Vegan Shepherd’s Pie

 
SERVES: 4-6 | PREP TIME: 10mins | COOK TIME: 45mins
PER SERVING (IF SERVING 4)
CALORIES: 525 | FAT: 9G | CARBS: 81G |  PROTEIN: 20G  |    £2.00 per portion
PER SERVING (IF SERVING 6)
CALORIES: 350 | FAT: 6G | CARBS: 54G |  PROTEIN: 14G |    £1.33 per portion

A nutritionist, budget-friendly & vegan shepherd’s pie. Not only is this dish healthy and wallet-friendly, but it also packs in 4-5 portions of veggies per serving. 

Full of flavour and goodness, it is a simple and scrumptious go-to lunch or dinner. This is a real crowd-pleaser and a warming, homely treat!

THIS RECIPE SERVES 4-6 AND IS A QUICK AND EASY WAY TO ADD SOME MORE VEGGIES INTO YOUR DIET

Ingredients

  • 1kg sweet potato

  • 1 large head of broccoli

  • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

  • Salt to season

  • 1 white onion (finely diced)

  • 1 stick of celery (diced)

  • 1 carrot (peeled and diced)

  • 3 garlic cloves (crushed)

  • 2 sprigs of rosemary

  • 200g mushrooms (sliced)

  • 60g sun dried tomatoes (diced)

  • 1 tablespoon tomato puree

  • 1 teaspoon dried thyme

  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce

  • 100ml red wine

  • 80g spring greens (thinly sliced)

  • 140g peas (fresh or frozen)

  • 1 can of haricot beans (drained and rinsed)

  • 1 can of green lentils (drained and rinsed)

  • 2 tablespoons milk (or dairy free alternative)

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180c and place a large saucepan of boiling water on a medium heat on the hob. Option here to peel or keep skin on the sweet potatoes. Chop the potatoes into chunks and place into the saucepan. Boil until soft.

  2. Meanwhile cut the florets off the head of broccoli and scatter them onto a baking tray. Drizzle with approx. 1⁄2 tablespoon of olive oil, add a pinch of salt and put the tray to one side.

  3. Dice the stem of the broccoli head, and put to one side.

  4. Next heat a large pan on a medium heat and add the remaining oil. Once hot add the diced white onion, celery, carrot and broccoli stem.

  5. Cook for 5 minutes or so until the veggies have started to soften, then add the garlic, rosemary sprigs and sliced mushrooms. Combine and cook for a couple of minutes.

  6. Next add the diced sun dried tomatoes, tomato puree, dried thyme, soy sauce and red wine. Combine.

  7. After a minute or so add the sliced spring greens and a few pinches of salt. Combine.

  8. Next add the peas, lentils and haricot beans. Combine and leave to simmer for 5 minutes before emptying into a large ovenproof dish.

  9. Drain the potato chunks once soft and mash with the milk and a generous pinch of salt.

  10. Add the sweet potato mash on top of the filling and flatten down using a fork. Option to drizzle with some extra oil, before placing in the oven along with the tray of broccoli. Cook both for 20 minutes. Serve and enjoy.


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Sarah Ann Macklin, ANutr

Sarah Ann Macklin, is hailed as the Jamie Oliver of the nutrition world by Marie Claire. Sarah is an award-winning AfN-accredited nutritionist, and is well-respected in her field.

She is a renowned podcast host, public speaker, TEDx speaker, international model, and health journalist, and was named Woman of the Year in 2019 by Rake Magazine.

In addition to her personal accomplishments, Sarah Ann founded the Be Well Collective, a not-for-profit organization that focuses on preventative mental health initiatives. Her top 4 UK podcast, Live Well, Be Well, has garnered significant success and furthered her reach in the health and wellbeing space.

In 2018, Sarah Ann presented her findings on dietary guidelines and their connection to the Type 2 diabetes epidemic at the European Parliament in a campaign called "Big Food and Big Pharma: Killing for Profit?" Two years later, she launched a public health campaign through her book, The Great British Veg Out, which encouraged the UK to implement its 5-a-day initiative gaining support from Gary Barlow to Victoria Pendleton.

Drawing from her 15 years as a successful international model, Sarah identified the lack of nutritional guidance for young women and men in the industry. This inspired her to establish the Be Well Collective, which has since hosted education summits for up to 500 attendees at a time, conducted over 20 workshops, and launched two mentoring programs, as well as providing online resources weekly.  So far, Sarah and her organization have supported over 1000 young people in person, providing essential and sometimes lifesaving services.

Sarah's 2019 TEDx talk, "Are models, role models?" further solidified her role as a recognized public speaker on physical and mental health. She has also contributed to esteemed publications such as the Financial Times, Telegraph, Evening Standard, Women's Health, Esquire, Mr Porter, and Harper's Bazaar.

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