To Think You Don’t Need Carbs With Shepherds Pie?

[CurryLover55]

Looking at a thread on Facebook asking for accompaniments to shepherds pie and loads of people were suggesting things like garlic bread, roast potatoes, chips, Yorkies etc. All quite heavy when the dish already has mash on top. Somebody even suggested coleslaw! ( And yes I know that’s not carbs!) If I have shepherd’s pie, all I serve with it is peas or another green vegetable.

Well no it doesn't need more carbs but a shepards pie butty is in fact the food of the gods.

Had shepherds pie earlier this week. Served it with peas, broccoli and carrots.

I probably wouldn't serve potatoes with mashed potatoes, but there's nothing wrong with offering bread along with vegetables as a side. Bread and potatoes are sufficiently different from one another to not feel repetitive, imo.

I like it with veg and a bit of extra gravy too, but I must admit to quite liking a triple carb lasagne with chips and garlic bread so I can't talk.

“ If they need to add extra carbs, they've completely failed at the Sufficient Mash stage”

So true!

Yeah you don’t need anymore carbs, my mum does it with peas & sweet corn. It’s got it’s carbs & protein all in one, no need for extra carbs on the side
Peas and corn ARE carbs

Either baked beans or green veg, just a touch under done for the bit.

I've started putting a tin of chopped tomatoes in my shepherds pie, makes it so much nicer and richer.

Just needs veg. People are weird with double carbs. The weirdest is chinese with rice and chips

Although I do like a bit of naan with my curry and rice so who am I to criticise

I have cabbage or peas on the side.

My dd likes shepherd's/cottage pie with beans although she prefers it just on its own because I put veg in there anyway.
I usually have some kind of veg on the side.

I definitely wouldn't have chips or garlic bread but occasionally might have yorkshires. I don't think that's weird because you would have them with beef and potatoes on a roast.

YANBU. For ease, I just chuck loads of veg in it and serve it cooked in individual oven to table dishes. Sorted.

I've voted YABU because it's up to adults what they eat. I put veg in my Shepards pie and just have extra green veg with it. But I like chips/naan and rice, parmenteir potatoes with lasagna, crusty bread is a must with stew, Christmas dinner is carb central, so leave them be.

I usually make cauliflower or a salad. I love potatoes but never double carb.

Vegetables. Ideally, leafy vegetables or broccoli, maybe a root veg like swede or carrots. Quite enough carbs in shepherd's pie. Not because I'm low carb, or because I don't do double carb. Just because it would just be too heavy otherwise, & I like my vegetables.

I only serve it with anther vegetable, usually peas. But mine has always has loads of mash on top.

Baked beans are always a good addition in the pie IMO. Almost compulsory in this house.

HP sauce, pickled cabbage. Maybe a slice of crusty bread and butter for mopping

I don't get the no roast potatoes with mashed, thing. Surely, you don't have just roast potatoes with, say, a big Sunday dinner? I always do both roast and mashed. I thought that was perfectly normal. Similarly, I would do roast potatoes with (vegetarian version) of Shepherd's/cottage pie. And veg, of course.

Pickled red cabbage and carrot and swede. Also gravy.

Ynbu, I bloody love carbs but I wouldn’t have any extra with shepherds/cottage pie as there is mash on top obviously. I usually do something like broccoli on the side as there’s peas and carrots in the filling.
Husband likes baked beans with his, and if he’s starving he has been known to grab a slice of buttered bread with it but I wouldn’t serve bread with it as standard.

Carrots and peas and extra gravy. However, I have had it with chips in a canteen and it was divine.

I put onions, mushrooms, carrots and peas with the mince. If I am trying to not to have too much carbs I make my portion with a small bit of mash mixed with carrots and swede on top. Normally serve it with broccoli. Family have normal mash. . Dont like it with beans but each to own. Friend does it with beans and makes mash really cheesy.

@MockneyReject

I don't get the no roast potatoes with mashed, thing. Surely, you don't have just roast potatoes with, say, a big Sunday dinner? I always do both roast and mashed. I thought that was perfectly normal. Similarly, I would do roast potatoes with (vegetarian version) of Shepherd's/cottage pie. And veg, of course.

I think that is quite unusual - I would only do roast potatoes with a roast dinner. Mash I do with stews or something like beef wellington. I know quite a lot of people do roasties and mash for a special occasion like xmas.

Just have veg with mine

There are carbs in every food, peas are quite carby, if you want zero carbs you're left with water.

I could eat potatoes till the sun was splitting the trees but not with shepherds pie. Crusty buttered bread tho!