Shepherd’s Pie
I’m almost done writing about November, I swear. I’m a little slow at these things.
We celebrate a lot around here. A birthday or anniversary gets celebrated at least two or three times, and we consider most weekends to be honeymoons. That’s just the way we roll.
My birthday this year was no exception. We went away for the weekend before (also to celebrate our anniversary), and we had some friends over for an appetizer potluck a few weeks later. The actual day of my birthday landed on a Monday and Josh instructed me to come home from work, take a nap, and wait for him to prepare dinner. This man knows how to love me.
I was intrigued when he said he was going to fix something he’d never made before. I was supposed to wait upstairs, snuggled in bed with a good book, but after some time of listening to him putter around in the kitchen, curiosity got the better of me and I had to sneak down for a peek…
I walked in to my Cute Boy simmering a skillet full of ground beef, onion, tomato paste, garlic, carrots, stock and a few herbs & spices. He was mashing potatoes and was quite proud of himself; with good reason! Homemade Shepherd’s Pie, perfect comfort food for a cozy fall evening. (Recipe is here, but of course he doctored it up to make it his own, so it’s a bit different.) I settled in at the table and watched my best friend cook. I’m so blessed.
He handed me a small plate of grilled buttered bread with slices of tomato from our garden (I know! Still! The never-ending crop of tomatoes!) and aged gouda. Rustic and full of flavor, this is a favorite snack in our house.
I snapped a few pictures of the end process and fell in love with my husband all over again. That tends to happen a lot. The meal turned out perfect, and we decided it would become a regular comfort food here. We toasted with sparkling organic apple cider and were quite content with the evening.
Tags: Comfort Food, Potatoes
