Growing up as a kid one of my favorite meals was shepherds pie, my mum made it simple and delicious and I looked so forward to it, we often had it for Sunday dinner and I think that's why I always crave just good ole comfort food on Sundays. I wanted to play around with the recipe a little and make it freestyle friendly. This tex mex pie is so tasty and such a great twist on a classic. Makes 6 generous servings at 4 freestyle smart points each, the dish freezes well too so it is great for meal prep.
Tex mex turkey shepherds pie
1-5PP, 4SP blue, 5SP green, 1SP purple
Ingredients
- 1 lb fat free ground turkey raw
- ¾ cup diced red onion
- ¾ cup diced green pepper
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- Dash of salt & pepper
- 1 cup frozen corn
- ½ cup salsa
- 4 medium potatoes peeled, cut and boiled
- 2 tablespoon non fat plain greek yogurt
- 1 tablespoon light butter I use Gay Lea light
- Pinch of garlic salt
- ½ cup reduced fat shredded mozzarella I used Trader Joe's brand
Instructions
- Boil your potatoes over high heat until soft, approx 30 minutes
- In a large pan brown your ground turkey with the onions and peppers, once turkey is cooked add in spices, salsa and corn and cook on low for 10 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 375F and spray a 9x13 dish with some cooking spray.
- Mash your boiled potatoes with the yogurt, butter, garlic and a dash of salt & pepper
- Spread your meat mixture into bottom of dish then top with mashed potatoes making sure to cover completely.
- Bake in the oven for 25 minutes, remove from oven, set to broil and sprinkle cheese on top, place under broil for 3-4 minutes to melt cheese, watch it does not burn, mine got a little toasty.
- Makes 6 servings, each serving approx 7.5 oz, will freeze well.
Notes
Personal Points- 1-5 depending on your 0PP foods
Freestyle SP- (blue) 4 using WW recipe builder
Smart Points- (green) 5 using WW recipe builder
Smart Points- (purple) 1 using WW recipe builder
Points Plus- 5 using PP calculator
Nutritional info per serving.. Calories 205...Fat 4g...Sat Fat 0.8g...Carbs 18.9g...Fiber 1.7g...Sugar 1.3g...Protein 21.5g using My Fitness Pal (these numbers included all veggies so if using them in your WW calculator you might get a higher point value)
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
Ann
I have not had a lot of luck with ground turkey - always tastes dry and a strange texture. What brand do you like to buy?
Drizzle
Hi Ann, mine is just from a local butcher
Dottie Stevens
I use Jennie O breakfast sausage. Has points but the flavor is great. Use it instead of ground beef or blah tasting ground turkey.
Chanelle Kardt
Are there tomatoes in here? It looks like it in the pictures, but I'm not seeing anything on the list of ingredients.
Drizzle
It is from the salsa 🙂
Susan
I made this tonight, it was very tasty and delicious. I didnt find it very hearty or filling, so I had 2 pieces (8pts)
what could I add to it to make it more satisfying without the pts???
Teresa Day-Fickel
You could add black beans to make it more satisfying without adding any points.
Anne F.
Add more vegetables.....green beans, sugar snap peas, etc.
Laura
I’ve never had shepherds pie but I want to try this. Would it taste weird with sweet potatoes instead of white? I don’t do WW so I don’t care about points difference just wondering how the flavors would mix. Thx!
Drizzle
Hi Laura, I don't like sweet potato but if you do then I think it will work out just fine 🙂
Ashley Ste-Marie
Tried this out and it was amazing! My whole family loved it and said it didn’t taste like “diet food” at all! The only deviation I made was adding black beans to bulk it up a bit. It made really generous servings and you can’t beat 4 pts!!! Thank you so much for another great recipe ?????
Drizzle
So glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for the tip 🙂
Paige Nighland
How much black beans did you use?
Drizzle
Hi, I didn't use black beans?
Michelle
Hi,
If I want to make this and freeze it would you differ the cooking time? Once frozen (assuming it's been precooked), how long would I cook it for?
Drizzle
If you have already cooked it then froze it I would just leave it out to dethaw and then just warm it up, it does not need to cook again, 10-15 minutes should warm it up enough
Erin
I made this tonight for my husband and I....it was fantastic!!!! We both loved it! Thanks for recipe!
Drizzle
Hi Erin, you are very welcoem, so glad you both enjoyed it 🙂
Beth
I have made a shepherd’s pie (I’m on WW) and I substituted half cooked riced cauliflower with the potatoes to lower the points. My family couldn’t even tell.
Drizzle
Awesome!! I will have to try that sometime 🙂
Judy
I made this tonight. My entire family loved it. We all love regular shepard's pie with ground beef. This Tex-Mex recipe with mashed potatoes is way better than I would have believed. I trusted the reviewers, though, and it will now have a place in my recipe rotation. Great flavors!
Drizzle
Hi Judy, so glad you all enjoyed it 🙂
Amanda
I love all of your recipes but wish you had more dairy free options!!! I know how to substitute most things but Subbing out Greek yogurt or cream cheese is near impossible!
Drizzle
Hi Amanda.. being that I myself or anyone in my family is not DF it is something I don't typically do, and when baking yogurt is a good alternative to keep points down, that said I don't use it in all of my baking recipes.. and you can always use an almond/cashew milk if it calls for regular milk.. I don't feel that too many of my recipes call for yogurt and/or cream cheese