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I love shepherd’s pie but normally do not make it a lot because it can be a bit of a time consuming dish to prepare. I have cheated and just bought the powder seasoning mix, instant potatoes and frozen veggies. Still tasty but not the healthiest meal out there. This recipe falls right into that category as well, tastes pretty good but you still have the powdered gravy mix (at least that is what I used ) which is so full of sodium. I would prefer to make this recipe without any packaged mixes but if you do not have the time or energy after dealing with children all day this shepards pie recipe works nicely.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 lb. (450 g) lean ground beef
• 2 cups hot mashed potatoes
• 60 g (1/4 of 250-g pkg.) PHILADELPHIA Brick Cream Cheese, cubed
• 1 cup KRAFT Mozza-Cheddar Shredded Cheese, divided
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 4 cups frozen mixed vegetables, thawed
• 1 cup beef gravy

DIRECTIONS

• PREHEAT oven to 375ºF. Brown meat in large skillet. Meanwhile, mix potatoes, cream cheese, 1/2 cup of the shredded cheese and the garlic until well blended.
• DRAIN meat. Return to skillet; stir in vegetables and gravy. Spoon into 9-inch square baking dish; cover with potato mixture and remaining 1/2 cup shredded cheese.
• BAKE 20 min. or until heated through.

Recipe Alterations

Surprisingly I only made one small change to this recipe and that is that I added more potatoes than what was originally called for. I personally like there to be a thicker layer of mashed potatoes on top.

Family Taste Test

We all liked this recipe but found it to be a bit bland and dry. You could add more gravy than called for but what we added that I really liked was some bbq sauce. It added a bit more moisture and more flavor at the same time. We used a hickory one because that is what we had in the fridge at that time but I think pretty much any flavor would work just fine.

My Thoughts

I would make this again for sure but next time I will be adding some more spice, and probably some onion to the hamburger as well. Still will add bbq sauce but will do that after its cooked so everyone can add however much they choose. I was just thinking that its kind of funny that I say I don’t like adding packaged mixes because they are not so healthy but hey! dump on the bbq sauce because it doesn’t have way too much salt and sugar in it! Anyways, I also had to use a bigger pan than what was called for in the recipe I guess because I used more potatoes but I think the pan they called for would have been a pretty tight fit to begin with. Other than that this recipe was pretty enjoyable and we will be using it again for a quick weeknight meal.

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