Veggie Boxes Week 9 2024

This week's veggie boxes include:

carrots

beets

celery

swiss chard

eggplant

cucumber

cherry tomatoes

slicing tomatoes

snack peppers

bell pepper

poblano pepper

beans

red skin potatoes

bunching onions

yellow onion

crookneck squash

The Grysen Growers original recipe this week is

Casey's chicken pot pie

• 1 red or white onion diced

• 1 or 2 carrots washed and sliced

• a handful of beans washed and cut into 3rds

• 1 or 2 stalks of celery chopped

• a handful of peas (optional)

• 2 cloves of garlic diced

• 2 tbsp of olive oil

• 2 pie crusts (store bought or homemade)

• 4 tbsp butter

• 5 tbsp flour

• 1 cup of chicken broth

• 1/2 cup of milk

• 1/2 cup of heavy cream

• 2 cups of white meat chicken (we like to cook a whole chicken the day before and use the meat from that)

• salt and pepper to taste

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Place one of the pie crusts into a greased 9 inch pie pan.

Heat the olive oil in a medium pan and saute the carrots for 2 minutes. Add the beans, onions, peas and saute another 2 minutes. Add the garlic and the pre cut and cooked chicken to heat through. Salt and pepper to taste and cook another 2 minutes or until the veggie are fork tender. Turn off the heat.

In a separate pan, heat butter until melted. Add the flour and whisk constantly to create a roux. Stir for one minute. Slowly pour in the chicken broth while whisking. Then slowly pour in the milk and cream and continue to whisk. Season generously with salt and pepper. Cook until it is just starting to thicken.

Pour the sauce over the veggie and chicken mixture and stir until everything is coated.

Pour the mixture into the crust lined pie dish and then top with the second pie crust.

Cut a few vent slits into the top of the crust and cook in the oven for 45 minutes.

Slice and serve hot!