Easy Kids Meals

Winter comfort food – chicken pot pie

It is supposed to snow over the next couple of days and it is time for winter comfort food.  Nothing says it better than a chicken pot pie.  My recipe is missing seasonings but I do add parsley and basil.  The idea of having pie for dinner always gets the children excited.

·        ½ cup butter

·        1 lb mushrooms

·        I diced onion

·        6 tbls flour

·        3 cups chicken broth

·        3cups cooked chicken

·        4 carrots cooked and diced

·        pastry crust for 10 inch pie

·        1 cup peas

1. preheat oven to 450
2. melt butter in sauté pan
3. add mushrooms and onions until soften
4. add flour
5. add chicken broth using a whisk till broth thickens
6. add salt and pepper to taste
7. remove from heat, add chicken, carrots and peas
8. pour mixture into pie pan 10 inch
9. place pastry over chicken mixture
10. bake for 20 minutes then reduce oven temperature to 350F and bake for 15 more minutes.