Light Shepherd's Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 2 (10 ounce) bags mixed vegetables
• 3 lbs ground turkey
• 2 large onions, chopped
• 3 (12 ounce) jars beef gravy (i use fat-free)
• 2 teaspoons salt, divided
• 1 teaspoon rubbed sage
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 5 1/3 cups instant potato flakes
• 2 cups nonfat milk
• 6 tablespoons margarine or 6 tablespoons butter
• 5 1/3 cups water

Recipe

• 1 in a 3 quart pan, cook turkey and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain.
• 2 stir in the mixed vegetables, gravy, 1 teaspoon salt, sage, thyme, rosemary and pepper.
• 3 transfer to 8"x8" pans coated with nonstick cooking spray.
• 4 prepare the instant potatoes with water, milk, butter and remaining salt.
• 5 spread over meat mixture.
• 6 store in the refrigerator for no longer than one day (or freeze).
• 7 to freeze it: cool completely and place each pan in it's own labeled 1 gallon freezer bag. freeze.
• 8 if frozen, thaw pan overnight in refrigerator.
• 9 bake, uncovered, at 375° for 40 minutes or until heated through.