Healthy ingredients for a steak pie?

[bushbaby_de]

Hi everyone,

I have been using stealth ingredients to make my food healthier and bulk it up a bit without changing the taste too much, like lentils in spag bol and chickpeas in chilli. I already put mushroom, onion and carrot in my steak pie but was wondering if anyone could suggest some stealth ingredients to increase the bulk/health of it please?

And no clever clogs telling me not to eat pie if I want to be healthy. I'm trying to improve things, not turn into an angel! The 'steak' and 'pie' parts of the steak pie are non-negotiable!!!

[anneasquith]

pearl barley ?

[gingejbee]

Half steak, half Quorn pieces?

[joeluke]

Chunks or slices of tatie?

[boxtops]

peas.....

[gingejbee]

...at this rate, it will be a vegetable pie with steak flavour!

[annie0000]

Turnip or parsnip?
Tinned tomatoes?

[vodkancoke]

Hi bushbaby, I add turnip/swede, onions, peas, carrot, 2 tomatoes from a tin with a bit of the juice and a potato to mine. I also add a bit of Branston and Worchestershire sauce.

[annie0000]

beans of some description.

[boxtops]

ooh yes, butterbeans.

[pastafreak]

I hate to say it....but it won't be healthy until you ditch the pastry...everything else is healthy.

[annie0000]

Ah but pasta, i'd rather ditch the rest and have the pastry!! The filling is the penance for the outer.

[pastafreak]

ah...the means to the end...;-))

[mccfluff]

mmmm pastry

[bushbaby_de]

Thanks for all your answers... I'll try a couple of them and see how I get on (without turning it into a meat-flavour veg pie of course!)

[bimbo123456]

What about making chilli pie? chilli beans are very healthy!!

[RATTER15]

"The 'steak' and 'pie' parts of the steak pie are non-negotiable!!! "

That's what I like to hear, just leave it at that, you don't need anything else!