Empadão (Portuguese shepherds pie)

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil reduces saturated fat while maintaining flavor.

chicken

🥗Healthier: turkey

💰Cheaper: canned chicken

Canned chicken is convenient and often less expensive.

Chop the onions, garlic, carrots, and celery; peel the potatoes.

Heat olive oil in a pan and add the chopped vegetables; season with salt and black pepper.

Sauté the vegetables until translucent, then add the ground beef and cook until browned.

Add half a can of diced tomatoes and half a can of tomato sauce to the meat mixture; reduce heat and simmer until cooked through.

Boil the whole potatoes in water to prevent them from becoming watery during cooking.

Once the potatoes are cooked, mash them until smooth.

Layer the meat sauce at the bottom of a baking dish.

Spread the mashed potatoes evenly over the meat sauce.

Sprinkle toasted bread crumbs on top of the mashed potatoes.

Bake in the oven at 400°F for about 10 minutes until the bread crumbs are toasted.

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