Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie

I am a new and unexperienced cook and this took me hours. I didn't prepare for this recipe, which is partially why it took so long. I made the mashed potatoes and tomato paste from scratch. It was definitely a new learning experience. I will make this again in the future, but be a little more prepared. It turned out delicious

Delicious and relatively easy to make It was very nice with gravy sauce

Celery didn't work for us as it overpowered the whole dish. Good experiment though! It inspires me to make a whole bunch of varieties from the core recipe. I additionally added leeks, cumin powder, garlic powder and onion powder to enhance the flavors.

I omitted the mushrooms and used 1 cup of cooked lentils. I also added a parsnip to the recipe and cut the thyme in half. It was delicious!