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michelles@minn.netLentil Shepherd PieIngredients (use vegan versions): 2 cups cooked lentils
1/2 cup celery, sliced
8 oz tomato sauce
4 medium potatoes, cooked and mashed
1 medium sized yellow onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, chopped
2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
olive oil for sauteing
your favorite herbs - basil, oregano, parsley,
Directions:Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Saute onion, celery, and garlic in a little olive oil. Add lentils and tomato sauce and cook 15 minutes. Pour into a baking pan and cover mashed potatoes. Sprinkle nutritional yeast on top of potatoes. Top with your favorite herbs to taste. Delicious!
Serves: 6
Preparation time: 45 minutes
I needed to eat something nourishing and delicious. Thank you
Archived comment by: jennifer
I made this to bring to my SOs parents house and it was YUMMY! I was worried there wouldn't be enough of the lentil mixture for my casserole dish, so I added more lentils and some corn and more onions. So simple and tasty! Thank you! ~Chelsea
Archived comment by: vavoomkitty
I hate to sound stupid but... how long is it supposed to be in the oven?
Archived comment by: spixie
I leave it in about 30 minutes. Til it looks a little crispy on the edges and browned a bit. I also like to add garbanzo beans to this. Yum!
Archived comment by: vavoomkitty
Can you add ground round to this or best without it?? Thanks!
Archived comment by: sharonC
Thanks for the oven advice. I left it in 20 minutes and then about 3 under the broiler. I added a dash of soy sauce to the lentil/tomato sauce mix and it tasted just like my English mother used to make, so yippee! Next time I'm going to add a layer of carrots under the potatoes.
Archived comment by: spixie
Oooh! I like the carrot idea... will definitely try that next time!
Archived comment by: vavoomkitty
This was fantastic! I added some carrots (cuz they're my favorite)and to please the non-vegan husband I topped it with 6 potatoes (cuz they're his favorite)and my, oh, my this is magnificent comfort food for this recent cold snap. I played with the spices too. Thanks for taking the time to post this recipe! I didn't know it, but I'm a huge lentil fan ;- ) hehe
Archived comment by: tari
To Sharon C - Ground Round??? Do you realize what website you are on? I am assuming you are talking about beef?? Get a clue!
Archived comment by: chaneybeth
Ground Round is fake meat. I personnally don't like meat substitutes, but I think it would work. From my experience, this recipe is very versatile.
Archived comment by: vavoomkitty
chaneybeth, before you jump on anyone, give them the benefit of the doubt. I don't really know a lot about the fake meat products, but I'm pretty sure ground round is the name of a beef alternative that I've seen in recipes on this site (Yves brand, I think).
Archived comment by: charlotte
I have just tried the recipe and it was absolutely delicious. Can not find nutritional yeast in England though unless anybody can advise otherwise
Archived comment by: kaleigh
This recipe was good. This was my first time using nutritional yeast, and it was yum!
Archived comment by: eddyd84
This is very good! Yum! Thanks for the recipe! I added carrots as somebody suggested and I also added a can of green beans, because that's how dad always made Shepherd Pie.
Archived comment by: lavenderskies
this was really good. i added more pasta sauce though... but... definitely a good recipe. i left it to bake for 30 minutes. once the pasta sauce started to bubble i took it out.
Archived comment by: gabski
Kaleigh, you can get nutritional yeast from goodnessdirect.co.uk. It took me ages to find it, but its worth it just to make macncheeze
Archived comment by: poledragon
This was amazing. I didn't have nutritional yeast (whole foods was out) so I just topped it with some smart balance.
Archived comment by: veganjill
I made shepherd pie with corn all the time so I'm gonna try this recipie and add corn to it. Should taste good. I'll post
Archived comment by: jue
