Weight Watchers Five Ingredient 15 minute cookbook.

Points value: 6

Prep: 3 minutes Cook: 11 minutes

A traditional shepherd's pie takes over 1 hour to prepare and cook. This recipe takes only 14 minutes from start to finish.

~1 pound ground round

~1 cup frozen diced green bell pepper

~1 tablespoon chili powder

~1/2 teaspoon salt, divided

~1 (14 oz.) package refrigerated mashed potatoes (such as SimplyPotatoes Country Style)

~1/2 cup (2 ounces) shredded reduced fat sharp Cheddar Cheese

1. Preheat broiler

2. Cook beef in a 10 inch large ovenproof nonstick skillet over medium high heat until browned, stirring to crumble. Add frozen bell pepper, chili powder, and 1/4 teaspoon salt, andcook 3 minutes or until thoroughly heated.

3. While beef mixture cooks, prepare potatoes according to package directions, using remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt.

4. Spoon potatoes evenly over beef mixture. Sprinkle potatoes evenly with cheese. Broil 2 minutes or until cheese melts.

Yeild: 4 servings
(serving size: 1/4 of skillet)

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user TIA0326.