Shepherd's pie with Cauliflower Mash

Hello everyone!

Today i'll be sharing this shepherd's pie recipe with cauliflower mash instead of potatoes. It is a super easy one-dish meal and can last for several days. I normally make this during hectic weeks since it normally is able to last 3-4 days for my meal prep. I didn't add cheese to mine as a topping since I am dairy-free but it's such a good addition if you really love cheese!

Ingredients:

• 1 head cauliflower, chopped into florets

• 1 tablespoon coconut/olive oil

• Seasonings and spices

• 1 small onion, diced

• 2 carrots, diced

• 2 cloves garlic, minced

• 1 pound ground turkey or beef

• 2 small tomatoes, diced

• 1 can corn

• green beans, chopped

• 1 green pepper, chopped

• Lea and Perrins Worcestershire Sauce (Gluten Free)
• Teriyaki Sauce (Gluten Free)

Instructions:

1) In a large pot, steam cauliflower and carrots until tender.
2) In a large skillet or saucepan heat olive oil/coconut oil. Add diced tomatoes, onions and garlic and cook until ingredients. Add the ground turkey/beef to the pan and cook until browned. Add seasoning for taste. I used himalayan pink salt, black pepper, garlic salt and old day all-purpose seasoning. Drain excess liquid and add carrots and green peppers. Add ketchup for thickening/ taste (optional).
4) Preheat oven to 400 degrees. While the meat simmers, start the cauliflower topping by draining the cooked cauliflower. Add 1 teaspoon butter, salt, pepper and mash with a stick blender until smooth.
5) Lightly grease casserole dish then assemble pie by adding the meat mixture on the bottom of dish. Add 1 can of corn and mix into the mixture. Top the mixture with cauliflower mash and smooth with a spoon. Cover with shredded cheese (optional).
6)Bake for 30 minutes or until the cauliflower mash is brown. Serve warm.

 

I hope you enjoy this super simple but tasty and healthy recipe!

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Cooking Chronicles: Baked Salmon with sauteed Zucchini squash

I'm always cooking/baking/eating something at any given time so I thought i'd share some of my simple but fun recipes with you all, pick and choose from what you like! Two big things i'll be focusing on with the recipes I share is 1) Health: Health is wealth and i'm definitely trying to improve my diet little by little. 2) Affordability: Hello! College students here, affordability is everything. So i'll definitely be trying to make things that are under $20 with ingredients easy to find.

So, for the month of February a huge goal of mine is to see how I can improve my skin by adding slight changes to my diet. Salmon has huge amounts of omega-3 fatty acids. These healthy fats nourish the skin by reducing the body's production of inflammatory substances and decreasing clogged pores.

Ingredients used:
Salmon
Black pepper
Butter
Salt
Ginger
Garlic
Oregano leaves
Honey
Lemon juice
Ruby Lemon infusion
Thai d' Lemon Mint infusion
                                                                  Let's get started!

Honey-Lemon Glazed Baked Salmon: 

Mix lemon juice and honey in a bowl to create a glaze for the salmon. Spread evenly on salmon pieces. Grease baking tray with butter and lay pieces fully covered in glaze. I cook with a lot of spices, always, so just add spices one after the other and spread evenly on salmon. An alternative could be to combine salt, black pepper, ginger, garlic; mix and add combination to the salad ensuring that it is spread evenly.Something different that I tried with this meal was using my Trader Joe's Herbal Infusion Anthology. It's a mix of dried fruits, herbs and spices,mostly used for teas (oh well, survival is key lol). The ruby lemon includes hibiscus petals and lemon pieces.I used that package for the salmon y sticking some of the pieces in the fish for the flavor and baked for 15-20 minutes.

                                                               

Sauteed Zucchini:

I sliced my zucchini slanted ranging from thin-medium pieces then put them in a container with salt, black pepper and bits of the Thai’d Lemon Mint infusion to marinate. After about 10 minutes,added
some olive oil to the pan, stove on medium, and placed the zucchini slices in along with the spices used to marinate. I then added more spices, ranges from person to person with preference on taste, to the pot and continued to stir.

                                                               

Black Rice:

The dish was then served with black rice. Super healthy and yummy! Black rice is full of antioxidant anthocyanin which possesses the ability to help prevent a number of serious illnesses including prevention of cardiovascular diseases and reducing inflammation.Also contains Vitamin E, which is used to maintain eye and skin health.

Bon Appetite!