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Haunted Shepherd’s Pie – Easy Halloween Dinner Idea

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This quick and easy Haunted Shepherd's Pie makes the perfect Halloween dinner for your little ghosts and ghouls after a night of trick-or-treating.

This quick and easy Haunted Shepherd’s Pie makes the perfect Halloween dinner for your little ghosts and ghouls after a night of trick-or-treating.

For more Halloween dinner options check out these easy mummy hot dogs with crescent rolls or these fun mini ghost pizzas.

This quick and easy Haunted Shepherd's Pie makes the perfect Halloween dinner for your little ghosts and ghouls after a night of trick-or-treating.

We all want to get some real food into our little ghosts and ghouls after (or before) they head out trick-or-treating. While pizza is often a popular option, there are ways to make homemade meals into something spooky as well.

One option is shepherd’s pie. This is a recipe that not only contains protein, but vegetables as well. However, instead of simply spreading mashed potatoes on top, you can use the potatoes to make cute ghosts.

This quick and easy Haunted Shepherd's Pie makes the perfect Halloween dinner for your little ghosts and ghouls after a night of trick-or-treating.

This recipe is so much fun and allows for so much creativity. You can use fresh, frozen, or even canned vegetables and make the potatoes using instant or fresh potatoes. It all depends on how much time you have.

You also have the option to use extra lean ground beef or even ground chicken or turkey. In other words, you can make it as healthy as you want.

This quick and easy Haunted Shepherd's Pie makes the perfect Halloween dinner for your little ghosts and ghouls after a night of trick-or-treating.

Your kids are going to love having a fun meal on the night of Halloween. You’re going to love that it’s a meal that isn’t loaded with fat and calories. That way you’ll be able to feel just a little bit better about all the candy and treats your little ones will scarf down after dinner.

This quick and easy Haunted Shepherd's Pie makes the perfect Halloween dinner for your little ghosts and ghouls after a night of trick-or-treating.

Follow your haunted dinner with this haunted graveyard poke cake to finish off your ghost-themed meal.

Haunted Shepherd’s Pie

This quick and easy Haunted Shepherd's Pie makes the perfect Halloween dinner for your little ghosts and ghouls after a night of trick-or-treating.
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Course: Main Dishes
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 8
Calories: 501kcal
Author: Jaclyn Shimmel
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Ingredients

  • 2 lb ground beef
  • 1 sweet onion, diced
  • 1 bag frozen mixed veggies
  • 1 brown gravy mix
  • 2 cups cheddar cheese
  • 1 box instant potatoes
  • 1-3 black olives
  • vegetable oil

Instructions

  • In a large skillet on medium heat, brown ground beef and diced onion. Cook until meat is no longer pink and onions are translucent. Drain and set aside.
  • Boil frozen mixed veggies. Drain and set aside.
  • Cook the brown gravy by following the directions on package.
  • Layer a casserole dish with your meat and onion mixture.
  • Add a layer of mixed veggies on top of the meat and onion mixture. Pour the gravy over the entire dish.
  • Add cheddar cheese on top of the dish.
  • Bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees or until the cheese has melted.
  • While the shepherd’s pie bakes, cook the instant potatoes by following the directions on package. Once cooked, place potatoes into a piping bag or ziploc bag.
  • Pipe ghosts on top of the shepherd’s pie. If using a ziploc bag to do this, make sure you don’t cut too much of the tip off.
  • Use a straw to punch out eyes from black olives. Place eyes on the ghosts. Enjoy!

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 501kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 39g | Fat: 32g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 14g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 131mg | Sodium: 472mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g

The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by a third party and intended to serve as an estimate only. The accuracy of nutritional information is not guaranteed.

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 This quick and easy Haunted Shepherd's Pie makes the perfect Halloween dinner for your little ghosts and ghouls after a night of trick-or-treating.

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By Jaclyn Shimmel | 10/18/2017
Filed Under: Main Dishes, Recipes Tagged With: Beef, Comfort Food, Halloween, Kid Friendly

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Comments

  1. Debra Muccio says

    10/18/2017 at 10:50 pm

    These are the cutest little ghosts I’ve ever seen. Perfect dinner before you go out trick or treating!

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  2. Kathleen Bailey says

    10/19/2017 at 8:55 am

    Those ghosts are so cute! What a great idea. You make shepherds pie differently from me and I like your idea better, I’ll have to incorporate some of it next time. Thanks.

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