Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie 🌿How to make it, simple & yummy! 🐑 🚫 #vegetarian #shepherdspie

cheddar cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Nutritional yeast adds flavor while reducing calories.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is healthier for cooking.

vegetable broth

🥗Healthier: homemade vegetable stock

💰Cheaper: water with seasoning

Homemade stock is fresher and cheaper.

potatoes

🥗Healthier: sweet potatoes

💰Cheaper: mashed cauliflower

Sweet potatoes add nutrients and flavor.

Prick the potatoes all over and microwave on high for 10 minutes, turning halfway through.

Peel the potatoes after microwaving, noting that it can be difficult and suggesting boiling instead.

Chop fresh parsley, reserving some for later.

Mash the peeled potatoes with dairy milk, plant-based butter, salt, and pepper, adding more milk than suggested if needed.

Roughly chop the carrot and onion, using a technique to keep the onion intact while chopping.

Cook the chopped onion and carrot in vegetable oil over medium-high heat for a few minutes.

Add chopped mushrooms to the skillet and cook until the liquid from the mushrooms evaporates.

In a separate bowl, whisk together vegetable broth, soy sauce, cornstarch, salt, and pepper until the cornstarch dissolves.

Combine the cooked vegetables with canned lentils and cook for a couple of minutes.

Add the broth mixture to the vegetables and lentils, cooking until it thickens and coats the vegetables.

Incorporate the reserved parsley into the vegetable mixture, even if forgotten earlier.

Spoon the potato mash over the vegetable mixture in a casserole dish.

Broil the assembled shepherd's pie in the oven for 3-5 minutes until golden brown.

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