"Gary" wrote in message ...

Actually, dinner last night but same tonight as it turned out so
good.
I made a cottage pie. First time in about a year or so.
I know that most here have made it and actual recipes vary. This
is what I made yesterday:
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Cooked a bit more than 1 pound of ground beef along with 2 medium
onions, chopped and some Worcestershire sauce. Chopped up all the
beef then drained off the grease.

Meanwhile, I sautéed about 7 ounces of fresh sliced white
mushrooms in butter.

When beef was done, I stirred in the mushrooms and mixed them in
with the beef. All this I put in the bottom of my casserole dish
(8 x 8 x 4 corelle baking dish)

Topped that with about 7 ounces of frozen mixed vegetables and a
drained can of "reduced sodium" green beans.

Then, I made a chicken gravy. Made a roux with butter and flour,
then stirred in homemade chicken broth to make a medium thick
gravy. Poured that on top of the meat and veggies.

Finally, I topped it with a decent amount of mashed red
potatoes...about 2" high. All this filled up the casserole dish
to the top.

As everything was already cooked, I just wanted to bake it to
very hot. I put it into a 400F oven without top lid and left it
for 40 minutes. At that time, I checked on it and it was bubbling
hot and the mashed potatoes had a slight brown crust on top.
finished.

I took it out and put the lid on to let it slowly cool down a
bit.

One of the tastiest cottage pies I've ever made. I planned to
freeze some for future easy meals but I suspect none of this will
ever see my freezer. So good, I have no problem with repeat
meals.

Anyway....a good darn meal:
- healthy portion of the cottage pie with S&P
- small side (on same plate) of "Gramma's applesauce"
- one soft roll or slice of white bread with butter.

I should really make these more often. This is the first one in
about a year. YUM!

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That sounds really good))) Well done)