rev: Chipotle-Sweet Potato Shepherd's Pie

[beckms]

Made this tonight for dinner. It was good comfort food, and I'd make it again, but it's kind of in the same category as meatloaf, so nothing fancy.

Anyway, I made some adjustments:
-I used ground turkey instead of ground beef because that's what I had
-I used skim milk, because why not?
- I used chopped fresh tomato, because I didn't have canned crushed
-I threw some ground chipotle powder in the filling because I didn't think the topping was spicy enough; next time I'll increase the chopped chipotle in the topping
-I doused the filling with steak sauce, because it was running the risk of being a little bland otherwise (keep in mind if was turkey, which is bland to begin with)

So my adjustments weren't major, but I thought it needed a little something extra than what was written.

[Terrytx]

We thought this was very good. I made some of the same changes as beckms, I also used skim milk, added 1/2 tsp chipotle chili powder, 1/2 tsp cumin and 1 tsp reg. chili powder to the filling and 1/4 tsp cinnamon to the potatoes.

My only complaint is that the recipe called for 1 cup milk in the potatoes. That was way too much. That has happened to me in other CL mashed potato recipes so I started out with a lot less. I used about 1/2 cup.

[greysangel]

I just wanted to bump this one up...it's fall now and I wanted people to give it a chance in case they missed it in the dead of summer. (it really is a "fall" type meal :D )

This was *really* good after some tweaking...a simple recipe that just needs a little personal love and attention.

I halved the recipe but kept the carrots, peas, onion and garlic the same. I used 2 large yams and only needed 1/4 milk (I used ff half and half that I had left over from the white chili). I followed Terry's suggestion and added cumin, chili powder to the filling and cinnamon to the potato. I also added 1/2 bouillion cube to the turkey when it was browning (oh yes I used turkey instead of sirloin) and fresh chopped cilantro (hello my name is JeAnne and I'm a cilantro addict :eek: :D )

I really thought it was pretty delicious as did DH who gobbled it up and said in between mouthfuls "ummm this is really good but my people dont use orange potatoes." :rolleyes: To which I promptly answered "yeah well your people don't believe in any spice other than salt and pepper either" :D

Another plus? This worked out to five points per serving and the servings are nice and generous.

JeAnne