Try this...Cottage pie with vegetable mash topping

THIS is a tasty main meal recipe from Sainsbury’s new Feed your Family for £50 campaign - three meals a day for four people for seven days.

“It really is possible as we’ve done the maths and by sticking to our shopping list you will have your whole week’s shopping sorted and this will help prevent those costly last minute impulse buys,” says Arlene Thompson, Sainsbury’s Try Team.

She added: “The menus are nutritionally balanced and include your five-a-day as well as responsibly sourced fish, free range woodland eggs, fair-trade bananas, British peas and even a Sunday roast! Why not pick up a leaflet in store or go on line at sainsburys.co.uk/fifty or by downloading our App.”

Cottage pie with vegetable mash topping

Ingredients: 1 onion, peeled & finely chopped, 350g lean beef steak mince, 400g sweet potatoes, peeled & cut into 4cm chunks, 300g carrots, peeled & chopped, 300g potatoes, peeled & cut into 4cm chunks, 30g Butterlicious spread, 380g Basics frozen British Garden peas; From your store cupboard: 2 tablespoons olive oil, 1 clove garlic, peeled & finely chopped, 1 tablespoon tomato purée, 1 teaspoon dried mixed herbs, 200ml beef stock (1 stock cube)

Method:

1. Heat the oil in a pan and fry the onion for 5-10 minutes, until soft, adding in the garlic for the last minute. Turn the heat up to medium/high, add the mince and cook for 5 minutes.

2. Stir through the tomato purée and mixed herbs, then pour in the stock. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 15 minutes, until thickened.

3. Preheat the oven to 200ºC/180ºC fan/gas 6. Cook the sweet potatoes, potatoes and carrots in a pan of boiling water for 10 minutes, until soft. Drain and mash with the Butterlicious.

4. Spoon the mince mixture into a 1.5 litre-baking dish and top with the mash. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes.

5. Cook the peas in boiling water for 2 minutes. Drain and serve as a side.