Yesterday I made H’s ultimate comfort food. Augratin potatoes and Ham. Side of roasted asparagus. Easy to put together and best of all, made enough that we can eat it again tonight so I don’t have to cook! I even made an extra small casserole of it and dropped it off at S and DIL’s so they get the treat of a comfort food meal this week that they just have to pop in the oven!
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Basically a gussied up chicken pot pie -but so easy and so forgiving and so good:
Bonus- her pastry is the first time I have had a pastry work properly!
(she was the Season 5 winner on GBBO)
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My wife uses dried tarragon in her chicken pot pie recipe; it’s one of the “secret ingredients.”
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Tarragon is one spice NOT in my spice cupboard!!!
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OMG that looks fantastic. Going on the list.
Good thing I already finished my dinner before poking my head in this thread! I’d be drooling! 
@zeebamom’s stew looks fantastic.
The chicken stew looks delicious. Do you think I can just make it on the stove and not use a slow cooker?
The stew was delicious. I used half and half instead of almond milk, threw the garlic in the pan at the end of browning the chicken to take the edge off, and no peas. Potatoes were tiny “honey gold” and just needed a scrub, no peeling or chopping.
I started it on high for a couple of hours and then reduced it to low.
It could easily be prepared in a Dutch oven on the stove or in a low oven.
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@zeebamom - Thank you! I think I will give this a try next week in my Dutch over on low in the oven.
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Making the chicken stew but making polenta instead of biscuits!
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I remember Nancy–she was great! I will have to try this.
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We had this Cheesy White Bean Tomato Bake tonight and it was amazing, as always. A very adaptable recipe–I added onion for extra crunch, and a mix of cheeses on top. It’s from the NYTimes. It’s comfort food plus vegetarian. And it’s so easy!!!
We had roasted brussel sprouts with garlic on the side.
Cheesy White Bean-Tomato Bake Recipe - NYT Cooking
I’ll add my picture, plus a screen shot of the recipe for those who don’t have a subscription.
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I made the above popular chicken stew tonight even though stew of any sort is not my thing! H likes it though. A side of fresh baked from scratch focaccia!
I did mine in the oven in a ditch oven instead of slow cooker. I would say the disadvantage was that it was not very saucy. I added more broth but was expecting more of a creamy broth situation
Shrimp scampi with lots of garlic, over pasta. I’ll pay for it later, but boy was it good.
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I made this tonight. I’d been looking at this on NYT ads for the past couple of weeks, haha, so I had to.
I added sautéed pancetta and dried basil and oregano. Served with chicken Parmesan. Delicious.
Thanks for posting.
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Heading out tomorrow for a ski weekend so I need to use up the rest of my rotisserie chicken. So it’s chicken quesadillas with fresh guacamole since I have avocados to use too.
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Had this last night (and leftovers today, since there’s only two of us). Very good! (I’m looking for hearty but low carb, so this fits the bill).
https://dinnerthendessert.com/baked-spinach-artichoke-chicken/?utm_source=pocket_mylist
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A twofer today… making a double batch of chili. One batch to bring on a hunting trip and another to leave with the wife and kids. Then I’m making lasagna for dinner so the wife has even more leftovers while I’m gone.
My waistline expanded just writing that.
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No cooking for me this weekend! Heading out soon for a ski weekend in Mammoth (Eastern Sierra). Tonight we will get pizza and salad from our favorite place across the street from our hotel and bring it back to our room to watch the Olympic opening ceremonies.
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