The best way to fight the winter blues is with comfort food! Every January Betty takes out her pink pyrex casserole dish and gets cooking. After a warm and hardy dinner her family forgets all about the cold weather. This season test out Betty's favorite winter recipe.
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Betty Crocker's New Dinner for Two
1964
Shepherd's Pie
1/4 cup (1/2 envelope) of our instant Mashed Potatoes
1 1/2 cups diced cooked beef or lamb
1 cup cooked vegetables
1 cup beef or lamb gravy or 1 can (10 3/4 oz.) mushroom gravy
1/4 tsp. salt
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare potatoes as directed on pkg. for 2 servings; set aside. Stir meat, vegetables, gravy, and salt together. Pour into 1 qt. baking dish. Mound Potatoes in a ring around the edge of dish. Bake 30 min., or until potatoes brown slightly.
2 generous servings.
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The best way to fight the winter blues is with comfort food! Every January Betty takes out her pink pyrex casserole dish and gets cooking. After a warm and hardy dinner her family forgets all about the cold weather. This season test out Betty's favorite winter recipe.
This year your only resolution should be to be more like Betty! Start by planning a rocking retro New Year's Eve cocktail party. Sparkly silver mid-century barware is all you need to plan your event. As Betty always says, start the New Year right with a cocktail in your hand! Happy 1958...no, wait... 2011! 
