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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.99 star rating.
Reviewed: Aug. 7, 2008
my kids and Hubby love this when i make it!!
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Stephanie
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Home Town: Winneconne, Wisconsin, USA
Living In: Killeen, Texas, USA
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 3.99 star rating.
Reviewed: May 25, 2008
Great recipe. I love these one dish wonders.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 3.99 star rating.
Reviewed: May 23, 2008
Who cares about weather it's a true Shepard's pie or not...this recipe is fantastic. I have made this about 20 times no joke!! With any recipe I get I add my own style to it so I like to season my meat with garlic powder and steak seasonings---just to give it a little something. I also add sour cream to my mashed potatoes and of course garlic powder,salt and pepper. Then I top it off with a healthy dose of Cheddar cheese on top. I put a pan underneath the dish for the cheese to drip on. It comes out of the over just beautiful. I have made it for everyone I know just about, and everyone loves it! I have even made it with leftover taco seasoned meat----really good too!
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The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 3.99 star rating.
Reviewed: May 15, 2008
I try lots of new recipes all the time, and I'm glad I tried this one. It was my first shepherd's pie. My husband said this one didn't "wow" him like most of my other new recipes do, but it could be because it's a more traditional meal. I liked the onion and pepper mixed with the beef--anything to add extra veggies and flavor to a dish. My pie dish overflowed slighly when I made the pie. I was using a frozen pie shell. I packed the meat mixture down as much as I could, and then added the corn layer, and then when I added the potato, the corn layer was oozing out of the pie on the sides. If I make this dish again, I think I'll use my own pie dish with a ready-to-bake crust, and I'll prepare it in a bigger dish.
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Alanna
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 3.99 star rating.
Reviewed: Apr. 10, 2008
I was pleasantly surprised by this recipe. I did add the cheese under the potatoes as someone else had suggested. A hearty, satisfying dish.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 3.99 star rating.
Reviewed: Mar. 17, 2008
It was great. Did not change a thing.
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lolo
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Home Town: Brentwood, New York, USA
Living In: Tampa, Florida, USA
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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.99 star rating.
Reviewed: Mar. 3, 2008
This was pretty good. I used instant mashed potatoes, to save time, & really spiced up the meat mixture with Mccormick's Grill Mates Hamburger seasoning & some garlic powder. I also added the day before's left over corn in addition to the cream style can. And finally I topped it all off with shredded Cheddar cheese. This made a lot so I used 2 deep dish pie crusts & prebaked them before adding the ingredients...wrapped the edges of the pie crust with foil to keep them from burning. Hubby loved it. I would have given it 5 stars, but I had to alter it. It's a great starter recipe. Thanks!
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 3.99 star rating.
Reviewed: Feb. 24, 2008
I love this for those quick fix one dish meals. Although I do serve with a salad occasionally. I alter the vegetables to whatever is in my kitchen at the time. Pinto beans, grean beans corn white beans carrots etc. Its always a great hit and very filling.
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Home Town: Cedar Hill, Tennessee, USA
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 3.99 star rating.
Reviewed: Feb. 8, 2008
I added some chili powder to the hamburger while I cooked it for flavor...and used a garlic mashed potato on top. Being a meat pie lover...I really loved it....
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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.99 star rating.
Reviewed: Feb. 2, 2008
Good start. Could use more flavor.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.99 star rating.
Reviewed: Jan. 29, 2008
This was good, but my pie crust did not get cooked through. Next time, I will bake crust for a few minutes first before adding ingredients to it.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 3.99 star rating.
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Reviewed: Jan. 27, 2008
This recipe was ok. I did pre-bake the pie shell for about 5 minutes before I added the filling, so that came out cooked well. But now after eating it, I could have done without the pie crust entirely. It would have been better without it. All in all it was a bland recipe, I don't think I'd make it again.
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Cassie
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Home Town: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Living In: Glendale, Arizona, USA
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 3.99 star rating.
Reviewed: Jan. 24, 2008
There is no need to change anything. If you do the recipe how it is suppose to be it will be perfect. The crust turned out great. My family LOVED this meal. This is one of our favorites!!! Thanks so much for such a wonderful recipe!!!
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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.99 star rating.
Reviewed: Jan. 24, 2008
The taste of this dish was good, but my pie crust was not done. I went back to the recipe to see if you were supposed to bake it first, but it said unbaked. Next time I think I will bake it first for a little bit.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.99 star rating.
Reviewed: Jan. 23, 2008
My family and I thought this was really good. I'd never made a shepherd's (cottage) pie with a crust before but it turned out nicely. The only changes I made were: (1) I used a bigger oval corningware dish instead of the little 9 in pie pan and it still barely fit, (2)mix the creamed corn with the ground beef mixture instead of layering, (3) add a layer of cheddar cheese between the beef mixture and the potatoes, and (4) I used crescent rolls dough for the crust instead of a pie crust. I learned that little trick from another recipe on this site and I swear it makes a huge difference. Regular pie crust always makes my meat pies dry and bland, and the crescent rolls are always flavorful and yummy. You just separate the dough and form a crust on the bottom of your dish. Kind of mush the seams together to seal the bottom. We really enjoyed this dish and I'm adding it to our menu. Thanks a lot Laurie!
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Jackie M.
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Home Town: San Diego, California, USA
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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.99 star rating.
Reviewed: Jan. 23, 2008
This is a good starter recipe. I added to the meat mixture, ground Italian sweet sausage, mushrooms and 1/2 package of thawed frozen mixed vegetables with a little bit of spaghetti sauce. And I took out the pie crust. I made 2 layers in one casserole dish and one layer in another with the mashed potatoes and cheddar cheese crust. The result was a blend of flavor unique to anything else in this world. I wouldn't call it shepherd pie as it didn't contain lamb. Rather I would label it, "Cottage Pie Faux". However you label it, you can't help but call it delicious.
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Living In: Bronx, New York, USA
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 3.99 star rating.
Reviewed: Jan. 18, 2008
Very good! Made with orange juice. 40 minutes in the oven.
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