What do you serve with cottage pie?

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Love homemade cottage pie! Thinking I should make it this week but not sure what to serve with it. I usually do a pile of mixed veg. But just wondering what everyone else does? I know it doesn't really need anything extra.

Peas and carrots here. Sometimes sweetcorn instead of peas.

Ketchup

Carrots are already in the pie.

Just peas.

Brown sauce, nothing else required!

Carrots, with either peas or brocolli. I do put peas and carrots in it too.

My first pregnancy craving was cottage pie with chips and extra gravy. 40 years later I can see just how disgusting this was!

I usually have broccoli and cauli or savoy cabbage and the compulsory tomato sauce. I only eat tom sauce on two things, cottage pie and macaroni cheese but when I have those I neeeed it lol.

Oh and Hendersons!

We have ours with baked beans. Delicious! 😋

Oddly I'm making this tomorrow. In the slow cooker. Carrots and peppers and onions will be in mine anyway. Usually do with Yorkshire and broccoli, cabbage if I have in. But tomorrow I'm busy and I'm doing a fruit crumble too so on it's own. Am also doing sweet potato top so I think for once theres enough already.

Cabbage and maybe green beans.

Broccoli. To my mind the veg inside it doesn't really count as it's been cooked for a while so isn't as good for you as some steamed broccoli.

How about peas, leeks and a pancetta with some mint? Decadent but so tasty!

It’s lovely with baked beans. Crusty bread and butter too. I’m starving actually after reading all this.

Green veg
DHs family serve Yorkshire Pudding alongside.

We just normally serve it with veg on the side, or if we've got an extra person for dinner and we need to stretch it a bit further, we'll add a couple of yorkies.

I had no idea some people eat it with bread or garlic bread.

Green veg and pickled beetroot!

Cauliflower cheese

Jacket potato or chips,veg and gravy

Jacket potato or chips? With mashed potato?

DGM served hers with her homemade pickled onions which were sublime. I've followed tradition but mine are nowhere near as good. My American DH can't eat cottage pie without them now

Shredded Brussels sprouts cooked with Worcestershire sauce and butter. And roast carrots. Yum!

Broccoli, green beans, and broad beans.

For shepherds pie I put leeks through the mash with a layer of shredded carrots underneath. Hairy Bikes recipe. Then pees and a slice of buttered bread on the side.

@Dogsaresomucheasier, I need more details about the cheesy leaks on top. I'm pregnant, indulge me.