I was in the mood for some comfort food, but since we had just eaten Mexican food on Sunday (let's face it, what Sunday don't we eat Mexican anymore?), I opted for my #2 comfort food of choice: potatoes. I think I've got some Irish blood in me somewhere, so we'll just say that's why it's comfort food for me. (My third choice would probably be bagels - and as much as I'd love to attribute that to my husband, the Bakery Market Manager for all the Panera Bread stores in Jacksonville, I developed my love and addiction to bagels a long time ago.) I digress. I had just bought a five pound bag of Yukon golds at the store and if you're anything like me, you know you have to dig in right away or before you know it you're throwing away a bag of stinky, juicy, rotten potatoes. I even had some freshly ground beef in the fridge, so Shepherd's Pie was my obvious choice.
This was not a meal I grew up eating, and I probably made it (and tried it) for the first time in college. I really can't remember how I made it the first time, but I can remember everything about the best Shepherd's Pie I ever had. The Cheesecake Factory.
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Mushrooms. Peas. Carrots. Onions. Zucchini. Ground beef. Delicious gravy with Worcestershire sauce in it throughout. Amazing red mashed potatoes with Parmesan on top. When I ordered this for the first time I was there for dinner, so you know the portion was huge. (The above photo is the lunch-sized portion.) I remember being like halfway through the bowl of this delicious goodness and not being able to stop eating, even though I felt sick to my stomach. But it was so good. And SO worth the stomach ache.
