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sweet potato shepherds pie

Sweet Potato Shepherds Pie


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  • Author: Megan
  • Total Time: 55 minutes
  • Yield: 6 + servings 1x

Description

Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Refined Sugar Free

This is the BEST shepherds pie recipe.  It is everything you love about this favorite fall comfort food, made healthier using a sweet potato pumpkin blend topping, and a lean ground turkey filling made with extra veggies and bone broth.  It is satisfying yet guilt free!


Ingredients

Scale

Topping:

  • 2 medium sweet potatoes
  • 1 cup pumpkin puree
  • 2 tbsp cashew milk
  • 1/2 tsp chili powder

Filling:

  • 2 lb lean ground turkey
  • 1 yellow onion – diced
  • 1 cup diced mushroom
  • 1 cup frozen veggie mix (I used peas and carrots)
  • 4 tbsp coconut aminos
  • 3.5 tbsp tomato paste
  • 1/2 cup bone broth ( I like Bonafide Provisions)
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/2 tsp paprika
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Instructions

Topping:

  1. Start by cooking the sweet potatoes: peel and chop into small cubes, put in a large pot, cover with water, and put on stove over medium to high heat (can add a tsp of salt if you want).  Bring to a boil and then reduce to simmer, cover and allow to cook until potatoes are soft (20-30 minutes, you can test by sticking a fork in them).
  2. Drain and mash with a potato masher.
  3. Add pumpkin puree, milk, and chili powder and mash until combined.
  4. Set aside until it is time to cover filling.

Filling:

  1. In your cast iron- cook mushroom and onion with a little salt and pepper
  2. Add turkey and all filling spices and cook over medium heat.
  3. When turkey is almost done, add veggies.
  4. Once turkey is fully cooked add tomato paste, coconut aminos, and bone broth.
  5. Simmer about 5 minutes to allow flavors to combine and moisture to mostly cook off.
  6. Flatten evenly in cast iron.
  7. Once filling is done and evenly spread throughout the cast iron, spread topping over it.
  8. Bake in oven at 350F until topping is golden brown – about 20 minutes.

Notes

You can also make this a strictly sweet potato shepherds pie.  Simply omit the pumpkin puree in the topping and add one more sweet potato so you are sure to have enough!

I want to reiterate in case you didn’t read above 🙂 the cast iron I used was a 12 inch.  If you don’t have one that is okay.  Cook everything on the stove and transfer to a baking dish.  If it is much smaller, I would recommend halving the filling.

  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 40 minutes
  • Category: Dinner
  • Method: Stovetop
  • Cuisine: American

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1/6 of pan