Sequestration Meal #15

I had some leftover mashed potatoes, so I made a basic vegan shepherd's pie. (I don't know if you can call it shepherd's pie in that case, if I want to be pedantic--shepherd's pie is lamb, cottage pie is beef, and gardener's pie is vegetarian, but I don't think that gardener's pie uses any kind of meat substitute, so whatever, it's vegan shepherd's pie.)

At some point, when I have the right proportions of this, I will show you the ingredients. For now, I didn't really have enough mashed potatoes for more than a thin crust, and that's just sad! But it was really good anyway, and I would happily have eaten the meaty gravy underneath with or without potatoes.

This was not a single serving, but this is not the sort of thing that plates very nicely if you don't have  a thick layer of potatoes, so I yielded to aesthetic demands. But you can trust me. It was lovely inside.

This was the point at which I began forcing myself not to go to the grocery store even though I was getting really anxious about how low I was on a lot of ingredients. I still had food, just not my usual comforting array of possibilities. But we all know I have to venture out sometime. I'm now trying to imagine what my dream foods would be so when I go I can get the ingredients. I mean, this is clearly the time to choose the time intensive things of your dreams. It's just hard to have any aspirations in this environment.