A Vegetable Pie

One of our guests is vegan and in the interest of her enjoyment we had to have alternative dishes for our dinner. The Fish Vegan alternative dish was quite fun. 

I found a recipe for a Vegetable Pie and then made some changes. We thought we'd better try this dish a couple of days before the party just to make sure that it was tasty. In the interest of time I did not make the crust but rather made it more like a Shepherd’s Pie using a mashed potato top.

 Filling

2 Onions chopped

2 Carrots chopped

3 sticks of celery chopped

1 6-oz jar or can artichoke hearts

1 C. lentils soaked for about 4 hours

2 C. vegetable stock

Salt and pepper

4-6 potatoes

Sautee onions, carrots, celery and artichokes in olive oil until browned.

Drain lentils then add the lentils, stock and the sautéed veges into a casserole dish.

Cut potatoes into pieces then cook in the microwave or steamer until soft. Mash with vegetable broth to make them fluffy.  Cover the top of the veges with the mashed potatoes.

Bake at 350 for 45 min.

I baked the veges without a crust, then put some into a smaller dish and added the hot mashed potatoes to the smaller dish for dinner.

For our party I put a serving of the vegetables in a small single-serving Pyrex dish and heated it in the microwave. I cooked 2 potatoes separately with a little broth then mashed them. I then put the mashed potatoes on the hot vege mixture and served as a single serving.

I think that the veges without the crust could be cooked on top of the stove using a little more broth and used as a yummy soup.

Here is the original recipe:

http://downtonabbeycooks.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/welcome-to-the-new-world-doubting-thomas-eats-humble-pie/