Shepherd's Pie

It's Monday again so time for another freezer recipe. I was a little wary of freezing mashed potatoes but it turned out just fine. This recipe was also more time consuming to put together as I had to make the mashed potatoes (all 10 pounds) and cook the ground turkey (4 lbs) ahead of time. Still it was really nice to just layer the finished product in a pan when I was ready to cook it.

Shepherd's Pie

1 lb ground turkey or beef

1/2 cup onion, chopped

1 clove, minced

1 16-ounce bag frozen mixed vegetables, thawed

1 5-ounce can tomato sauce

1 tbl Worcestershire sauce

Mashed Potatoes

Cheddar Cheese

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2 In a 12-inch skilled over med-high heat, cook the beef, onion and garlic until meat is browned and onion is tender. Drain. Transfer the mixture to a 3-quart round casserole.

3. Add veggies, tomato sauce and Worcestershire sauce to meat mixture in dish.

4 Top with mashed potatoes and shredded cheese and bake for 30 minutes.

To freeze: Cook meat mixture and allow to cool. Also make your mashed potatoes. Remember you'll need to double or triple your ingredients. I made 4 freezer meals.

When potatoes are cool put into gallon sized freezer bags and seal.

When meat in cool put into gallon sized freezer bags and then add the rest of the ingredients, seal, and mix around by squeezing the bag.

Then put the potato bag and veggie bag into one gallon sized freezer bag together, seal, and label.

There you go: Dinner to go in a bag. This did take a while to thaw to be sure to put this dish in the fridge the evening before you plan to cook it.