Paleo Shepherd’s Pie Recipe
I may have fallen off the wagon this weekend post Live Ultimate 10k with those amazing McDonalds Cinna-treats which are food of the devil, but this week, I’m determined to get back on week 5 of my Paleo Challenge. I’ve lost 8lbs so far and feel pretty awesome.
I’m trying a new recipe tonight, for a traditional English comfort food- shepherds pie, or in this case, it’s actually cottage pie as I used beef. And because Trader Joes doesn’t sell ground lamb. I spend way too much time in Trader Joes FYI, and I have now noticed, I literally don’t use the middle two isles. All my food comes from the periphery of the store – which is something I swear I heard Bob Harper say one week on The Biggest Loser. That’s where all the fresh food is, and I know if I’m in the middle isles, I’m getting into non-paleo territory.
OK – here’s what I used:
1 tsp coconut oil
1/4 cup onions finely chopped
1lb TJ’s ground beef
2 cloves garlic
2tsp dried thyme
2tsp dried oregano
4 carrots, chopped
1 tbs of HP Sauce which is totally not paleo.
2 sweet potatoes
1 bag of cauliflower from TJ’s.
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Here is what I did:
I preheated the oven to 350degrees.
I browned the onions in a pan, threw in the carrots and herbs and then added the meat, which I now realize makes a really unattractive photo.
In a pan I boiled two sweet potatoes that I chopped and peeled. I also put a bag of cauliflower in the microwave (Trader Joe’s again) and then combined the soft sweet potatoes and microwaved cauliflower in the blender, I think I added a tablespoon of paleo butter which made it really creamy.
I simmered the meat until it browned and the carrots were soft, I think I covered it for a little too just to get the juices flowing. When done, I poured it into a pyrex dish. Then I spooned the blended veggies on the top – that may be some black pepper on top in this pic
Then I threw it in the oven for 25 minutes and it came out looking UH-MAY-ZING
Damn!!
Now I’m hungry!
Looks deelish
Looks great! Currently we don’t dare to buy any minced meat as most of it seems to be horse meat in the UK. Not sure if you have been following the story but it’s a shambles. Meat is supposed to be traceable but most meat sold as British or Irish Beef turns out to be Romanian horse…
Bob did say it!! Haha, and I never realized it until today. It was in the episode where they had to eat on $10 a day I think. Either way, looks great!
it was SO delish!
I’m a vegetarian, but I’m glad I checked out your recipe. The idea of combining cauliflower and sweet potatoes is interesting. I usually only like cauliflower when it’s in a curry.
y’know what, that combo was REALLY nice, the potatoes weren’t so overpoweringly sweet.
I think I have a new recipe to try this weekend. Thanks! BTW, the innards of the store, even Joe’s (I’m an addict, too), is for spices, cooking oil, mustard, and tea. Everything else falls under “Shop the Walls”.
I think I must be lucky because the herbs are on the outside ‘walls’ in my local. It just makes me feel super smug when I don’t have to walk down the middle for anything ;0)
Fresh ones, yes. Dried, I find in the common-folk sections.
Great use of cauliflower ! Must try this!
Great use of cauliflower – must try this
I’m stealing this!! It’s looks great and is at about my cooking level. Excellence!!