Recipe for Lentil Shepherd's Pie

Ingredients for Lentil Shepherd's Pie:
2 1/2 cup Of water
1 cup Lentils
1/2 cup Barley
1
1/2 cup Vegetable broth
2 lrg Diced carrots or any veggie that you chose.
Frozen mixed veggies work well too.
2 lrg Chopped onions
1 cup Chopped
mushrooms
1 can (28-oz) tomatoes, chopped (reserve liquid in case you
need to add extra later)
2 x To
3 x Cloves garlic,
crushed
2 tbl Flour
2 tsp Parsley
6 x Potatoes cooked and mashed
(with water or soy milk for VEGAN or with evaporated skim milk for
LACTO-OVO)
Salt and pepper

Lentil Shepherd's Pie preparation instruction:
* To Zoe Sodja who was looking for
a vegan shepherd's pie recipe. This is one I make all the time, even my
kids will eat it and that's saying something.
* Bring water to a
boil, add lentils and barley. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes until water is
absorbed. Heat broth in dutch oven, add garlic, carrot or other veggies and
onion and cook until tender. Add tomatoes, mushrooms and spices and cook for
5 minutes. Mix flour with a little bit of water and add to the mixture. Stir
and cook over low heat until thickened adding some of the reserved tomato
liquid if necessary. Add barley and lentils and combine well. Top with
mashed potatoes and sprinkle with salt & pepper, cornflake crumbs or
whatever you wish and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes (45 minutes if made
ahead and at room temp.)
* This recipe feeds 6 to 10 people,
depending on whether you have a salad with it. You can also divide it among
3 or 4 containers and freeze for later.