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Today we're going to be making a
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hearthealthy comfort food classic in one
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of my personal favorites, Shephardd's
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pie. So the first thing we're going to
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do is we're going to make our topping
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for this pie. Now I've went ahead and
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boiled some Yukon Gold potatoes and I've
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begun to mash them. And now what we're
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going to do is season our potatoes. So
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I've got some skim milk.
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And to the skim milk I'm going to add
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Then we're going to add some nutmeg
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and a little bit of cayenne pepper. It's
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going to give it a nice kick.
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All right, this is going to go in a
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microwave for about 20 seconds. We just
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want to melt the margarine. Okay, great.
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Sounds like our milk is ready.
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Just going to give this a quick stir.
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That's good. Add milk to the potatoes
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and just add a little bit at a time
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depending on what your potato mixture is
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like. You don't want this to be too
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loose when you put it on top of your
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pie, else it won't have that really kind
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of comfort food hearty meat and potatoes
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dish we're kind of going for. Add a
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little bit of green onions. It's going
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to give it a really nice pop of color.
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All right, we're going to set this aside
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and we're going to make our filling.
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So, to a preheated pan, I am going to
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add some lean ground beef.
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We're just going to cook this for about
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2 or 3 minutes, just until it gets a
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little bit brown. We don't have to worry
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about cooking it all the way through at
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this stage because we're going to finish
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Traditionally, shephardd's pie is made
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with a combination of other fattier
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meats. And today, we're using a lean
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ground beef. So, if your pan seems a
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little dry after you've sauteed the
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beef, you might want to add just a touch
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And then you're going to add your
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vegetables. We're going to add some
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Next, add some mushrooms.
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I'm going to give that a quick stir.
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Next, we're going to add some tomato
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Now we're going to add some fresh thyme.
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Now to the pan we are going to add some
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dry cherry. You want to make sure you
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add this carefully because it does have
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alcohol and you want to add it low to
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the pan so that it doesn't flame up on
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you if you're using a gas cooktop.
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Also, if you don't have any dry cherry,
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you can certainly substitute some red
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wine. It would work beautifully with
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All right. Now, we're going to add some
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low sodium beef broth.
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And then next, we're going to add a
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little bit of flour. Now, the flour is
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really going to help bind this broth
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All right, we've got our flour. And now,
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I just want to season it with a little
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All right, our filling is ready to go
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Now, I've got my pie plate on a tin foil
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line tray because this has a tendency to
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kind of bubble over. So, we're going to
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add the filling to our pie plate.
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All right, we're going to add our
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topping now that we set aside from
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earlier. I like to just kind of dollop
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it down. Big dollops around. And then
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once I've done that, I like to just
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spread it all out and make a nice even
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All right, we're going to put this into
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a 375°ree oven for about a half an hour.
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All right, here we have our comfort food
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classic that's going to satisfy your
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meat and potatoes craving. I hope you
