Bear Paw Meanderings

It is the beginning of the month and since it is November, a Thanksgiving recipe would be in order but you know most of my Thanksgiving recipes anyway so how about a new way to cook an old favorite, Shepherd’s Pie. The meat in the Shepherd’s pie can be ground up lamb but I have always used a hamburger mixture. It seems more like me. To make a Shepherd’s pie you need to do three separate things. First, you need to get some good root vegetables cooked. Then you need to get your meat mixture prepared and then you need to cook enough mashed potatoes to completely cover the pie.

So let’s start with...