Chicken Pot Pie

Chicken Pot pie makes a wonderful comfort food for lazy Sundays. It is loaded with vegetables and it is really great when they can all be from the garden. 


Chicken Pot Pie

I started by sautéing onion and jalapeno. Then cut up cooked or leftover Chicken into bite size pieces. In a large bowl I mixed chicken, onions, jalapeno, green beans, corn, carrots, peas, and broccoli, muchrooms and any other vegetable you would like to add.

Then add some cream soup of your liking. (I used broccoli potato cheese soup and cream of mushroom). If you use condensed soup do not add any water or milk. A couple of cans should be enough. I will add some shredded cheese whatever flavor you like. Then pour the mixture in a pie plate, sprinkle 2 tbs of four or cornstarch, and I will put a layer shredded cheese on the top of ingredients under the crust. cover with crescent rolls, biscuits, or a pie crust. Slit some holes for steam to escape if you use pie crust.

Bake for 40 minutes on 350 degrees or until the crescent rolls, biscuits or pie crust is lightly golden brown and heating through.

Enjoy this great Chicken Pot Pie




Ina's mini chicken pot pie recipe

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

We had extra Rhubarb this spring so we decided to make a pie and pair it with fresh strawberries.  It was wonderful and we shared it with many family and friends which is the real reason for cooking.  Not to just eat but to build and nurture relationships.

 

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

 

Crust:

2 ½ Cups all-purpose flour
1 Cup cold Butter cut into 10 slice
1 tsp salt
2 tsp Sugar
6-10 TBS Ice water

 Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Filling:

2 cups chopped Rhubarb
2 Cups Sliced strawberries
1 ½ Cup Sugar
¼ cup flour 

Directions:

 Pre heat oven to 350 degrees.

Put Flour, salt and sugar in a food processor and mix together.  Add the butter and pulse until it is crumbly.  Add ice water one TBS at a time until the dough holds together.  Divide it to two equal parts, cover with plastic and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

 

 

 Add ice water one TBS at a time until the dough holds together.

 Divide it to two equal parts, cover with plastic and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Roll out dough for the bottom of the Pie.  Cut it to within a ½ inch from the pie plate rim.  Set aside.

Put diced rhubarb, sliced strawberries, sugar and flour together.  Stir well to incorporate the sugar with all the fruit.

 

 

 Pour into pie pan and roll out second crust to cover pie.  Cut to a ½ inch of the pie plate rim.  Squeeze the ends together tight to hold all the juice inside while it is cooking.

Put a few slits in the top of this strawberry Rhubarb Pie for steam to escape and brush crust end with egg wash.

 

 

Bake the Strawberry Rhubarb Pie on 350 degrees for about 40 minutes until it is golden brown.  Sprinkle with sugar when it comes out of the oven. 

 

 

Let cool and serve.




Pie Recipes

Peppermint Pie

Peppermint Pie is a very light dessert that is great any time of the year. It would be great for the holidays. I have pasted the original site where you can get the full recipe with fat and calories included.

Peppermint Pie

Hungry Girl peppermint pie recipe





Start by making the crust for the peppermint pie by using 4 sheets (16 crackers) chocolate graham crackers broken. Melt 2 tbsp. light whipped butter or light buttery spread. Pour butter in cracker crumbs and stir. Press in a pie pan coated with non stick spray and bake on 400 for 10 minutes until firm.

One 4-serving box Jell-O Sugar Free Fat Free Vanilla Instant pudding mix with
3/4 cup fat-free milk or low fat almond milk. I shaved chocolate into the pudding mix.

2 standard-sized peppermint candy canes lightly crushed. Add 3 cups Cool Whip Free (thawed)

Pour into a bowl and evenly spread filling into the crust. Refrigerate the peppermint pie until completely chilled and set, at least 1 1/2 hours.

I topped my peppermint pie with chocolate shavings and some pecans. You can put a few tsp of crushed candy canes on top. This pie was divine. Hard to believe it is low in calories and fat. See the hungry girl site for exact recipe because I altered mine a little because of what I had in my refrigerator.

Enjoy