Chicken Pot Pie and Bread...17º

Rusty has mentioned pot pie several times in the week he has been home...I've made it a couple of times using leftovers and making individual pies for each person...Yesterday with two frozen pie shells, chicken breasts and chopped veggies, we made one large pie in my "Olaf" pie plate...While I was busy sautéing veggies and chicken, Rusty rolled out the crusts and soon the pie, sprinkled with paprika, was in the oven...It cooked for an hour, cooled for 15 minutes, served beautifully...Just the right consistency...But it needed more flavor...Maybe fish sauce would do the trick, I will give it a try next time and maybe look up a recipe?

Pot pie with paprika (every time I checked it in

the oven it looked like apple pie with 

cinnamon)...Maybe that is why it didn't

taste quite like a pot pie?

Rusty also decided to make another batch of the no knead bread, using some of my sourdough starter...He left it to work most of the day supposedly to improve the flavor...Last night as we played umpteen card games (I won the most) :), he made loaves and baked the sticky dough...He ended up with heavy loaves, not quite what we were hoping for, but tasty all the same and especially when we dipped the crusty slices, right out of the oven, into grated garlic, olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

Special plate with bumps in the center to grate

the garlic, then splash oil and vinegar around the edge.

Dip the bread in here...(Not a great photo, but you get the idea!)

Russ says he is going home tomorrow...Today he and Herb are going to the wood deck and I have to docent at the JC...So we will clean out the fridge and have leftovers for dinner...Hugs To All...OWAV:)