Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie with Sweet Potato Mash

Vegetarian Shepard's Pie with Sweet Potato Mash

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 large onion, halved and sliced
• 2 large carrots, sliced
• sprinkling of thyme
• 200ml red wine or diluted red wine vinegar
• 400g can chopped tomatoes
• 2 vegetable stock cubes
• 410g can green lentils
• 950g sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
• 25g butter
• 85g vegetarian mature cheddar

1. Heat the oil in a frying pan, then fry the onion until golden. Add the carrots and all but a sprinkling of thyme. Pour in the wine, 150ml water and the tomatoes, then sprinkle in the stock cubes and simmer for 10 mins. Tip in the can of lentils, including their juice, then cover and simmer for another 10 mins until the carrots still have a bit of bite and the lentils are pulpy.
2. Meanwhile, boil the sweet potatoes for 15 mins until tender, drain well, then mash with the butter and season to taste. Pile the lentil mixture into a pie dish, spoon the mash on top, then sprinkle over the cheese and remaining thyme. The pie can now be covered and chilled for 2 days, or frozen for up to a month.
3. Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Cook for 20 mins if cooking straight away, or for 40 mins from chilled, until golden and hot all the way through. Serve with broccoli.
   

From http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/4382/veggie-shepherds-pie-with-sweet-potato-mash

This meal wasn't very tasty. It was worth what I paid for it and it was very filling and healthy, but nothing really stood out about it. I'm sure someone else would like it but I doubt I will make it again.

Carrots, 1/4 of a bag at EUR 0.99/bag = EUR 0.25 at Tesco
800g Sweet Potatoes: EUR 1.19 at Tesco
Onion, EUR 0.33 at Tesco
400g Green Lentils: EUR 1.25 at Tesco
335g Broccoli: EUR 0.59 at Tesco
Thyme, 1/40 of a bottle at EUR 0.85/bottle = EUR 0.02 at Tesco
Olive Oil, 1/20 of a bottle at EUR 3.99/bottle = EUR 0.20 at Aldi
400g Chopped Tomatoes: EUR 1.25 at Tesco
100ml Red Wine Vinegar, 1/5 of a bottle at EUR 1.25/bottle = EUR 0.25 (approximate)
2 Vegetable Stock Cubes at EUR 1.25/12 cubes = EUR 0.21 at Tesco
Butter, about EUR 0.15 at Tesco
Cheddar Cheese, about EUR 0.30 at Tesco
Total Cost: EUR 5.99 for five servings or EUR 1.50 for one serving