Amazing Instant Pot Vegan Shepherd’s Pie

If you’re looking for healthy Instant Pot recipes this vegan shepherd’s pie is for you! This lentil shepherd’s pie with mashed cauliflower is loaded with protein, is lower in carbs than conventional shepherd’s pie, and is gluten-free and vegan. This recipe is also so much quicker than conventional vegan shepherd’s pie recipes.

Conventional shepherd’s pie recipes typically take a long time to make and often require having two posts on the stove at the same time to cook the base and the topping.

This Instant Pot lentil shepherd’s pie with a mashed cauliflower topping all gets cooked in the Instant Pot together making it a super easy one-pot dish that you can get onto the table in less than 40 minutes including prep time.

This vegan shepherd’s pie recipe contains protein-packed lentils and nutrient-dense vegetables, and is topped with fluffy mashed cauliflower in place of mashed potatoes for a lighter meal. The red lentils cook in 5 minutes in the Instant Pot and dissolve quickly to naturally thicken the gravy of the base so that you don’t need to add flour or butter.

The Fresh & Healthy Instant Pot cookbook

This delicious vegan shepherd’s pie recipe comes from The Fresh & Healthy Instant Pot Cookbook by Megan Gilmore, founder of Detoxinista and author of Everyday Detox and No Excuses Detox.

Megan is certified nutritionist and health coach, and she makes healthy living easy and accessible. Her recipes are always very simple (containing not a lot of ingredients) and are full of flavor.

This latest cookbook contains 75 quick easy recipes to make in your Instant Pot or electric pressure cooker. All of the recipes are gluten-free and refined sugar-free, and utilize whole foods ingredients. Not all of the recipes are vegetarian and vegan, but Megan gives a fantastic vegan option for every recipe. A lot of the recipes are free of the most common allergens or have allergy-free options. There are also recipes that cater for low-fat, low-carb, and low-calorie diets.

The recipes all have nutrition data for calories, fat, carbs, fiber, and protein) and also contain the times for prep, coming to pressure, main cooking, and release time. So, you know exactly how long each recipe takes.

There are recipes for easy breakfasts, healthy side dishes, soups and stews, salads and bowls, comfort-food dinners, protein-packed family favorites, and desserts.

Instant Pot Recipes include:

• Instant Strawberry Jam
• Peanut Butter Crunch Granola Bars
• Cozy Spiced Fruit
• Peaches & Cream Steel-Cut Oatmeal
• Cinnamon Applesauce
• Healthy Hummus
• Mashed Potatoes & Gravy
• Thai Coconut Carrot Soup
• Two-Bean Chili
• Wild Rice and Mushroom Stew
• Curried Broccoli & White Bean Salad
• Kung Pao Chickpeas
• Spicy Lentil Burgers
• Pad Thai Stir-Fry
• Lazy Falafel Wraps
• Speedy Sweet Potato Curry
• Brown Rice Pudding
• One-Pot Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Frosting

How To Use Your Instant Pot

Besides the delicious healthy recipes, Megan also shares her go-to pantry staples for Instant Pot cooking, common ingredient substitutions, and a handful of kitchen tools such as a handled trivet so you can easily lift things in and out of the Instant Pot and also cook two things at once like in this lentil shepherd’s pie recipe.

Megan also includes an Instant Pot Resource Guide giving you the complete lowdown on how to use your Instant Pot and trouble-shoot the most common issues. And it’s a quick five-page read, and you’re off on the road to success! If you’re feeling intimidated about using a pressure cooker or an Instant Pot watch the Facebook Live I did with Megan where she runs through these basic tips.

Get your copy of The Fresh & Healthy Instant Pot Cookbook and let me know what you think of this vegan shepherd’s pie.

Watch Megan Make This Recipe

I did a Facebook Live at Megan’s house where we made this lentil shepherd’s pie in real time and Megan gave a quick Instant Pot tutorial and answered questions.

Other Instant Pot Recipes

Instant Pot Garlic Baby Potatoes