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Healthy Sweet Potato Shepherd’s Pie


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  • Author: Amy
  • Total Time: 40 minutes
  • Yield: 6 1x
  • Diet: Gluten Free

Description

This healthy Sweet Potato Shepherd’s Pie has everything you want for an easy weeknight dinner. Savory mashed sweet potatoes, perfectly seasoned turkey meat, and hearty veggies combined together to make this incredible, satisfying dish your whole family will love.


Ingredients

Scale
  • 2 lbs of sweet potatoes peeled and chopped 
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1/2 medium white onion, diced
  • 2 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 1 1/2 lbs lean ground turkey breast
  • 1 tablespoon tomato paste
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/4 cup vegetable, chicken, or turkey stock
  • 2 cups frozen mixed veggies
  • Kosher salt 
  • Ground black pepper
  • Italian seasoning or thyme for topping – optional

Instructions

Make the mashed sweet potatoes

  1. Now, there are a couple of ways to do this but my preferred, fastest and best way is to make Instant Pot Mashed Sweet Potatoes ahead and have them ready to go for this dish. You could also peel and chop the potatoes, add them to a pot, cover them with water, bring them to a boil, then cover and simmer on low until tender, strain. Then season with salt and pepper and a little butter and mash them up. Either way they are delicious.

Cook the turkey meat

  1. Heat a pan with some olive oil, add in the onions and let them cook for few minutes until they get nice and fragrant and soft. Then add in the minced garlic and ground turkey.
  2. Season that with salt and pepper, toss and let it cook until most of the turkey is no longer pink. Then stir in the Worcestershire sauce, tomato paste, and veggie stock, and let that all simmer for a few minutes.
  3. Cook the veggies on the stovetop or for a few minutes or in the microwave to bring them back to life, then add them to the turkey meat. Let that all hang out on low heat for a few minutes. 

Assemble and Bake

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 F degrees. 
  2. Cover the turkey and veggie mixture with the mashed sweet potatoes in an even layer.  To make it crispier on the top, you can spray it with olive oil cooking spray and sprinkle it with kosher salt before you bake it. 
  3. Place the shepherd’s pie into the preheated oven and bake for 25-30 minutes, until the top and edges are lightly golden brown and you can see some of the sauce bubbling around the edges.  OMG!  It is is good!
  4. Serve warm and enjoy!

Notes

  • You can use ground turkey or ground beef but I think the ground turkey pairs better wit the dish sweet potatoes. If using ground beef then simply cook it using the same method and seasoning used in this recipe for the turkey meat.
  • If you are short on time then you can buy sweet potatoes that are already peeled and diced at most grocery stored and then cook them using whatever method you prefer as noted in this post. Like I noted, I prefer to cook mine in the Instant pot.
  • For the veggies, you can use just corn, or just peas, or whatever blend you like. Just make sure to cook them a little bit before adding them to the turkey meat so they do not water down the flavor of the meat.
  • To make this dish ahead: Follow all of the steps before baking, let it cool completely, cover the whole thing tightly with foil and store in the refrigerator for up to 2 days. Then just bake as noted in the rest of the recipe.
  • Prep Time: 15
  • Cook Time: 25
  • Category: Healthy Dinner Ideas
  • Method: Baked
  • Cuisine: American