{"id":428,"date":"2008-11-04T10:32:05","date_gmt":"2008-11-04T10:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/?p=428"},"modified":"2008-11-04T10:32:05","modified_gmt":"2008-11-04T10:32:05","slug":"coffee-and-spice-rubbed-beef-and-shepherds-pie-made-from-the-leftovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/?p=428","title":{"rendered":"Coffee and Spice-Rubbed Beef and Shepherd&#8217;s Pie made from the leftovers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_6065.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/IMG_6065.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" class=\"mt-image-none\" style=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I made this using a pre-mixed <a href=\"http:\/\/74.125.45.104\/search?q=cache:NpK20uDjUzsJ:www.williams-sonoma.com\/prod\/sku9116666.jsp+williams+sonoma+coffee+rub&#038;hl=en&#038;ct=clnk&#038;cd=2&#038;gl=us&#038;client=firefox-a\">spice rub from Williams Sonoma<\/a>, but I can no longer find the blend in their stores or on their website, so I will have to get creative and come up with my own mix when I make this again.  That shouldn&#8217;t be too hard.  Bobby Flay has a good-looking recipe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/recipes\/bobby-flay\/coffee-rubbed-rib-eye-recipe\/index.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The directions were really easy; you just had to rub the meat (I used London Broil) with a little oil and then rub it with the spice mix and grill.  It was really good.  The coffee added rich flavor without being overwhelming.  Will make this again.<\/p>\n<p>I made the leftovers into a kid-friendly Shepherd&#8217;s Pie.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_6074.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/IMG_6074.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"201\" class=\"mt-image-none\" style=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_6076.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/IMG_6076.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"234\" class=\"mt-image-none\" style=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how:<\/p>\n<p>Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.  Chop leftover beef into bite-sized pieces.<\/p>\n<p>Grab some leftover mashed potatoes and mix them with a little milk and one egg yolk to reach a spreadable consistency.<\/p>\n<p>Saute some finely chopped white onion in a tiny bit of oil until softened.  Add some diced carrots and cook until they are softened but not mushy.  Add some frozen green peas.  Cook 2 &#8211; 3 more minutes until peas are thawed, but not cooked through.<\/p>\n<p>Pour in some leftover gravy (I used <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epicurious.com\/recipes\/food\/views\/Chicken-and-Gravy-11415\">leftover chicken gravy<\/a>, because that&#8217;s what I had on hand and was a little worried that it would be weird, but it worked just fine) and the beef cubes and stir gently to combine.<\/p>\n<p>Pour the veggie-beef-gravy mixture into a shallow baking pan.  Spread the mashed potato mixture over the top, to the edges of the pan.<\/p>\n<p>Bake until the potatoes are slightly firmed and the gravy is bubbling, about 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Stand back after you serve this.  Your kids will be gobbling so quickly that you won&#8217;t want to get in their way!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I made this using a pre-mixed spice rub from Williams Sonoma, but I can no longer find the blend in their stores or on their website, so I will have to get creative and come up with my own mix when I make this again. That shouldn&#8217;t be too hard. Bobby Flay has a good-looking &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/?p=428\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Coffee and Spice-Rubbed Beef and Shepherd&#8217;s Pie made from the leftovers&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entrees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}