A few recent successes

Hey, I'd love to do a more thorough job on this, but I thought I could at least put up a few pictures and descriptions to let you know what we've made of late that's been worth eating!
I like making chicken pot pies because they're easy and they allow you to sneak lots of vegetables into everyone's diet.  I used a normal pie crust recipe this time (I often use Bisquick and mix it up like I was making b

iscuits and use that, since it makes a lighter, fluffier crust) but this time, we did it the old-fashioned way.  We cooked up a little chicken, threw in some steamed and some frozen vegetables (this one included carrots, peas and corn, but it's easy to just use those frozen veggie mixes) and mixed it in with cream of mushroom soup, adding water/milk as needed to stir it, and baked it for about 35 minutes.  It was delicious.

We also had a nacho night, which was successful.  We found ground turkey that was already seasoned, though it's not hard to add taco seasoning to ground turkey or beef and get the same effect.  We cooked that with onions, melted cheese into it, added salsa and olives, and ate it with chips.  We had that along with a fruit salad that I made using just fruits, no filler.  That's my favorite way to do fruit salads.  I just add a little lemon or lime juice to keep the fruit as fresh as possible, and sometimes sugar (though if you get the right balance of sweeter fruits and include bananas, you really don't need it).

We've also made a couple of stir fries recently.  We just use beef or chicken cut into small pieces and cooked with onions, and add bok choy and stir fry mix and some seasoning (Don does that - I think he just adds soy sauce, some salt & pepper, garlic, and maybe a couple of other things) and eat it with rice. 

Also, we had a culinary emergency the other day when the pot roast wasn't done in time for the sister missionaries to eat it, so we had to improvise.  We made a light salad into a more substantial one by adding canned beans (black are the best, but kidney also work), corn, and cheese, in addition to the lettuce, tomatoes, avocado and green onions that it already included.  That meal works for people who've already had a big lunch (as they had) or who can be convinced that a salad really can constitute actual food if you add enough protein to it.  Then Don and I got to eat pot roast for days when it was finally done cooking.  Yum.

That's all for now.  If you avid bloggers want to tell me how to include pictures, I can add them of a couple of these dishes.