cheap family recipes
feed a family of 4 for less than £200 a month
Shepherdless Pie
If you don't fancy potatoes this way, you could mash them instead
shepherdless pie
- 130 g frozen parsnips (roasted as per packet instructions and cut into 2cm pieces)
- 160 g onion (diced)
- 240 g carrots (diced)
- 170 g green lentils
- 2 tsps marmite made into a stock with approx 700ml hot water
- 50 ml veg oil
- garlic, salt, pepper
- dessertspoon dried oregano
- 500 g potato sliced into 3mm thick slices and par boiled for 10 mins
- 240 g peas (serve with)
Put parsnip in the oven to roast. Meanwhile, fry onion, garlic, carrot for a few mins until browned, then add lentils, stir until oil and garlic is absorbed, then add the water, oregano and stock. Cook for 40ish mins until the lentils are soft to the tooth and have absorbed all the water and stock, add parsnips. Taste and adjust seasonings if needed, your stock may be salty enough and therefore not needed.
Fill an oven dish with your lentil and vegetable mixture. Season your potato slices, then layer them on top of the lentil mixture.
Bake for 15 mins at gas 6 until tops of potato are crispy and browned.
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