Healthy Sweet Potato Shepherds Pie

Classic British Shepherds Pie with a sweet potato twist!

Cook Time

Prep time: 25 min

Cook time: 30 min

Ready in: 55 min

Yields: 2-3

Ingredients

• 3 medium sweet potatoes, to add to mash
• 1 carrot, to add to mash
• 1 medium potato, to add to mash
• 2 celery sticks
• 1/2 red chilli, thinly sliced
• 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
• 4-5 small cauliflower and broccoli heads
• 250g lamb mince \ ground lamb meat
• 250ml beef stock
• 1 tblsp marmite \ vegex, optional
• dashes Worcestershire Sauce, optional
• Couple of sprays Light Oil spray for frying mince
• 1 tblsp Butter \ Margarine, for mash
• Sprinkle Chives

1. Heat oven to 200c
2. Heat a saucepan with boiling water and put in cauliflower and broccoli for a few minutes until soft, set aside cauliflower and broccoli and keep water.
3. In this water now add peeled and chopped sweet potatoes, potatoes and carrots
4. Spray a saucepan with oil and fry onion, garlic and chilli for a couple of minutes. Add chopped celery and fry for a couple more minutes. Add mince\ground meat and fry until browned
5. Put beef stock cube in 250ml of boiling water, add in marmite and splash of Worcester Sauce. Set aside.
6. Once mince is browned add stock to mince and turn down to simmer, add cauliflower and broccoli
7. Once sweet potato, potato and mash are soft, discard water and mash, add a little butter to add flavour and season.
8. Add mince\ground meat mixture to bottom of large oven dish - can be any shape, put mash mixture on top and spread out.
9. Bake for 30-40 minutes until bubbling, if you want your mash more crispy place under a grill for a couple of minutes. Chop some chives, sprinkle over and dish out into bowls or plates to serve.