Yoda Pie

The last nanny for the boys promised to make them Chicken Pot Pie inside of a pumpkin because one of her best friends had done it. For one reason or another, she never got around to it, and the boys have been begging for chicken pot pie ever since. I've only ever had store-bought chicken pot pie and am never impressed with it. With the time restraints that I mentioned, there was no way that I could tackle a pie from scratch–an intricate (and time consuming task). What with the baking of the crust, the cooking of the meat and filling, and then finally baking the concoction all together, I would've had to start cooking last night. So I found a recipe for "2-Step Inside Out Chicken Pot Pie". So much simpler: bake some biscuits (I chose Pillsbury's Buttermilk Grands Biscuits), cook the chicken thoroughly, add a bag of mixed frozen vegetables and condensed Cream of Chicken Soup. Serve the filling over the biscuits and you have "Yoda Pie". Anakin decided that since Yoda's speech pattern is backwards (or inside out) that this was the perfect name for our meal.

Yoda Pie

Both boys really liked this meal EXCEPT that the Daisy Picker is now becoming my "It's disgusting, I don't like it before I've even tried it" eater. When I actually get him to eat it, he changes his mind :P Sometimes I think I should revert back to the chicken nugget/frozen meatball menu. Dinner without a fight would be much nicer than the struggle of getting little ones to try new things. But the cooking is too much fun and serving the same microwavable meals over and over gets dull.