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Meyer Lemon Pudding

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Lemon curd is one of my all time favorite eats. The love stemmed from baking lemon meringue pies with my grandmother every Thanksgiving and Christmas from the time I could balance on a step-stool to reach the stove. My little arm would get so tired from stirring the thick and bubbly filling. And I’d always pretend I scraped as much of the filling as I could into the pie shell, but really I’d leave a fair amount in the pan so I could eat the rest with a spoon.

Meyer Lemons

Years later {and thankfully while living alone}, I discovered that lemon meringue pie filling and lemon curd were the same-ish.  I started buying a fancy brand of lemon curd and eating it by the spoonful, similar to peanut butter, for dessert.  But knowing how much butter is in lemon curd, it was a habit that needn’t continue.

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This meyer lemon pudding recipe is a hybrid between lemon curd and stirred vanilla pudding.  Tart like curd, creamy like pudding, but without any of the dairy that’s common in both.  Made with coconut milk and coconut oil, this dessert is completely dairy free and completely delicious.

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Shepherd’s Pie

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Resisting the most adorable casserole dish in the world, I could not.  I scooped it up without concern that I rarely make casseroles.  I’d figure something out, right? Pinterest would certainly guide me in the right direction.

Chopped Veggies

While I didn’t find the recipe on Pinterest, it did spark a memory of Shepherd’s Pie. I’d often seen it on menus, but couldn’t recall if Shepherd’s Pie was something I had ever actually tried.  I sifted through recipes and came to the conclusion that anything topped with mashed potatoes was worth giving a shot.

Shepherd's Pie Stuffing

I settled on Alton Brown’s Shepherd’s Pie recipe.  Partly because I trust Alton Brown, but mostly because I was excited about cooking with ground lamb.

Shepherd's Pie

I swapped out {more than} a handful of ingredients to make this dish void of dairy and gluten.  There were initial nerves about how mashed potatoes with coconut milk and oil would taste.  But after whipping them up and sampling the meat/veggie mix, I knew I was 25 baking minutes away from the coziest of meals in the coziest of casserole dishes.

A modified version of Alton Brown’s recipe is below:

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