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SEMI HOMEMADE POT PIE (TWO WAYS)

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Let’s talk comfort food. When I think about some of my favorite comfort foods, the recipes are often involved. These are perfect for special occasions, holiday meals, celebration meals of one sort or another. They are worth the effort when you have the time but a lot of us don’t have an extra few hours to spend on a single dish. But what do you do when you want, no, NEED comfort food but don’t have the time or energy for one of those special, hours to prepare dishes? I’ve got you covered.

I’ve been making the original version of this chicken pot pie for about 15 years and, to be forthcoming, it is not my recipe. I got it from a collaborative recipe book put together by employees from some random company. In other words, I don’t know the exact source but wish I did so that I could give the person full credit on this one. When I started eating a more plant based diet, I created a vegetarian version of this pot pie. Both versions are semi homemade which means you can put them together in about five minutes and then relax while they bake into sheer comfort food. My best advice on these pot pies? Go ahead and make more than one. You’re going to want second helpings and they make fantastic leftover.

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Vegetable Pot Pie (Semi Homemade)

This pot pie comes together quickly and serves up pure comfort food.
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Easy Pot Pie, Pot Pie, Semi Homemade Pot Pie, Vegetarian Pot Pie

Ingredients

  • 2 9" unbaked pie crusts
  • 16 oz frozen mixed vegetables (blend of carrots, corn, peas & green beans)
  • 1 cup frozen diced potatoes
  • 10.5 oz can cream of celery condensed soup

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 425°F.
  • Unroll one unbaked pie crust and place in a 9” pie dish.
  • In a medium bowl, stir together frozen vegetables, potatoes and condensed soup.
  • Spread mixture into pie crust and top with remaining unbaked pie crust.
  • Pinch edges of crusts together to create a seal.
  • Cut several slits into top pie crust.
  • Bake 45 minutes or until crust is golden brown.
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Chicken Pot Pie (Semi Homemade)

This pot pie comes together quickly and serves up pure comfort food.
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Chicken Pot Pie, Easy Chicken Pot Pie, Pot Pie, Semi Homemade Chicken Pot Pie

Ingredients

  • 2 9" unbaked pie crusts
  • 16 oz frozen mixed vegetables (blend of carrots, corn, peas & green beans)
  • 12 oz canned premium white chicken
  • 10.5 oz can cream of chicken condensed soup

Instructions

  • Heat oven to 425°F.
  • Unroll one unbaked pie crust and place in a 9” pie dish.
  • In a medium bowl, stir together vegetables, chicken and condensed soup.
  • Spread mixture into pie crust and top with remaining unbaked pie crust.
  • Pinch edges of crusts together to create a seal.
  • Cut several slits into top pie crust.
  • Bake 45 minutes or until crust is golden brown.

HAZELNUT ICEBOX PIE

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Hazelnut Icebox Pie - Slice Of Honey Blog

Lately it seems like I’ve been living in the glorification of busy. I’ve been chasing all sort of new goals. Isn’t that what New Year’s is about? I’ve been reducing and reorganizing the clutter in our house (hello #konmari). I’ve been doubling my workouts which is totally cliché this time of year but there are worse things to strive for in life, right?! I’ve been placing an emphasis on family through dating my husband (sometimes stay at home dates) and playing/reading with our daughter. When you add more to an already full schedule, something else typically suffers. For me, creativity has been a huge struggle this month. Typically, I come up with several recipe ideas each month, some make the cut for this blog and some don’t. However, we are always eating well and trying new dishes around our house. That was, until this month. We all have ruts and I am no exception but I’m happy to say the creativity is coming back and recipe ideas have started flooding in again.

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These new routines and activities does not mean creativity needs to laid to rest. Quite the opposite. Creativity can only add to the creation of recipes that are easy to make as well as delicious. When my husband and I do date nights in at home we always include dinner and dessert in our plans. In need of something exceptionally easy to make, I came up with this recipe. This pie is the precisely what the doctor ordered to cure our cravings. Get your sweet tooth ready, you’ll need it if you’re going to hang with this one!

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Tips:

  • You can elevate this recipe a bit by making a homemade graham cracker crust if you want to. Recipe included after the pie recipe.
  • I used half of a container of whipped topping in this pie. Feel free to use the rest for garnish when you serve the pie.

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Hazelnut Icebox Pie

Five ingredients are all you need to satisfy your sweet tooth.
Servings: 8

Ingredients

  • 8 oz cream cheese, softened
  • 14 oz sweetened condensed milk
  • 7 oz hazelnut spread such as Nutella
  • 4 oz frozen whipped topping, thawed
  • 1 pre-made graham cracker crust

Instructions

  • In a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk and hazelnut spread until combined (a few streaks are fine). Fold in whipped topping then pour mixture into pie crust. Freeze at least 8 hours or overnight.

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Homemade Graham Cracker Crust

Ingredients

  • 1 3/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
  • 6 Tablespoons melted butter
  • 2 Tablespoons sugar

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350F. Mix graham cracker crumbs, butter and sugar. Press mixture into pie dish. Bake 7 minutes. Cool completely before filling.