Yummy Veggie Pot Pie!

I thought this pot pie would be bland, boring, and a general disaster but oh. my. gosh. I don't think I've ever eaten a pot pie more yummy or healthier! My family and I added up all the calories and if you cut the pie into eight slices each slice is around 240 calories! Awesome right? Well it gets better. This pot pie is full of healthy good stuff and here comes the really astounding part, it's filling! Really filling!


Ingredients for filling:
2 Yukon Gold Potatoes, Diced
1/4 Red Onion
6 cups of Fresh Spinach
2 SMALL Crook Neck Yellow Squash, sliced
2 Ears of Grilled Corn
2 Tsp Dried Thyme
1/4 tsp Dry Rosemary
2 cups Chicken Broth
1 tsp Corn Starch or Flour as needed to thicken it
Extra Virgin Olive Oil! or whatever oil you prefer.

Directions for filling:
Place corn on the grill for about ten minutes till it has those hash marks on it. Dice and boil potatoes. Drain and set them aside. Dice red onion. Add about 1/2 Tbsp of some type of healthy oil to a skillet. Add onions and saute till tender. Once the onions are tender add the spinach. Yup, all of it, I hope you have a big skillet! Add the onions and spinach to the potatoes once you're done. Slice the squash and saute with the same amount of healthful oil as before and thyme. Once they're tender add them to the rest of the filling w/ the potatoes. Toss the rosemary in with the rest of the filling too. Put 2 cups of chicken broth in a pot and bring it to heat. Slowly add the cornstarch. Let cook for 1-2 minutes and take off heat. Add some flour to make that creamy colour if you want! Now add it to the rest of the filling! Let it sit and thicken while you make the crust.

Ingredients for Crust: (Altered Galette Crust from Cooking With Julia)
1/3 cup Corn Meal
1 1/3 cup Whole Wheat Flour
7 Tbsp unsweetened butter
1 Tsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
3 Tbsp sour cream
1/3-1/4 cup Ice water.

Directions for Crust:
Preheat the over to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Combine dry ingredients and mix well. Cube butter and cut into dry mixture with either a pastry cutter or food processor. In another bowl mix sour cream and ice water. Once it looks crumbly the dry mixture slowly, very slowly add it to the wet mixture. Keep it cold! Once finished split dough in two and roll out dough to fit an eight inch pie pan. Add the filling and roll out the second ball of dough to make the top. Cut the vents into the crust and bake for 30-45 minutes. Let it cool for 20-30 minutes, serve, and enjoy. : )


Magickal Reference Stuff:
Pot pie is just one of those foods that kind of ends up like a garbage can. You get to use up what you need to get rid of while learning how to make what you have work. You can use this aspect of pot pie for a lot of things, it's up to you to think them up! I'm not doing all the work here! It's also a great way to bring balance, unity, and "flow" into your life. For instance, I always think of single ingredients as words or ideas but by bringing them together you make something more detailed like a sentence or a paragraph! Yeah! :D When I think of pot pie compared to stew though, which is another kind of garbage can food, pot pie always seems like a warm hug, stew feels more like an old man in constant thought, like Aristotle.
Yukon Gold Potato: Earth, simplicity, generosity, abundance,
Onion: Masculine, earth, protection, healing, purification
Spinach: Truthfulness, bright beginnings, open heart
Crook neck yellow Squash: Sun, lightening a load, aloofness
Corn: Steadfastness, strength, courage, sun, a sweet demeanor, cycles
Thyme: Cleansing, courage, memories, healing
Rosemary: Memory, concentration, healing, protection, longevity
Chicken Broth: Health, sunrise, mothering, making what you have last
Corn Starch: Creating uniformity, an embrace, bringing yourself to focus when your mind's all over the place.
Flour: Control, revealing hidden matters, consistency
Cornmeal: Earth, fire, maintaining stability and protection, steadfastness
Salt: Ocean, earth, purification, protection, moon energy
Pepper: Fire, cleansing, banishing
Sugar: Sweetens EVERYTHING, childlike joy, friendship, courage
Unsalted butter: Smoothing out relationships, removing harsh feelings, acceptance, forgiveness
Sour Cream: Cleansing, patience, respectability
Ice Water: Calming over abundant emotions, respecting the emotions of others, cooling firey souls