Lentil Shepherd's Pie

Name: Lentil Shepherd's Pie
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 cups green or brown lentils, cooked; 2 carrots, diced; 2 stalks celery, diced; 1 large onion, diced; 2 cloves garlic; 1 cup vegetable broth; 2 tbsp tomato paste; 1 tbsp Worcestershire (vegan variety); 1 tsp thyme; 2 lbs potatoes, boiled; 4 tbsp vegan butter; ½ cup plant milk; salt to taste

Hearty lentil and vegetable shepherd's pie with a golden mashed potato crust. Simmering the lentil filling until it thickens on its own, rather than rushing it, keeps the pie from turning watery once it's baked.

Total time

65 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

45 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

British

comfortvegancasserole

Ingredients

2 cupsgreen or brown lentils, cooked

2carrots, diced

2 stalkscelery, diced

1large onion, diced

2 clovesgarlic

1 cupvegetable broth

2 tbsptomato paste

1 tbspWorcestershire (vegan variety)

1 tspthyme

2 lbspotatoes, boiled

4 tbspvegan butter

½ cupplant milk

saltto taste

Instructions

Sauté onion, carrots, celery, garlic.

Add tomato paste, Worcestershire, thyme, lentils, and broth; simmer 15 min.

Mash potatoes with vegan butter and plant milk.

Spread lentil filling in dish; top with mash.

Bake at 400°F for 25 min until golden.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

Protein

1.6g

Fat

0.3g

Carbs

10.2g

Fiber

2.3g

Sodium

268mg

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