Shepard's Pie - Make-Ahead, Freeze Ahead, OAMC

Ingredients

Base

• 6 lbs ground beef (comes in this quantity at most wholesale clubs)
• 2 medium onions, chopped
• 3 cups catsup
• 4 tablespoons mustard
• 6 tablespoons wine vinegar
• 3 teaspoons salt
• 6 teaspoons worcestershire sauce

Middle

• 3 cups frozen green beans
• 3 cups frozen corn

Top

• 7-10 lbs potatoes, cooked and mashed according to preferred method, try crockpot recipe suggested in notes above

Directions

1. 1

   In large pot, brown beef with onions (I boil my beef, drain to reduce fat content, then add onions I've already sauteed).

2. 2

   Mix remaining BASE ingredients in large bowl.

3. 3

   Add beef and onions.

4. 4

   At this point I placed 1/3 of meat mixture in a cassarole dish, added 1 cup of each frozen veggie and layered on 1/3 of mashed potatoes.

5. 5

   Bake at 350 for an hour, or until heated through.

6. 6

   While dinner is baking up I pack up the cooled remaining meat mixture dividing meat mixture left into 2 labeled gallon ziplock bags.

7. 7

   Divide remaining veggies into labled 2 qt freezer bags.

8. 8

   Divide remaining mashed potatoes into 2 labeled gallon freezer bags.

9. 9

   For convenience I actually staple the bag of meat mixture, veggies and mashed potatoes together into 2 dinner groups to make it all easier to find in my freezer. Obviously, staple above the zip on the bag when stapling together. :-).