Shepherd's Pie Recipe

Shepherd's Pie Recipe from Taste of Home
http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/Shepherd-s-Pie-4

Ingredients
* 2 pounds ground beef
* 2 cans (12 ounces each) home-style beef gravy
* 2 cups frozen corn
* 2 cups frozen peas and carrots (I ALSO USED SOME FROZEN MIXED VEGGIES)
* 2 teaspoons dried minced onion (I FORGOT TO ADD)

ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS (for each casserole):
* 2 to 3 cups mashed potatoes
* 2 tablespoons butter, melted
* Paprika

Directions
* In a Dutch oven, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Add the gravy, vegetables and onion. Spoon half into a greased 2-qt. baking dish or four oven-safe 2-cup dishes. Top with mashed potatoes. Drizzle with butter and sprinkle with paprika.
* Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until heated through. Place the remaining beef mixture in a freezer container and freeze for up to 3 months.

* To prepare frozen casserole: Thaw in the refrigerator; transfer to a greased 2-qt. baking dish. Top with the potatoes, butter and paprika; bake as directed. Yield: 2 casseroles (4 servings each).

I FROZE in 8x8 dish and then popped it out, so you can put it in the 8x8 dish to defrost, then make the instant potatoes I provided to top the dish before baking. I cooked ours tonight and didn't add the butter or paprika. It was pretty tasty!