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Home / Food / Recipes / Skint Dad’s Budget Shepherd’s Pie Recipe

Skint Dad’s Budget Shepherd’s Pie Recipe

By Ricky Willis | last updated 12th April 2019

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Although the days are getting longer and Easter is on the horizon, it’s still cold, damp and grey.

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Every morning I wave Naomi off to work and Daniella off to school leaving me and Chloe to our own devices.

I work from home but when it’s just the two of us I try not to get too caught up in things. If I’m able to grab 20 minutes here and there to reply to emails, plan posts or source the odd photo then great but I don’t count on it.

I try and have as much fun as possible with Chloe and if there is an opportunity to get outside we’ll go for it. Trips to the park are her favourite and we’ve had some really great daddy and daughter bonding times. The idea is to keep her active and wear her out in the process. In the last couple of weeks we haven’t been able to do this as the weather has been awful so we’ve done our other favourite thing and that’s cook!

With the weather being pretty dank (is that even a word?) I’ve been making food to warm the soul. Beef stew and dumplings, a variety of different soups and the recipe I’m sharing with you today – Shepherd’s Pie.

This is a simple recipe to cook from scratch and you don’t need a lot of things in the cupboard to get a tasty, wholesome family meal. It’s obvious that you can get a Shepherd’s Pie as a ready meal but it shocks me slightly that you can buy a packet mix for 90p or a stir in sauce for £1.45 to make it yourself. Then you have to buy all the other ingredients as well!

As this is a simple recipe, you don’t need to buy mixes to pull this off – anyone can do it!

Budget Recipe - Shepherds Pie

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Budget Recipe: Shepherd’s Pie
Prep time:  10 mins
Cook time:  60 mins
Total time:  1 hour 10 mins
 
Ingredients
  • 500g lamb mince (£2.35)
  • 1 large onion (12p)
  • 4 carrots (24p)
  • 1 clove of garlic (10p)
  • 1 stock cube dissolved in 500ml hot water (2p)
  • 2tbsp tomato purée (8p)
  • 1tbsp Worcestershire sauce (9p)
  • 1tbsp oil (1p)
  • 1kg potatoes (47p)
  • big slash of milk (4p)
£3.52 total - 88p per serving for a family of four
Instructions
  1. Chop the onions and carrots and add them to a pan of hot oil
  2. Cook slowly until they start to soften then add the lamb
  3. When the lamb is browned, mix in the stock, Worcestershire sauce and tomato purée
  4. Leave to simmer for 30 minutes
  5. Preheat the oven to 180C then make the mash by boiling potatoes for 15 minutes. Drain then mash together with the milk.
  6. Put the mince in an oven proof dish and top with the mashed potato
  7. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes to brown the top
Notes
Serve with baked beans or loads of green vegetables
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Shepherd’s Pie is not the only meal that people cheat at making – in fact there is a list of 20 meals that people don’t have a problem cheating at. However, these meals are simple, quick and easy to make. Take a look at the top 20 list of cheaters food and see if you cheat at any, or if you make more of your meals from scratch.

 

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Comments

  1. Sabrina | Frugal Italian Famil says

    2nd March 2015 at 8:14 am

    I really like your recipe. It is simple and it looks very tasty. I’ll add this to my menu plan for next week! Thanks.

    Reply
    • Ricky Willis says

      2nd March 2015 at 10:30 am

      Hi Sabrina, thanks! It really is such a simple recipe and extremely tasty! Let me know how you get on with it.

      Reply
  2. Munchies&Munchkins says

    16th March 2015 at 6:34 pm

    Love when I read that other people will make dishes like this from scratch without packet mixes, the taste is so much better. These are ultimate comfort food meals. I do read regularly but don’t often get time to comment and just wanted to say well done – you are doing so well with the blog and your debt cutting. Good for you.x

    Reply
  3. James Henry says

    28th March 2015 at 11:57 am

    If you have any leftover Cheddar or similar cheese, grate it and sprinkle it over the top before you put it in the oven. It helps to make a beautiful crust.

    Reply
  4. Ricky Willis says

    7th May 2017 at 10:53 am

    No worries, glad you enjoyed :)

    Reply
  5. Naomi Willis says

    13th December 2017 at 4:26 pm

    Good idea.

    Reply

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