Sweet Potato and Turkey Shepherd's Pie

Ah, the classic: Shepherd's Pie. It's a hit in my house. Totally going to sound like "that" person, but I've never been a huge fan of it. I can usually take or leave potatoes, not a huge fan of corn, etc. For that reason, we don't make it too often. I stumbled across this twist of a Shepherd's Pie recipe in my Pinterest travels, and I was intrigued just by the picture. I LOVE sweet potatoes. I will literally eat anything with sweet potatoes in or on it. And I'm totally team ground turkey. I read more of the ingredients in the recipe and I just knew it was right up my alley. Easter weekend was kind of crazy with my 20 miler, so I was running around (literally) like a crazy person all weekend. My mom whipped this one up for me the night before we were having it, and we threw it in the oven for about a half hour to heat it up. It was sooo delicious, so comforting, and filling. I've been eating it as leftovers all week!

gluten free // serves 6 // 250 calories per serving
34C / 6F / 16.5P

Ingredients:
1 medium sweet potato + 1 white sweet potato
1/2 cup unsweetened coconut milk
1/2 cup gluten free low sodium chicken broth + 1 cup for filling
1 tsp sour cream
salt + pepper
1 lb 93% lean ground turkey
1 tsp coconut oil
1 medium diced onion
1 medium celery stalk, chopped
10 oz frozen mixed vegetables (peas, green beans, corn, carrots, edamame)
2 tbsp buckwheat flour
2 tsp tomato paste
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp rosemary
salt and pepper
paprika

Directions: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Boil sweet potatoes until fork tender (appx. 20-25 minutes). Drain the potatoes and mash them with 1/2 cup chicken broth, sour cream, salt, and pepper. In the meantime, brown turkey in a sautee pan with salt and pepper, set aside. Add coconut oil, and then sauté the onion for about 1 minute. Add celery, salt, and pepper, and cook another 10 minutes. Add the flour and mix, and then add the frozen vegetables, 1 cup chicken broth, tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, rosemary, and paprika. Add the cooked turkey back in, and mix to combine. Simmer for 7 minutes. Spread the meat mixture in the bottom of a casserole dish, and then top with sweet potato mash. Spread evenly, and sprinkle paprika on top. Bake for 20-30 minutes or until the top begins to brown.
Recipe adapted from Skinny Taste

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