Two Kinds of Comfort

I’m from the south and when I hear the word “comfort” I expect it to be followed by the word “food.”  My husband requested that I make a chicken pot pie the other night and I tried to find one that was a little healthier. Here is the one I made and not only was it delicious, it was easy too!

Ingredients

1bag (12 oz) Green Giant® Valley Fresh Steamers™ frozen mixed vegetables

3tablespoons all-purpose flour

1/2teaspoon salt

1/4teaspoon poultry seasoning

1/4teaspoon pepper

1 1/4cups fat-free (skim) milk

1/2cup finely chopped onion

1can (10 3/4 oz) condensed 98% fat-free cream of chicken soup

1/4cup fat-free sour cream

4boneless skinless chicken breasts (1 1/4 lb), cooked, cut into bite-size pieces (about 4 cups)

1box Pillsbury® refrigerated pie crusts, softened as directed on box

Directions

  1. Cook and drain vegetables as directed on bag.
  2. Heat oven to 375°F. In 2-quart saucepan, mix flour, salt, poultry seasoning, pepper and milk with wire whisk until blended. Stir in onion. Cook over medium heat 4 to 6 minutes, stirring constantly, until thickened.
  3. Stir in soup and sour cream. Add chicken and cooked vegetables; mix well. Cook, stirring frequently, until thoroughly heated. Pour into ungreased 2-quart round casserole. Unroll pie crust; place over hot filling. Seal edge and flute as desired. Cut slits in several places in crust.
  4. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until crust is golden brown and mixture is bubbly. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

For a different pot pie topping, make the recipe with Pillsbury® Crescent Recipe Creations™ refrigerated flaky dough sheet instead of the pie crust. Pour chicken mixture into 11×7- or 12×8-inch glass baking dish. Place the dough rectangle over hot filling; press to seal edges. Cut vents for steam. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until crust is golden brown.

Don’t want to cook chicken? Look for cut-up cooked chicken near the other cooked meats or in the freezer section of the grocery store. Rotisserie chicken can also be used.

Another Kind of Comfort

The other kind of comfort I wanted to tell you about is a true story that happened to me a few weeks ago. If you are in the medical field this story will be of particular interest to you.

I went to the hospital for tests and my husband was out of town. I could have called a friend to go with me or asked one of my children to go, but I’m a big girl, right? The problem is as much as I tell myself I am an adult and there’s nothing to fear the hospital brings back all kinds of bad memories. My mother was so sick the last year of her life. She spent a lot of time in the hospital and I was with her most days and nights. She eventually died there in 1990. Five years later we went through something similar with my dad only this time it was heart disease.

The point is two of the biggest, most dramatic events of my life happened at this same hospital.

So while I told myself it was no big deal that I was having some tests (without anyone holding my hand) my sub-conscious was not buying it.

I was feeling sad, depressed and nervous when they called my name. The young man who took me back was a young guy, about the age of my boys.  He was pleasant and kind and as he was working around me he began to hum. I lay there on the cold metal table trembling from nerves and then I realized what he was humming.

“Because He lives, I can face tomorrow.
Because He lives, All fear is gone.
Because I know He holds the future,
And life is worth the living just because He lives.”

Suddenly I wasn’t nervous anymore. I wasn’t alone! I never had been. The same God that saw me through the tough days when my parents were ill, was there for me now. It just took a young man’s humming to remind me.

Finding Comfort in Him

Comfort food is temporary. Comfort in Him is eternal. No matter what your problems or fears are…no matter how big of a mountain you have to climb…God is bigger, stronger and the only true source of comfort.

 

2 Comments

  1. teresak
    Author
    October 30, 2012 / 8:54 am

    Watch that cholesterol! We loved this recipe. Hope you do too. Thanks for stopping by NanaHood. Come back often!

  2. October 30, 2012 / 7:27 am

    The recipe looks devine…I have been told that my chlestrol is thru the roof…so I have to now look for recipes like this…thanks for sharing. Also…I was so touched by your story of the technician humming “He Lives..” that was awesome…gave me chills.
    Laurie

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