Hey Reader,

You already know I love a good pot pie. Creamy filling, cozy vibes, the whole thing. But I'd be lying if I said I didn't get bored making the same version on repeat.

So, I started riffing on it....just like I do on every single recipe that crosses my table. Same core ingredients or concept, totally different dinner. (FYI: that's Recipe Redo).

Here's what I've been playing with lately:

#1: Muffin Tin Veggie Pot Pies This is the OG on the blog. Puff pastry pressed into a muffin tin, filled with frozen veggies, mushrooms, garbanzo beans (sub in chicken if you want), and a cream of mushroom base. 35 minutes, kid approved, and my oldest walks around eating them like muffins. Grab the recipe right here.​

#2: Gnocchi Pot Pie Soup Same creamy filling energy, but in soup form. Saute your 3 diced celery, 1 large diced onion & 3 diced carrots (or better yet, grab the pre-cut store stuff, no judgment) in butter or bacon grease with a little garlic till soft. Add can of cream of chicken or potato soup, a can of milk, and two boxes of stock (or homemade bone broth). Let that simmer, 1/2 bag frozen mixed veg (peas, carrots, green beans, corn). Toss in your chicken, then drop in a package of dried gnocchi. YES. I swear. Trust the process!

Fifteen more minutes and it's done. The gnocchi soaks up all that pot pie flavor and it is so good. Rotisserie chicken works perfectly here if you've got one on hand.

NOTE: I was worried about the gnocchi dissolving at some point -- NOPE. 2 lunch reheats later & those gnocchi are still perfect!

#3: Biscuit Topped Pot Pie Casserole Take that same veggie filling from the muffin tin recipe, pour it into a casserole dish, add chicken if you want. Cook for 30 minutes & pull out to top with quartered biscuits straight from the can. Bake until the biscuits are golden and puffed. That's it. No pastry skills required, no muffin tin, no fuss.

This is exactly the kind of thinking that makes weeknight cooking way less exhausting. You don't need a new recipe every single week. You just need a few solid bases you can spin a different way depending on what's in your fridge. That's the Recipe Redo Way. Come, follow me - the weather's glorious over here.

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Talk soon,

Brett

P.S. The gnocchi soup is going into regular rotation at my house. Fair warning.

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