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Quick, Healthy Casseroles

Quick, healthy casseroles

Featured Recipe: Squash-Topped Cottage Pies

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Make perfectly portioned comfort food with lean meat and vegetables.

By Jessie Price, Food Editor, EatingWell January/February 2008

Warm casseroles are the epitome of comfort food.

We gave shepherd’s pie—usually made with lamb and potatoes—a facelift. Our healthy Squash-Topped Cottage Pie recipe uses lean beef and creamy squash to cut fat and calories and boost vitamins and nutrients. We also added sautéed spinach for extra iron, calcium and folate. And another twist: these are individually portioned little pies (which helps keep the cooking time short).

If you love the idea of individual portions, or if you just need a little help with portion control, try some of these recipes that are also baked in just the right size: Mini Chile Relleno Casseroles, Muffin Tin Crab Cakes or Turkey Mini Meatloaves. For help with portion control, check out our portion control video of helpful tricks for estimating portion sizes.

Who knew comfort food could be so healthy? For other cozy and healthy recipes, visit our comfort food collection. And if you’re a huge shepherd’s pie lover and ready for more after trying this one, take a look at this delicious Turkey and Leek Shepherd’s Pie.

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