What a crazy week this has been so far! Mostly due to the
fact that I’ve waited until the last minute to make an overly elaborate costume
for Halloween (as usual), but also because it seems like a million other things
have come up. As to be expected, when it came time to make dinner tonight I
realized that I never made it to the store. I stood in front of my recipe
graveyard, aka the fridge, and wondered what on Earth I could make.
I noticed the biscuits first, which gave me the idea for
a pot pie. I knew I had potatoes, onions, and veggie broth, so I scrounged
around to see what else I could find. I found a bag of rotting carrots in a
forgotten corner of my crisper drawer – gross – so those were out, but I did
have yams, so I picked those up. Next I found some leftover cream I had from
the corn chowder I made a few days ago, and the peas popped out at me as soon
as I opened the freezer. I picked up some dried thyme, salt and pepper, and a
little bit of flour, and I was good to go!
Not only was this recipe delicious, but I was able to use
a lot of ingredients that otherwise would have gone bad, which is always a
plus!
