I improvised a variation on Shepherd's Pie tonight to use up the leftover muddled mashed potatoes and gravy, along with some of the turkey. I made a doubled recipe of the white sauce that I use for my turkey lasagna and mixed in the gravy. I sautéed chopped carrots, celery, green onion, red bell pepper, mushrooms and kale in some olive oil. I added a heaping 2 cups of turkey, and then I threw in some leftover frozen corn and seasoned with ½ tsp. poultry seasoning. I combined it with the white sauce in a deep 9 x 9-inch-deep casserole baking dish. I spread the mashed potatoes over the top and baked for 40 minutes at 400 F. As I had feared, I used too much sauce; a 1 ½ recipe of it would have been enough. It was like eating a thick gravy stew. However, it was delicious, and perfect for a cold day that saw two inches of snow, the most significant amount we have had this season.
We are supposed to get serious snow on Tuesday, so we will be doing our major shopping trip tomorrow.
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