Crustless Cottage Pie

Rating:

apples-green

Created by:

QAST, Ipswich State High School
Prep time:
60 mins
Cooking time:
20 mins
Serves:
40

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Ingredients

1.5kgfrozen mixed vegetables
50gminced garlic
4.5kglean beef mince
2tins of brown lentils, drained
5x 50g packets of dried Shepherd’s pie base
1x 50g packet of dried Spaghetti Bolognese base
50gginger paste
3x 400g tins of diced tomatoes
80gbeef booster/8 tbsp beef stock powder
50gtomato paste
10gmixed herbs
2large onions
2large zucchini, grated
4kg frozen mashed potatoes
1 cupreduced-fat milk

Method

  1. Place frozen mashed potatoes in a slow cooker on high while cooking mince mix.
  2. Brown beef mince and onion.
  3. Add all other ingredients to pan, except the frozen vegetables, zucchini and mashed potatoes.
  4. Once mince mixture is cooked, add remaining vegetables to the pan and allow to simmer on low to cook the flavours through.
  5. Adding some milk, mash the potato to a creamy consistency.
  6. To serve, add 200g of the mince and vegetable mixture to a freezer-grade plastic container. Top with 100g of mash.
  7. Optional: Sprinkle with shaved parmesan.

Recipe description

A delicious healthy meal packed with vegetables, some unseen.

Variations

  • Add extra vegetables to bulk the mixture up and make it even healthier.
  • Potato can be substituted for sweet potato.
  • Freeze for up to 3 weeks.
This recipe was a finalist in the 2024 Recipe of the Year competition,  funded by the Queensland Government through Health and Wellbeing Queensland. Health and Wellbeing Queensland

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