Quick and Tasty Pot Pie with Biscuits

Serves 6 to 10

Recently, I posted a recipe for Turkey Pot Pie.  It requires a lot of cutting and sauteing of vegetables and a roasted turkey.

A faster way to make a pot pie is to barbecue some boneless, skinless chicken breasts first (or use a rotisserie chicken from the store), make the gravy, chop up the chicken, add a bag of frozen mixed vegetables, top with biscuits and bake. Quick, simple and delicious.

Is this as good as making it from scratch?  Well, in my opinion, no.  But, this way is way faster and very close.

To keep the speed factor up, use biscuits (recipe here) instead of pie dough.  The trick here is to heat up the pot pie mixture on the stove until it is boiling.  Then put the biscuits on top and pop it in the oven to bake the biscuits.

Recipe follows.

Thanksgiving Between Two Pieces of Toast

One sandwich

This isn’t a recipe as much as it’s an adventure. Many, many Thanksgivings ago, my sister, Lynn, made a sandwich on the Friday after Thanksgiving using dressing from the turkey on it.
This blew my mind. I had never thought of even trying such a thing. But, the saying in our house has always been, “You need to broaden your horizons. You have to try something before you say you don’t like it.”
I tried it, and I was hooked.
This is one of those sandwiches I look forward every Thanksgiving and Christmas. It just tastes delicious.

Recipe follows.

Turkey Carcass Stock

Turkey carcass stock is really easy to make and delicious. It’s also a great way to use up leftover vegetables and other stuff from the big Thanksgiving day dinner.
Instead of throwing them away, you get to put the bones from the Turkey Day turkey to good use. And you can do all sorts of things with the stock, like: a) make some soup from it, b) freeze some of it and make turkey gravy for Christmas, or c)use it to make that turkey pot pie everyone loves on the Sunday after Thanksgiving (at least my family does!).
The other good thing about this recipe is that you get to clean out the refrigerator. Got a half an onion? Throw it in. Small amount of carrots in the crisper? Throw them in. Some leftover thyme? In it goes. Same with celery.
Add some bay leaves and peppercorns and you’re done.
A recipe follows, but it really is only a guide to get you started. So feel free to use up whatever is in your fridge.