Homemade Chicken Pot Pie



"Our Own Chicken Pot Pie" - picture by Bill

 Chicken Pot Pie - the ultimate comfort food.

Bill (my partner) has been wanting chicken pot pie for quite awhile now. Rather than buy a frozen one, I opted to pull together the ingredients and make one ourselves.

First, I downloaded a recipe to use as a guide from allrecipes.com. I made sure to read all the helpful suggestions by previous cooks of the recipe...like, 'bake the bottom crust for 6 minutes before adding the center ingredients.'

Then I revised the recipe to remove the ingredients I didn't want...like peas...and add the ones I do like... potatoes, mushrooms, fresh corn, broccoli, and lots of extra onions.

Bill cut up most of the vegetables, while I got everything started.

We didn't make a homemade pie crust. I bought the Whole Foods brand pie crust. Oh my goodness! It is the most delicious pie crust I ever had. It's really not like pie crust. It's more like pastry. So, if you don't like a touch of sweet with your savory pie, then it wouldn't be the right crust for you. However, it was perfect for my taste buds.

Our chicken pot pie was a MAJOR cooking success. Hurrah! We have some leftover for tonight.

Tomorrow, I'm planning to make the German Chocolate Cake from my Magnolia Bakery Cookbook.

MMmmmmMMmm.

What's baking at your house?

A Sweet Wish Granted!

This week one of my wishes was granted. My dear friends, Leigh, Aqua, and Honor, gave me "The Magnolia Bakery Cookbook." What a great surprise!

As you might know, I love the Magnolia Bakery. I'm a regular patron of their 68th and Columbus NYC location.

My favorite...a slice of their German Chocolate Cake.
The good news: The recipe for that cake is in this cookbook!

Every time I see the cookbook in my house, I feel happy. I love looking at the recipes. Thinking about the bakery. Thinking about cake and desert. Thinking about my wonderful friends who gave it to me.

I'm grateful when I look back over my history and remember how many times I've been surprised by something I really wanted showing up at my door.

If you think back over your history, I'm sure you can remember things that came to you. Things you had thought about, wished for, or prayed on. They showed up, maybe a gift from a friend, maybe a find by the side of the road, or a phone call offering you something you wanted or needed.

We can't predict when these things will arrive. We can only appreciate their appearance.

Right now, I'm really appreciating my new cookbook. Delicious!