It looks very tasty, but surely it should be renamed as shepherds herd sheep - so it should be made with lamb mince, not beef. In Britain this would be called Cottage Pie - we make both types with mashed potato on top, although a great healthy variation is mashed sweet potato!

By SkyEyes on January 18, 2012

Paula, made your Shepard pie and my family loved it! Awesome thank you

By Gail on January 15, 2012

Paula, I have made your pumpkin cheesecake twice for Thanksgiving and everone raves about it. This year I used cinnamon graham chrackers for the crust. Sincerely yours, Beverly Moody

By Anonymous on November 29, 2011

Simply delicious Paula!!

By Hussain Al-Maskati on August 21, 2011

This looks delicious Paula, not had chance to make yet as buiscuit topping hard to come by in the Uk. One small point though: I remember watching this recipe on your show following a trip you'd made to England. If that was part of the inspiration for this dish, then it is a 'Cottage Pie' as it uses beef. A Shepherds Pie is called that as it uses ground Lamb. I've not seen many shepherds tending to cows...

By Adam on May 24, 2011

I love Shepherd’s Pie. When I made this recipe I had never try Shepherd’s Pie. My mother never made it nor did I ever have anywhere else. What made me try it is that my mother-in-law loves Shepherd’s Pie and well I love my mother-in-law so I decided to try to make it. It was a hit, she loved it, and so did the rest of the family. I now have added my own little twist to make it my own. My family loves it so much that they constantly request this for dinner. Thanks so much Paula! Tinisha

By Tinisha on April 22, 2011

I love this! its very easy and quick to make and i use instant mashed potatos so it cuts the time in half. also for the people asking about the vegtables. I mixed one can with the meat and layered a can of corn on top of the potatos. The first time i made this i just used 1 can of corn mixed in the meat and it was just as good.

By Tiffany on February 16, 2011

Dear Paula...do you have a recipie for sheperds pie without the tomato sauce?My 23 yr old son just had to have emergancy surgery for a ruptured ulcer that he didnt even know he had. The dr told me a few hrs longer he would have died,,he worked with it ruptured for a month...and he loves sheperds pie and i told him i only make your's...so he wants me to make him some. And just so you know i am ur biggest fan..I just love you and i want to meet you so bad...well thank you very much. Hope you and your handsome family have a very Merry CHRISTmas and a Happy New Year. P.S. Bobby is the cutest man ever. ) Thank you ..Carol

By Carol Calhoun on December 15, 2010

i`m confused as when to add vegetables! With beef mixture or at the end???

By Anonymous on November 21, 2010

Easy to fix

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By Anonymous on July 08, 2010

Which is it?? Do you mix in the vegetables as it says under Beef Layer or are the vegetables their own separate layer as it says at the end??

By Anonymous on December 27, 2009

My kids loved this. They eat veggies and didn't know it.

By Anonymous on October 30, 2009