There are two vegetables that I have avoided since The Salesman’s diabetes diagnosis:
Peas and carrots
And tonight’s recipe for dinner included both vegetables. Normally, we think of vegetables as being low in sugar; but some vegetables rank higher in sugar. And that was the reason I had avoided these two until tonight. Now that The Salesman is four months out from his diagnosis, and has cut sugar out of his diet, I decided to try a recipe that had a small amount of peas and carrots.
Let me just start out by saying, The Salesman liked this meal. It was tasty. He had a very generous first serving and a generous second serving. We paired a green salad with this comfort food to round out our meal.
My sister-in-love, Nancy, makes the best Chicken Pot Pie ever. I still remember some twenty years ago, arriving at her home as she was finishing the crust… For years, anytime I made a chicken pot pie, I used Nancy’s recipe. Since we are following the THM plan, it was time to try Chicken Pot Pie from the Trim Healthy Mama perspective.
Here are the recipe details:
Cookbook: Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook
Chapter: Oven Dishes
Recipe: Chicken Pot Pie
Serving: Family Serve – Feeds 6 to 8
Fuel: S, Satisfying
This recipe was divided into two steps:
The filling and the crust.
I would suggest prepping your chicken beforehand, so that the recipe moves along. *Someone* did not put the chicken in the refrigerator to thaw the night before and *someone* had to cook the chicken while the filling was simmering on the stove top…
And one would think that I was excited to open the peas, because here is where some of the peas landed when I opened the bag… And sad to say, there were a good many that found their way to the floor!
The filling was tasty!
And I decided to be a little creative with the crust. I did not read the last few lines of the recipe that mentioned browning the crust. Details, details.
I was ready to eat! And may have already eaten most of my salad by the time the pot pie came out of the oven.
Flavorful and delicious!
Two thumbs up!
Enjoy!
