CORNBREAD TOPPED CHICKEN POT PIE

OH MY GOD! This is one of the best things to have come out of my head!!! Some prep but oh my is it worth it!! Do the soup first to let it thicken while you get everything else ready.

PREHEAT OVEN TO 400

CREAM OF MUSHROOM SOUP
1/2 cup chopped mushrooms
3 Tbl Earth Balance
glug of white wine
a cup of almond milk
1 Tbl onion minced
clove of minced garlic
2Tbl cornstarch

Heat the 'butter' in a small saucepan till bubbly, add mushrooms, onion and garlic and wine. When wilted, sprinkle and whisk in the cornstarch. if it gets to thick add some wine. ( Same goes for the chef, glug for the pan, glug for you!) Heat the milk until hot in microwave and slowly add to mixture. Simmer on low until thick.

MEAT MIXTURE
about a pound of chicken meat cut up. ( I used boneless, skinless, boneless thighs tonight
a cup of chopped onion
a stalk of celery chopped
salt and pepper

Throw it all in a pan on med high heat and cook until meat is 160. Remove everything from the pan and into a large mixing bowl and add..

GRAVY

about a cup of chicken stock and mix with brownings and bring to a boil. While that is coming to a boil, mix about 2 Tbl of cornstarch and 3/4 cup COLD water and mix well. Once bubbling, add the cornstarch and water and stir until thick.

Pour the gravy and the soup into the big bowl with the meat mixture and mix it all up. I added about a cup or so of frozen mixed veggies. Grease a 8X8 pan and pour it all in. Throw it in the oven ( if you are anal about your oven as I am, place it on some foil so the boil over doesn't jack up the bottom of your oven.

Cornbread

Ok I swear you are almost done, it is so freakin worth it!!! For the cornbread. This is a STAPLE in our house!!!! ( Use the left over to make a few muffins to have for dessert with butter and hot syrup!)

1 cup cornmeal
1 cup rice flour
2/3 cup sugar
3 1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp xanthan gum
1 cup almond milk
1 egg
1/3 cup oil

Mix all the dry stuff together, make a little well and add all the wet. Mix well. Take the pan out of the oven, this is important to make sure that it is hot when you pour the batter on it. Pour the batter all over the meat. There will be left over. Put it back in the oven for about 25 min.

ENJOY ENJOY ENJOY!