I'm excited to see more organic frozen meals hit the market, like the Blake's brand
which sells both organic and all natural frozen meals. Blake's is
family owned and based in New Hampshire, and their website makes you
feel like you're visiting someone's grandma's house (in a good way).
I am a HUGE shepherd's pie fan and would eat it often except for the
fact that it takes me a long time to make and you can't make a batch
for just one person. I'd be eating shepherd's pie for a week. So,
imagine my glee when I saw the Blake's Shepherd's Pie made with all
organic ingredients.
Simple ingredients
There are just seven organic ingredients in this pie: potato, beef, corn, onion, whole milk, butter, and sea salt. Simple. I love it. I might even call it McDreamy pie after Grey's Anatomy Dr. Shepherd.
A common issue with frozen foods is that they all tend to be a bit too
much on the salty side. This shepherd's pie was actually on the blander
side to me which was kinda unexpected, but not so bad because I'd
rather add salt then add other stuff in to balance out too much salt.
Don't cringe too much but I did add some ketchup and it was good.
Not fluffy but still tasty
I'm learning that my oven heats on the hotter side, so despite following the baking instructions, my pie came out a little too much on the over baked side, thus the potatoes did not come out "fluffy" as in the box picture. Next time, I'll cook it about 5 minutes less. It also would have been cool to have a little bit more corn, but that isn't a deal breaker just a "would be nicer."
And yes, there will be a next time because this pie was dee-lish and even more exciting, this single serving size is 240 calories. It's perfect to bring to work for lunch. Here's the nutritional information.
The other Blake's organic meals include Macaroni & Beef, Chicken Pot Pie (no vegetables) and Chicken Pot Pie (with veggies) which I have in the freezer right now and will eat real soon. Here's where you can buy the Blake's brand.
Have you tried any of the Blake's organic meals? What did you think?
