Chicken Pot Pie & Prayer
Head, Hands, Heart August 2022
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Head
Every business owner knows that writing eventually turns into a chore rather than a delightful play of expression. As a writer and business owner, the words get stuck somewhere between a sticky high chair and a laptop.
Recently, I’ve found a lovely business you should follow by Jas Harrison. I’ve been enjoying the latest e-book she’s written. You can find that here. (By the way, I’m by no means affiliated with her. I just enjoy the content she provides!)
Some other recommended reads for you this month:
Lessons of Motherhood & Business: Here are five things I have learned in business and motherhood that help strengthen me as a leader.
Emily Oster of ParentData has written an article called “Vitamins Are (Mostly) Pointless” and I think it’s a great read for you.
Hands
I don’t have an image for my chicken pot pie recipe, but a request from my sister this week inspired me to share it with you. This recipe is not gluten or dairy free by any means! But if you want to adapt it to be, I recommend doing a soup version with substitute ingredients (such as chicken broth instead of cream soup bases).
This recipe comes from my mother and is something she made frequently when we were growing up, especially if we were on a budget and needed a hearty meal. It’s also really easy to have all these ingredients on hand for last minute dinners.
Easy Chicken Pot Pie
Premade, refrigerated pie crust
1 can Cream of Chicken
1 can Cream of Potato
1 can Veg-all (or 1 cup frozen mixed veggies)
2 baked chicken breasts, cubed (or shredded, rotisserie chicken)
Salt & pepper to taste
Sprinkle of thyme
Preheat oven at 350 F. Place bottom pie crust into round pie dish for baking. (Sprinkle a bit of flour on glass to help prevent sticking).
Add precooked chicken and all ingredients into a large bowl. Mix.
After adding mixture into pie dish, secure the top crust with fingers or fork. Make vent slits in top crust.
Add foil on top crust (loosely) and bake for 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake until crust is golden and the pie is cooked hot inside.
Tastes great served with shredded sharp cheddar! Without thyme or cheddar, it costs about $3.30 per person depending on your store for five people served.
Heart
If you haven’t heard before, I wrote a book last summer called The Prayer Journal Workbook. All paid subscribers get full access to the Motherhood Minute archive as well as this e-book!
If you’ve been looking for a way to start praying more, writing more, and connecting with God more, that’s what this is all about.
In the month before I gave birth, I was journaling every day and for the past five years I’ve been praying mostly through writing. There is something about writing down my blessings and struggles that brings more clarity for me than if I’m leaving it up to my brain power off the page.
This 17 page e-book guides you through 5 reasons to write your prayers and includes a bunch of journaling prompts to get you started.
For the month of September, we will be working through the Prayer Journal Workbook as a community to celebrate it’s one-year birthday!
If you would like to join along, be sure to subscribe to Motherhood Minute and follow me on Instagram @chanelriggle for updates.