Put back in oven and bake for 10 minutes allowing the whole dish to get hot.
• Remove from oven and enjoy!

VEGGIE SHEPHERD'S PIE WITH SWEET POTATO MASH

Steps:

• Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a frying pan, then fry 1 halved and sliced large onion until golden.
• Add 2 large carrots, cut into sugar-cube size pieces and most of the 2 tbsp chopped thyme, reserving a sprinkling for later.
• Pour in 200ml red wine, 150ml water and a 400g chopped tomatoes, then crumble in 2 vegetable stock cubes and simmer for 10 mins.
• Tip in a 410g can green lentils, including the juice, then cover and simmer for another 10 mins until the carrots still have a bit of bite and the lentils are pulpy.
• Meanwhile, boil 950g sweet potatoes, cut into chunks, for 15 mins until tender, drain well, then mash with 25g butter and season to taste.
• Pile the lentil mixture into a pie dish, spoon the mash on top, then sprinkle over 85g grated vegetarian mature cheddar and the remaining thyme. The pie can now be covered and chilled for 2 days, or frozen for up to a month.
• Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Cook for 20 mins if cooking straightaway, or for 40 mins from chilled, until golden and hot all the way through. Serve with broccoli.