Dinner

Cottage Pie is for Dinner.

Cottage Pie takes several minutes to prepare.

Cottage Pie takes several minutes to cook.

Cottage Pie makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for Cottage Pie are:

1 T. olive oil
2 med. onions, chopped
6 oz carrots, chopped small (or matchstick cut)
1 lb. 93% lean ground beef
1/2 t. salt
1/4 t. pepper
1 T. flour
1/2 t. dried thyme
1 T. fresh parsley (or 1/2 T. dried?)
1/2 t. cinnamon
1 1/4 c. Swanson's low sodium beef broth
1 T. tomato paste
2 lbs. red potato, diced
4 T. unsalted butter
1/2 t. salt
1/4 t. pepper
4 oz. grated sharp cheddar

Here is how you make Cottage Pie:

Cook onion in olive oil in a large frying pan over high heat until transparent. Add carrots, lower heat, and cook until carrots are soft. Remove vegetables, turn heat up, and brown meat. Return vegetables to pan with meat and add salt, pepper, thyme, parsley, cinnamon and flour. Gradually add beef broth and tomato paste, lower heat, COVER, and simmer 30 minutes. MEANWHILE boil potato chunks until soft, drain, and put through ricer. Gently stir in butter, salt, and pepper. When meat filling is cooked, spread it in a 9x13 baking dish and top with potatoes. Sprinkle grated cheddar on top. Bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes. Makes 8 servings, 6 points eachNumber of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user HOFFPOWER.

The nutritional information for Cottage Pie is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 269.2

• Total Fat: 12.9 g
• Cholesterol: 51.2 mg
• Sodium: 459.4 mg
• Total Carbs: 22.9 g
• Dietary Fiber: 3.0 g
• Protein: 16.1 g