What is it about an apron? It's not like I'm putting on armor. Still, after making it through my first official week of classes I found myself putting on my sparkly apron and feeling amazing. As soon as I tied that little knot at the back I felt like I'd suddenly taken control, like I could make it through anything.
One of the first nights that my wonderful man was working late. He essentially moved all the way out the edge of nowhere with me so that I could pursue my dream. The least I could do is make him dinner! Right?
Apron? So soon? I just made cookies. Aren't my cooking talents tapped for a while?
Ah, but there is a difference between baking and cooking, I found myself thinking. What harm could a little chicken pot pie do?
No recipe. No problem.
Chicken Pot Pie (scraps around the kitchen style)
2 chicken thighs
a bowl of frozen veggies
2 thickly chopped carrots
half and onion
some garlic (there's no such thing as too much garlic)
The filling is simple enough. You throw everything in a pan and heat it up. I start by cooking the chicken. I don't even use oil. Meat has its own fats, why not use them to cook with? Next throw in veggies that take the longest time to cook. Thick carrots take a while to soften for instance.
The dough?
Preheat oven to 350ish
2 cups of flour
butter/margarine... enough that when you mix it with the flour you get the consistency of bread crumbs between your fingers
Chill for about half an hour (or as I like to think of it, about an episode of Sex and the City)
Put it all together!
Role out that dough and line a casserole dish with it. Pour in meat and veggies. If you want to add some cream sauce, pour a can of your favourite soup.
Let cook until it smells done :)
The timing was perfect. My sweet boyfriend arrived just as was pulling the pot pie out of the oven. Since I started cooking at about 10 at night, that was about 11:30pm. Dinner turned into more of midnight snack, but at least it was delicious.
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