Low Carb Shepherd's Pie

We love Shepherd's Pie, but boy is that not the healthiest meal. Lots of carbs and salt in your typical shepherd's pie. This is a great cold weather day meal. We have fell in love with our potato replacement rutabaga. This meal may seem like it takes awhile, but it's worth it.

All the ingredients

Sauteing the onions and garlic

Peeling the rutabaga

Chopping them into pieces

Brown the turkey

Bring the rutabaga to a boil

Adding the no salt added tomato sauce

In goes the bay leaves

Boiling

Mashing the potatoes

Topping the meat mixture

Spread it

All done!

Low Carb Shepherd's Pie

Ingredients:

1 lb ground turkey

1 sweet onion, diced

3 garlic gloves, minced

15 oz can no salt added tomato sauce

1 large rutabaga, peeled and chopped

2 bay leaves

2 packets of no sodium chicken bouillon

1 tsp hot sauce

olive oil

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Add olive to pan, add garlic and onion, saute until brown. Add ground turkey and brown for about 10 minutes. While that browns, add rutabaga to large pot with water and one packet of bouillon, bring to boil and let it cook until soft, 20-30 minutes. 

Once the turkey is browned, add the tomato sauce, bay leaves, hot sauce and chicken bouillon. Let simmer until rutabaga is soft. Drain once soft, then mash with a bit of olive oil and ground pepper. Add turkey mixture to a greased 9x12 pan then top with mashed rutabaga. Bake for 20-30 minutes. Let cool and serve.