When you ask yourself “What’s For Dinner” tonight you may want to make something economical using ground beef. Today’s recipe is my Mini Beef Shepherd Bowls filled with ground beef, some vegetables and topped with mashed potatoes. I’m using my ceramic soup containers so I can make individual servings for my family. That way I can reheat them anytime someone is hungry. You could also make one large pie using a round pie pan. This recipe looks like it’s complicated, but actually you can just boil up the potatoes and the mixed vegetables in one pot and sauté all of the other vegetables in with the ground beef in a skillet. Then, you combine the two sets of ingredients and pop them in the oven or in the refrigerator for later. Happy Cooking!
Ingredients
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Making meat and vegetable sauce
- Making mashed potatoes
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350*. Chop up onion, celery, carrots and garlic cloves into small diced pieces. Heat a large skillet on medium high and add 2 T vegetable oil. Add onions, carrots and celery to skillet and sauté using a wooden spoon for 10 minutes. Then, add the ground beef and garlic. Sauté until beef is nicely browned and vegetables are softening up.
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Sprinkle the flour over the meat mixture, stir it in and cook for two more minutes. Add the beef broth, catsup, A-1 sauce, thyme and salt and pepper to the skillet. Stir until it's well blended and smooth. Turn heat to low and simmer covered for 15 minutes.
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To make the mashed potatoes; add water to a medium sized pot and bring it to a boil. Peel potatoes and chop up into small chunks. Once the pot is boiling add potatoes and frozen mixed vegetables with some salt. Boil potatoes and veggies for 8 minutes until fork tender. Set aside. I mix the mashed potatoes with the vegetables but you can leave them out.
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Pour potatoes into colander and drain. Let cool for a few minutes. Then, pour the potatoes into electric mixing bowl. Add milk, butter and salt and pepper. Mix until creamy and fluffy. To assemble dish; lightly spray baking dishes with Pam spray. Spoon 1/4 of meat mixture into each baking dish and top with several spoons of mashed potatoes. Smooth out tops.
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Bake the baking dishes in a 350* oven for 30 minutes until heated through. Let cool for 5 minutes before serving. Check the temperature of baking dishes using a thermometer. It should read at least 165*. You can store the assembled baking dishes in your refrigerator until it's time to heat them up.
