Rubbish Wife’s Veggie Cottage Pie

February 4, 2017

This article was written for Annabel & Grace, which is now part of Rest Less.

This veggie cottage pie was a bit of a medley of all the leftover vegetables in the fridge and was surprisingly savoury, considering it’s a completely meat-free meal.

Veggie Cottage Pie
Veggie Cottage Pie

Ingredients
Rapeseed oil for frying
onion 1, diced
1 leek, halved lengthways and sliced
1 carrot peeled and diced
1 stick of celery, diced
1/2 small butternut squash, diced
1parsnip, diced
10 chestnut mushrooms, quartered
1vegetable stock cube
1 garlic clove, finely chopped
2 tbsp tomato puree
2 tsp paprika
400g tin of green lentils, drained & rinsed
leaves from a few fresh thyme sprigs
12 sage leaves, finely chopped
1tsp dried marjoram
200g spinach
500g floury potatoes
butter for mashing

How to prepare
Heat the oil in a large frying pan and add the veg plus the crumbled stock cube. Cook gently, stirring occasionally until they are just softened but still brightly coloured. Stir in the tomato p

Veggie Cottage Pie

urée and the spices and continue to cook for 2 minutes. Add 200ml of water, the lentils and the herbs, season well, cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Stir through the spinach, transfer to an ovenproof dish and set aside until needed.

Meanwhile cook the potatoes and mash according to taste.
Heat the oven to 190c

Top the vegetables with the mashed potatoes and cook in the oven for 25-30 minutes until the top is crisp and golden. Serve with something simple like garden peas.

Lots more vegetarian recipes available on CW, for example:

Coconut and peanut aubergine curry

 

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