Can you use instant potatoes instead of the 8 potatoes? Just wondering because I like the Idahoan instant potatoes. Not wanting to change the recipe because it sounds good.

Where IS her recipe?!

Vanessa's? You're looking at it!

Start with 1 pound of hamburger cooked with a diced onion, garlic powder and salt and pepper. Drain fat. Add to a 9x12-inch baking pan add a can of sweet creamed corn and one can of kernel corn on top of the hamburger.

Use six serving powdered potatoes, cook according to instructions on the package... Spread on the top of the other mixture, sprinkle a handful of cheese over the top. Cover the pan with tin foil and bake at 350°F for 30 minutes.

I call this Papa's Shepherd's Pie.

This is very similar to what I am used to, but I have never known it to contain so much sugar. I am concerned that it will be too sweet so will probably leave it out or at least reduce it greatly.

I love your recipe. As a vegetarian, I substituted homemade mashed cauliflower (season like mashed potatoes) for the mashed potatoes and chopped Portobello mushrooms for the ground beef. I used frozen peas and corn, but added no sugar. I seasoned everything with chicken base and it came out wonderful. Thanks for posting!

This recipe is outstanding! American pie for American tastes. Brits should go back to eating kidney pie...

This is a great recipe we loved! I did, however, add some flour and water to create gravy, and some bouillon paste to make it more savory.

I made this recipe tonight and everyone loved it! We will be making it again.

I got my 13 and 14 year old involved in making this meal! We each had a part in it. And we used cream of chicken and sour cream in the mashed potatoes, used roasted red peppers in the potatoes also! To give it color! And added onions and stir fry peppers to the ground beef. It worked! And tasted great! I like to cook but add my kids to help me! So... When I say I feel like cooking... they go hide in their rooms! Then I give them a chore to help out! I think it is important that kids learn the basics. Then they will know how-to... Again thanks, I love Shepherd's Pie and variations of how to make it! Jim...

I make this quite a bit but I add a can of mushroom soup to the beef and instead of peas I use green beans..

I will be cooking this tonight! I sounds wonderful. And by all the great reviews, I'm sure it will be. Thanks!

I made this recipe last night and I added a can of cream of mushroom soup to my potatoes like another viewer and even though the dish turned out great, my mashed potatoes was a little soupy. That was my fault though because I'm sure now I should have not added milk before the soup! Thanks for a great recipe. This is a keeper!

I love your shepherds pie however my mother added a touch of her own. She put the potatoes on the bottom of the pan so the juices from the meat and corn would mix into the potatoes.

All pies are great. I'm Irish, by birth, and American, by his Grace. Beef, mutton, lamb, kid, chicken, duck, turkey or any other meats, some veggies and pipe on some Irish spuds. Gooooood.

Thank you for sharing this recipe; it looks just the thing when you need a quick and easy dinner. As a Brit, I take no offence etc about this being called Shepherds pie! Purests will say that it should be made with lamb, but I make it with beef and call it Shepherds pie. It matters not! Oh, one more thing, despite Neil saying that cheese is never added, I always add a grating of cheese on top. And I am not alone!
Everyone makes things slightly differently, and that is fine by me!

Original pie was minced leftovers from Sunday roast with leftover vegetables topped with mashed potatoes and gravy and baked for approx. 20 minutes at 375°F. Nowadays hamburger, onions fried. Bisto gravy added, topped with mashed potatoes, sprinkled with shredded sharp cheddar cheese, baked at 425°F for 15 minutes. Delicious modern day substitute.