Easy Chicken Pot Pie

1 cup cooked chicken
1 bag (16 oz.) frozen peas and carrots (thawed)
1 can (10 3/4) cream of chicken soup
1 cup original bisquick mix
1/2 cup milk
1 egg

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Stir chicken, vegetables, and soup in ungreased 2 quart casserole. Stir remaining ingredients until blended. Pour over chicken mixture. Bake uncovered for 30 minutes or until crust is golden brown.

*You can also simply use the filling ingredients to make a traditional pot pie in a pie crust, although I usually add in parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme to season it.*

Marchi's Pumpkin Chiffon Pie

Blend: 1 Tbsp. gelatin, and 1/4 cup cold water.
Mix in saucepan:
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ginger
1/2 tsp. allspice
1 1/3 cup pumpkin
3 large egg yolks
1/2 cup milk

Cook over low heat. Boil 1 minute. Remove from heat. Stir in soft gelatin. Cool. When partially set, beat. Carefully fold into meringue. Fill 9 inch pie shell, baked. Chill for 2 hours.

Meringue:
3 large egg whites
1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
6 Tbsp. sugar

Healthy "Man-Pleaser" Meat Pie

My husband is a meat-and-potatoes kind of guy. Consequently, I am always trying to find frugal and healthy ways to appease his appetite. I adapted a recipe in my most recent Everyday Food magazine and came up with this yummy recipe. He's even eating the leftovers (and he never does that) without my asking him to eat them, so it must be good. Anything this simple and tasty is right up my ally!

Ingredients:
1 Double pie crust (I used a pre-made one)
2 Tbsp. oil
3 garlic cloves minced
1 medium onion chopped
1 carrot thinly sliced (I used a peeler to get the thin slices)
1 lb. ground turkey (93% lean)
1 can green beans drained and coarsely chopped
1/4 cup of prosciutto chopped

Directions:
1. Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees. In large skillet heat oil, brown onions and carrots over medium heat until carrot is tender around 5-7 minutes. Add garlic. Add turkey and cook until no longer pink. Season to taste with salt, pepper, and other herbs you like. Add in the green beans.

2. Add mixture to pie shell. Place crust on top, crimp edges, cut slits in the top to vent. Bake for 25-30 minutes until pie shell is cooked and nicely browned.

(P.S. this is not a picture of my pies, ours was gobbled up too fast, but I think these are beautiful. I wish I was as talented at making pies.)

Chocolate Mallow Pie

2 or 3 sq. unsweetened chocolate
32 large marshmallows
2 Tbsp. water
dash of salt
2 egg yolks
1/2 tps. vanilla
1 envelope dream whip
1/2 cup cold milk
1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 egg whites, stiffly beaten

Combine chocolate, marshmallows, water and salt in top of double boiler. Cook over hot water until mixture melts. Beat egg yolks slightly and very gradually stir in chocolate mixture. Return to double boiler and cook, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes. Remove from heat; add 1/2 tsp. vanilla and beat until smooth. Cool. Prepare dream whip with milk and 1/2 tsp. vanilla as directed on package. Fold in chocolate mixture along with egg whites. Pour into a crumb crust or baked pastry shell and chill.

Grasshopper Pie

Ingredients for crust
1 cup Bisquick baking mix
1/4 cup cocoa
2 Tbsp sugar
1/4 cup butter or margarine softened
3 Tbsp. boiling water

Directions:
1. combine baking mix, cocoa, sugar, and butter in small bowl. Add water; stir vigorosly until dough forms a ball and cleans the bowl. Dough will be puffy and soft.

2. Pat dough with lightly floured hands into 9 in pie pan, bringing up the dough to edge of pan.

3 Bake 8-10 minutes. Cool

Ingredients for Filling
1 envelop unflavored gelatin
1/3 cup cold water
1 cup chilled whipping cream
1/2 can of vanilla pudding (1 cup)
1/4 cup white creme de cocoa
1/4 cup green creme de menthe
Chocolate curls

Directions for Filling
Sprinkle gelatin on water in small saucepan to soften. stir over very low heat until gelatin is dissolved. In chilled bowl, beat cream until stiff. Blend pudding and liqueurs into whipped cream; fold in gelatin and, if you like, green food color. Pour mixture into pie shell. Chill at least 4 hours or until set. Just before serving garnish with chocolate curls.