Semi-failed Attempts

Some days, you stumble across a recipe, try to add your own touch and end up with a semi-failure.  Or as I like to call it a “semi-success,” because alliterations sound better and because I try hard to be a “glass half full” kinda gal.

When I came across Angela’s recipe for vegan shepherd’s pie and coincidentally had all the ingredients for it (ingredients I needed to use up before leaving for vacation because lord knows Joey wasn’t going to be finishing off any carrots or celery) I scrapped my quinoa plans and decided to go for the pie.

I love when recipes sound time consuming but turn out to be relatively quick, minus that whole cooking in the oven part, but that’s when you do things like read up on blogs and avoid any homework or packing you still have to do.

Sometimes you need a wine buzz to get through the day.  Kidding, this wine definitely went into the meal.

I used zucchini instead of parsnips because I’m cool like that.

Is it just me or does this piece of carrot look like a pacman?

I opted to make this meal into two smaller portions with the help of some ramekins.  Again, I’m cool like that.

I’m also cool/creative/a total weirdo because I used sweet potato instead of regular potatoes because:

SWEET POTATO > REGULAR POTATO.  PERIOD.

The veggies and gravy are peeking out.  See?

Don’t worry, I used regular potatoes for Joey’s portion as he’s slightly less adventurous odd and might think sweet potatoes don’t belong in shepherd’s pie.

His and hers.  Or hers and his if you read pictures like a book from left to right.

And this is what happens when you assume a mini ramekin portion has to cook for the same amount of time as a regular sized casserole portion.

Whoops!  Oh well, I’m okay with weird looking food.  Obviously…

How about you, “semi-failure” or “semi-success” and/or how do you feel about shepherd’s pie?