Classic dishes rule and always give you an option to fall back on.  I have a couple of recipes in my brain box that I like to break out when I want something easy for most people to eat.  I’m sure you have a couple like chicken cutlets, pasta and sauce or a grill cheese made with an iron, who knows?  After a while no thought is needed to what is needed and chances are that you have the ingredients on hand.  I often tell people who want to learn how to cook to learn a couple of dishes that you know you can cook and go from there.  Hears an easy one.

Sheppard’s Pie

1 lb. ground lamb or ground beef which ever you prefer

6 shallots diced

1 carrot diced

2 tbsp oil

1 bay leave

Fresh thyme

3 tbsp butter

1 tbsp tomato paste

Splash of Worcestershire sauce

4 cups lamb stock or if using beef use beef stock

1 cup peas
1 lb. peeled potatoes

½ cup milk

½ cup butter

2 egg yolks

 Heat the oil and butter in a large sauce pan and sauté shallots, carrots and bay leaf till shallots are translucent then add the ground meat till cooked.  Next add stock, Worcestershire sauce and tomato paste and cook for about 20 minutes and the mixture is a sauce.  Then add peas, thyme and salt and pepper to taste.
Next boil the potatoes till they break apart with a fork and mix with the remaining ingredients. 

Now put meat mixture into a baking dish then cover with potatoes and bake on 375 for about a half hour and the potatoes are golden brown.  Eat!!!