Have you ever had shepherd's pie before? I remember when I was younger and my mom used to make it with the leftover mashed potatoes that we had from our dinner the night before. Shepherd's pie can be a lot of different things but basically it's a casserole with layers of cooked meat, vegetables and mashed potatoes. My mom used to put green beans, beef and there was some sort of tomato based layer, I think. It's been a long time...but I do remember loving it.

This recipe has been created by me on behalf of my friends at Hurst's Beans, a family owned company. Look for their famous bean soups in your grocery store. 
Slow cooker shepherd's pie chili recipe. A mash up of two of your favorite recipes--shepherd's pie and chili. Takes just minutes to prepare and feeds a crowd. Repurpose your leftover roast beef and mashed potatoes into a new meal.
Slow cooker shepherd's pie chili recipe. A mash up of two of your favorite recipes--shepherd's pie and chili. Takes just minutes to prepare and feeds a crowd. Repurpose your leftover roast beef , mashed potatoes and gravy into a new meal.

Sometimes we need to repurpose leftovers for another meal. This is one of those meals. Making something new out of last night's dinner. But not having it taste exactly like last nights dinner..that is the trick!

A Christmas message for you as you eat your shepherd’s pie…

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

For this recipe I started with leftover roast beef and mashed potatoes and gravy from a large Sunday dinner we ate with my husband's family. The roast beef was the kind you carve and somewhat dry. But don't you worry friends, it's not going to be that any longer. I believe in change. Don't you? I threw the leftover roast beef (it was a pound of cooked meat) into the slow cooker along with a package of Hurst's Slow Cooker Chili. You see I wanted to make this a mashup of two different recipes--shepherd's pie and chili. Weird, maybe? Genius, I think so.

Slow cooker shepherd's pie chili recipe. A mash up of two of your favorite recipes--shepherd's pie and chili. Takes just minutes to prepare and feeds a crowd. Repurpose your leftover roast beef and mashed potatoes into a new meal.

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