Description
Filled with veggies—zucchini, peas, carrots, peppers, onions—and plant-based seitan, this healthy, delicious, vegan recipe for Veggie Shepherd’s Pie can be made into six individual servings or one family-sized casserole.
Ingredients
Mashed Potatoes:
- 5 medium (6 ounces each) potatoes, peeled, halved
- 1 ½ tablespoons dairy-free margarine
- ½ –2/3 cup plant-based milk, plain, unsweetened (i.e., soymilk)
- Salt and pepper (optional, as desired)
Stew:
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 4 medium (2 ounces each) carrots
- 1 large onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 small (7 ounces each) zucchini, sliced
- 1 small (10 ounces) bell pepper (green, red, yellow or orange)
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning (vegetarian seasoning blend)
- 2 tablespoons fresh chopped parsley (or 1 teaspoon dried)
- ½ teaspoon celery salt
- ½ teaspoon dried mustard
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- Pinch sea salt (optional)
- 8 ounces seasoned seitan, sliced
- 1 ½ tablespoons flour
- 2 cups vegetable broth
- 1 teaspoon reduced sodium soy sauce
Garnish:
- Fresh herbs (i.e., chives, rosemary, tarragon, thyme)
Instructions
- To make mashed potatoes: Fill pot with water and bring to boil. Add potatoes, cover, and cook until tender (about 30 minutes). Remove from heat, drain, and mash with a potato masher or electric mixer. Add dairy-free margarine, enough plant-based milk to make a smooth, spreadable mashed potato topping, and salt and pepper (if desired). Set aside.
- While potatoes are cooking, make stew. Heat olive oil in a large sauce pan, skillet, or sauté pan. Add carrots, onion, garlic, zucchini, and bell pepper and saute for 10 minutes. Add peas, poultry seasoning, parsley, celery salt, mustard, pepper, sea salt (if desired), and seitan and stir well. Mix flour into broth and add to saute pan and stir well. Stir in soy sauce. Simmer, covered, stirring frequently, for an additional 10 minutes, until vegetables are just tender.
- While vegetables are simmering, preheat oven to 400 F.
- Divide vegetable stew (about 1 1/8 cups each) among 6 oven-proof soup or mini-casserole dishes (about 2 cup size). Top each dish with ½ cup mashed potatoes, smoothing over surface of stew. Alternatively, you can place all of the stew into one large casserole dish (2 1/2 – 3 quarts in size), and spread all of mashed potatoes over the surface.
- Place dishes on the top rack of the oven and heat for about 20 minutes, until mixture is golden on top.
Notes
To make this recipe gluten-free, substitute tofu for the seitan, and substitute cornstarch for the flour. Use gluten-free soy sauce.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Category: Entree
- Cuisine: English, American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 311
- Sugar: 8 g
- Sodium: 421 mg
- Fat: 6.5 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 51 g
- Fiber: 7 g
- Protein: 17 g
- Cholesterol: 3 mg
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