Friday, November 30, 2007

DDWELC meal #7

We're big on leftovers here. It's prudent, it's frugal and it reduces waste. And it can be fun turning odds and ends from other meals into something wonderfully new. I know, I know. Turkey potpie doesn't sound all that exciting, does it? When you're a wintered-in country girl, you take what you can get, okay?! :)

I used Joy of Cooking to make this pie, with a few adaptations, of course. If you're looking for a recipe, check out katie's post. Her individual potpies look yummy!!
The Breakdown:
The Sauce-
butter, milk-Oliver Farms-36mi
flour-Hampshire Farms-34mi
s&p-mennonites-?
parsley-garden-0
turkey stock-homemade from carcass-0mi
The "Stuff" :)-
turkey-leftover from thanksgiving-400mi
broccoli and peas-leftovers-not local but organic
carrots, onions, potatoes-garden-0mi
The Crust-
flour-Hampshire Farms-34mi
salt, shortening-mennonites-?
butter-Oliver Farms-36mi
water-0mi

6 comments:

Christy said...

This is a great idea for the left over dark meat that we don't really like for sandwiches. I'll have to try it next year. We aren't big turkey fans here unfortunately.

frugalmom said...

Okay, I am in the middle of packing and totally starving. Then I see this. AHHHHHH...it looks so good. I could eat that whole thing!

alice c said...

Oh ... that looks so good! We are having chicken and bacon pot pie but it doesn't look as good as yours!

Ginnie said...

Oh, yummmmmm!

farm mom said...

christy-yes, it was an excellent use of the dark meat. We're not big fans of dark meat either, but I have to say, the heritage turkey's dark meat was really tasty!

thanks for the compliments guys, it was good!! :)

sugarcreekfarm said...

Wow, that looks good! I usually make a chicken pot pie, but with biscuits on top instead of a pie crust. Because I'm afraid of pie crust, or rather, afraid of the results when I make it :)