Amy’s Shepherds Pie

September 7, 2007 | Reviewer: Jess

Amys Shepherds Pie Price: $2.50
Serving: 1 Pot Pie, 8oz.
Calories: 160
Fat: 6%, 4g
Cholesterol: 0%, 0mg
Sodium: 20%, 490mg
Protein: 17g
Carbs: 9%, 27g
Fiber: 20%, 5g
Weight Watchers Points: 3 Points

Amy’s Kitchen says: We’ve created a meatless, dairy free and lower fat version of this traditional meal. Organically grown vegetables are simmered in a nourishing broth and blanketed with fluffy mashed potatoes.

Jess says: The name Shepherd’s Pie invokes, for me, cannibalism. This is very likely due to my too early exposure to Sweeney Todd as a youth. Really, what was my elementary school teacher thinking?! Now I’m always left to wonder if the spirit of some innocent tradesman is lying restless in my meat pies. But thankfully, the Amy’s brand caters to the more easily scarred, or morally/psychologically meataphobic among us. Amy’s shepherd’s pie box assures me that there is nothing that once had a heartbeat lying under that lovely thick layer of mashed potatoes (vegetable carnage/violence is a-ok with me and Amy). And lovely you are potatoes as you provide gentle starchy exfoliation to my tongue while still going down so smoothly! And how easily the potatoes absorb the gravy resting below for an extra oomph of salty savoriness (Amy calls the gravy “broth” but that is misleading and does not describe its heartiness).

Like an experienced ice-fisherman, I poke a whole through my potato layer to find a school of vegetables in that gravy sea. Carrots, and yes more potatoes, abound. Garbanzo beans too, chock-full. Who knows what a chock may be? But chock-full of veggies you are, Shepherd Pie. Delicious. Different. Nothing of the Hannibal about you! And maybe even good for me?

Despite the meager appearance of the Shepherd’s Pie it does an adequate job of holding off hunger. I think the potatoes might expand somewhere along the road to digestion. But holding off hunger should not be confused with filling. You’ll be hungry again soon enough:. I’d say 2 to 3 hours after consumption. I wish that there were someway to slightly brown the top of the potatoes which I think would add much to the eating experience so everything you’re eating is not just mushy and babyfood-esque in texture. There is this thing, an oven they call it, which might do the trick. I’m hoping to give this a try next time when heating up this item at home. I think that would boost this pie up to a 5. After all, fullness is always going to be temporary. Taste is paramount.

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8 Responses to “Amy’s Shepherds Pie”

Molly on September 7th, 2007

I LOVE these. They’re so low in calories and always strangely less expensive than other Amy’s pies. I love the garbanzo beans and the “broth” is fantastic. Mmmm…
Anon on September 7th, 2007

Nah, I’ve tried it in the oven–doesn’t help with browning the potatoes too much. But I like these too, also sometimes with adding some cheese on top. It’s good, but Amy’s tamale pie is better, in my opinion.
MaryAnne on September 7th, 2007

Nutritionally, it’s pretty awesome. I’m not a big mashed potato fan though so I’m wondering how much of it rules the dish…. love garbanzo beans though.
Crow on September 7th, 2007

Shepherds Pie without meat? I call fraud!
Jill on September 8th, 2007

I adore adore adore Amy’s. I know I had this once, and decided I liked the tamale pie more as well… but I feel I shall need to try this again as I’ve been in a mashed potato mood recently.
Angie on September 9th, 2007

I can’t believe I actually like these without cheese, but I do.
Katy on December 7th, 2007

I tried this about a month ago. I hated it. I don’t remember why I hated it. I think it so traumatized me that I blocked it.
kELLY on April 24th, 2008

LOVE these… a bargain at 3 points.