As I mentioned in a previous post, my roommate Emily gave up meat for Lent and we’ve been taking turns cooking for each other once or twice a week.
I get a lot of requests to show examples of actual meals I eat (as opposed to just the desserts); therefore I thought I’d post about our dinner last night.
For more examples of how I eat, see: My Non-Dessert Recipes.
Sweet Potato Shepherd’s Pie?
I initially wanted to make a real shepherd’s pie, topping my Bread-Free Vegan Stuffing recipe with mashed sweet potato and then baking. But life got busy, and there was no time for the extra baking step. So I settled on a “deconstructed” shepherd’s pie. It was so absolutely delicious that now I don’t think I’ll ever bother trying the longer version!
(Unpictured, I also had Ezekiel toast and a larger serving of the lentil filling.)
Sleepy Sweet Potatoes
(deconstructed Sweet Potato Shepherd’s Pie)
- 1 medium onion, sliced (175g)
- 1-2 cups spinach (I used 60g)
- 2-4 carrots, cut into coins (I used 140g, but feel free to use more)
- 1/2 can diced tomatoes
- Optional: 1 zucchini, cut in coins (I used 280g, but I steamed 1/2 separately and mixed them in later.)
- 1 stalk celery, cut into coins (I used 65g)
- 1/2 cup to 1 cup cooked lentils, drained and mashed (I used 110g Westbrae)
- 1 1/2 tsp dry basil
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 to 1/2 cup water
- 1-2 tbsp olive oil (You can omit this, but you’ll lose the yummy, buttery taste!)
Heat oil, then add carrots, zucchini, onion, and celery. Cook a few minutes (like 10), then add spinach, lentils, spices, and tomato. Cook 2 more minutes. Add the water, bring to a boil, then cover and lower to simmer for 45-50 minutes, or until the carrots are soft and stuffing is flavorful. Without the optional ingredients, this makes around 3 cups, or around 2 servings. Serve with rice, polenta, or roasted potatoes or yams.
That looks super yummy!
Delish! It looks super easy too. What a great dinner!
i’m definitely a light sleeper Katie! While I adore your dessert recipes, it’s always great to see your non-dessert recipes. This one is a keeper! PS: I made your Single Serve Blueberry Muffin and posted it this morning. I used chocolate chips, and it was obviously insanely delicious. Thanks Katie 🙂 http://sallysbakingaddiction.com/2012/03/21/skinny-chocolate-chip-muffin-for-one-2/
Aw thank you! I’m honored, and they look great :).
i’m a light sleeper too Katie! While I adore your dessert recipes, I love stopping by to see some nondessert recipes as well. These are a keeper! PS: I made your Single Serving Blueberry Muffin recipe and posted about them this morning. I used chocolate chips instead 😉
Im a deep sleeper, I can hardly wake up to my alarm lol
Sweet potato looks amazing, can we be roommates?
I bet you’d be a good roommate! People always say I’m a good roommate because I’m a deep sleeper and so they don’t have to worry about waking me up :).
that looks amazing.. maybe i’ll go pick up some sweet potatoes! I’m just like you…. I can’t sleep through anything, and I think the universities dorms I’m sleeping is doing nothing good for my health since the kids are up till ungodly hours of the night. Ear plugs helps a bit though!
When I can fall asleep I’m a hard sleeper usually, but I go through bouts of insomnia (currently having one of these this week) and am up and down or tossing and turning all night long.
This looks delicious, but how many servings would you say your recipe’s usually serve? The ice creams seems to serve maybe one, but the vegetable stuffing recipe seems like it would serve a lot. Just curious if you had a general idea for serving sizes.
Chiming in for Katie! It says how much it makes on the actual recipe post 🙂 .
Hm, now that you’ve posted this, I don’t think I’ve eaten a single potato in my two months of veganism thus far!
Your sister sounds just like me – I’ve slept like a log through myriad events: tornado alarms vociferously ringing, Santa tumbling down the stairs, and even firetrucks and police cars buzzing along!
That looks so good! I love sweet potatoes, but I never remember to buy them at the store. And I am a heavy sleeper, definitely! I think a lot of it is being chronically under-rested, but I used to always sleep through my alarm in college (much to the chagrin of my roommate). I set three alarms every morning and even bought one of those fancy alarm clocks that will roll away from you in the morning so you have to go find it, lol.
This looks delicious and I think I’m going to make it tonight! I’ve never really worked with lentils before but I have a pack of pre-cooked ones from TJs- do you mash them in a food processor? Or just with a fork? This looks like such a hearty dish that’s relatively easy to make! Yum!
I usually just use a fork :).