Recipe: Vegetarian (and easily Vegan) Kate Sheppard’s Pie
Lots of you (and absolutely everyone who attended the dinner) asked for the vegetarian shepherd’s pie recipe I used to make Kate Sheppard’s Pie for A Feminist Thanksgiving. Here it is! To be honest, the first time I tried this I was a bit surprised it worked. Â First, I looked at a bunch of vegetarian shepherd’s pie recipes, and then didn’t follow any of them and just winged it with what I had in the fridge. Â Second, my track record making anything casserole-y, or traditionally British comfort-food based is pretty poor. Â I just didn’t grow up eating or making those kind of foods! Â So I expected a repeat of my fish pie/cheesy potatoes/macaroni & cheese experiments (basically inedible). Â Instead, I got amazing! Â And it’s not a fluke. Â Every time I make it its delicious. This recipe makes a rich, filling, pie. Â Most vegetarian shepherd’s pie recipes use celery, but I use parsnips instead. Â Their warm, sweet, earthy flavour adds an unexpected element to the pie, and keep it from getting watery and bland, as …