Vegetable Pot Pie

Here's a tasty veggie dish perfect for Meatless Monday! Or any day of the week...

1 tbsp vegetable oil
Seasonal vegetables, cut up (green beans, carrots, onion, mushrooms, cauliflower, broccoli, sweet potatoes, zucchini, dill, etc)
salt & pepper to taste
1-2 tbsp curry powder
1 tsp cumin
1 cube vegetable bouillon
water to suit
2 tbsp corn starch
2 frozen pie shells (or homemade)

Heat vegetable oil in wok or frying pan. Fry vegetables, adding curry, cumin, salt & pepper. Add vegetable bouillon to boiling water. Add to vegetable mixture. Blend cornstarch with a little water to make paste and add to pan. Cook until gravy thickens and vegetables are soft.

Put vegetable mixture on first pie shell. Cover vegetables with remaining pie shell and seal edges. I made this in a 9 inch pie plate, but you can also use more pie shells and make in a larger casserole dish.

Bake for 45 minutes at 375 degrees.

Turkey Pot Pie

We've been having a serious cold snap here, so I figured some warm comfort food is just the thing to warm me up from the inside. This is a delicious dish and you can use up your leftover turkey from Christmas!

2 tbsps unsalted butter

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 small onion, diced

3 carrots, peeled & diced

2 stalks of celery, diced

1/3 cups all-purpose flour

2 cups chicken broth

1 1/2 cups milk

1/2 tsp thyme

salt & pepper to taste

3 1/2 cups shredded turkey (or chicken)

1/2 cup frozen corn or peas (whatever you have on hand)

1 tube of refrigerated biscuits

Melt the butter in a large frying pan over medium high heat. Add garlic, onion, carrots and celery and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender. Stir the flour into the veggie mix until veggies are coated. Gradually stir in the chicken broth, milk and thyme. Stir constantly until thickened, about 1-2 minutes. Stir in the chicken and corn. Season with salt & pepper.

Pour this mixture into a greased 9x13 dish and bake 15 minutes at 400F. Then lay the refrigerated biscuits on top of the chicken mixture. Bake for another 15-17 minutes until the biscuits tops are golden brown. Let sit 5 minutes and then enjoy!

**Note: I took the easy way and used refrigerated biscuits. You could also make your own biscuits from scratch. **

*Adapted from http://damndelicious.net/2013/12/23/biscuit-pot-pie/