Super Simple Chicken Pot Pie

So I have literally been on the phone ALL DAY LONG dealing with my children’s insurance company and trying to get some emergency room bills covered.  So, when I realized it was 5:30 and I hadn’t even started dinner, well…..

So I begrudgingly walk rush into the kitchen and start grabbing things off the shelf.  I had some leftover chicken from some quarters I had roasted last week, some canned veggies, two wrinkly squash, 3 carrots, you get the idea.  Thank God I have the ability to make dinner from nothing, because none of this food alone was enough to feed my army!  See the recipe below and the delicious looking pot pie finale!

Super Simple Chicken Pot Pie

Ingredients:

2 cups chicken (chopped, shredded, canned, whatever you have on hand)

1 can corn, drained

1 can green beans, drained

1 can evaporated milk (I used skim)

2 wrinkly squash-that-should’ve-been-thrown-out-but-they-aren’t-moldy-just-yet (or fresh, ya know, whatever), chopped

3 carrots, chopped (preferably from the back bottom of your fridge, hiding under cheese and leftovers)

1 container of Bob Evans Garlic Mashed Potatoes (got them for dirt cheap, otherwise I’d use 2 big potatoes)

2 cans of cheap-o store brand biscuits (or some bisquick mix, if you’ve got that on hand)

Directions:

Set the biscuits aside.

Dump everything else in a big bowl and microwave it for 5 minutes.

(I like to add in garlic and onion powder, parsley, salt and pepper as well.  Be creative!)

Stir, then pour into a pan, and cover with the biscuits.

Pop it in the oven at 350 for 20 minutes.

Relax.

Take a bubble bath.

Shave your legs.

Let’s be realistic.  Run around cleaning up the table so there’s room to eat.

20 minutes later, pull that delicious smelling pot pie out of the oven and wow your family with your awesome baking skills!

 

Deliciousness achieved, and it only took a few minutes!

Next time you think you should just order pizza because you don’t have time to cook, think again.  For me to get enough pizza/fast food for my family of 8, I’m looking at a minimum of $20 if not $30.  Yikes!  Instead, I sucked it up for 5 minutes and put together a tasty dinner that was fairly healthy!

Cost of tonight’s tastiness:

Chicken – $2.00 (I buy leg quarters and roast them for cheap chicken for dishes)

Canned corn – $0.50

Canned green beans – $0.50

Evaporated milk – $0.50

Mashed potatoes – $1.00 (on sale w/ a coupon)

Carrots – $0.25 (buy the big bag, they keep for a while)

Squash – $0.65 ($1.29 for a pack of 4 at Aldi)

Biscuits – $1.00 (packs of 4 at Kroger for $2.00)

Total:  $6.40

Woot!  That’s for a good 8 servings, so only $0.80 per person!  I’ll take that over $30 in pizza any day!