Shepherds Pie (in a rush)
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Ok. So, I was in a rush. I hadn’t thought of anything to cook for dinner, and she was coming home in 45 minutes. This is the panic spot for most guys.
There was a frozen Pizza. Am I safe? Was she saving that? Oh, no. She’s on that no bread diet thing.
Only other thing in the freezer (we HAVE to do shopping tomorrow) frozen mixed veggies.
Quick run off to the shop. 1.5lbs. of lean hamburger and 15 minutes later.
Prices are insane, people. Remember that when you go to the shops. That, and there’s too much salt in the chicken breast. Looks like a Sam’s Club Trip this week. (Guys love to buy in BULK, BTW).
Here’s what’s on my counters now.
- 1.5 lbs lean hamburger
- 1 package brown gravy mix
- 1 lbs package frozen mixed vegetables
- 2 table spoons of minced garlic in oil
- 2 tea spoons garlic powder
- 2 tea spoons MrsDash food seasoning
- 2 tablespoons real butter
- 1 1/3 cups Instant Mashed Potatoes
- 3 cups water
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 package shredded cheddar cheese
- laptop computer open to my blog page.
Glad that I invested in a ‘Chafing Dish’.
Set heat to med high, and brown the beef. You can use a skillet, but the dish has the nice lid that keeps spatters down…. mostly… I’ll change my shirt in a minute… I’ll clean the keyboard this weekend.
Start the water in a 2 qt pot and add garlic powder, butter and MrsDash. Bring to a boil.
Mix 1 cup cold water with the brown gravy mix… whisk with a fork till no lumps are seen floating … add to the now brown beef along with minced garlic…. stir in frozen veggies and set heat to med low, covered.
Go change my shirt.
Now, I have steam from the pot and the water just starting to roll at a light boil, remove from heat, add milk and potato flakes. Whisk with a fork until no lumps or dry flakes are seen (Is there a pattern here?)
With the fork, scoop out one tablespoon servings and place over now warmed through beef and veggie mixture. Start from the outer edge and circle your way inward. If you don’t have enough potatoes to make a third row inward, towards the center, that’s fine.
Sprinkle, (or spill) half the package of shredded cheddar cheese over the top. Place dish (skillet) in center rack in the oven. Set the oven to Broil. (No you don’t have to preheat.)
Clean up packaging and place unused utensils in the sink. Clear off dining room / kitchen table and get out the good paper plates. Lots of napkins. Lets not us the plastic sporks tonight, real forks will do.
RUSH back to kitchen and fetch the, now over brown, crispy cheese covered dish out of the oven. USE OVEN MITTENS! (the burns will heal, really).
Time to take a photo for the blog? Nope… she’s home… I’ll find something that looks nicer on Google image search later. For now I’ll just bask in the glow of my Mastery of the Kitchen, and the fact that dinner is on the table, and the house isn’t a Fire Fighter’s convention.