How do you call your lover boy?
You stuff a chicken pot pie in his calzone. That’s freaking how.
I’m having a mild aneurism over this whole thing actually. And actually, I do realize that I overuse the word actually. I overuse a lot of words on this blawg that probably make you want to gnaw through your veins.
This is why I show you food like chicken pot pie calzones, ya know. It helps distract you from all the d-baggery. It’s like a prism in the forest. A hunky, shirtless gardener trimming roses. A baby sloth doing the Macarena.
Wait, are you already gone?
Perhaps I should just tell you now how much of a WEEKNIGHT meal this is. Oh mama bear you heard me. The laboring is nil to the vril.
Because vril definitely means something.
*THIS JUST IN. I just now looked it up and it DOES in fact mean something. It’s a book about some society and the coming race. See? They know the power of the calzone. The chicken pot pie calzone. This is what they know.
They also have insanely long hair and I’m guessing that once they take over the Earth my mane will fit right in.
Piles and piles of scrumptious pot pie.
Pockets and pockets of, well, scrumptious pot pie.
Let me ask you again. How do you call your lover boy?
That’s right.
Chicken Pot Pie Calzones:
What it took for 4 calzones:
* 2 chicken breasts, poached and finely chopped (do this early in the day and bam, you’ve saved time later)
* 2 Tbs. extra-virgin olive oil
* 2 carrots, finely chopped
* 2 celery stalks, finely chopped
* 2 cloves garlic, minced
* 1/2 onion, finely chopped
* 1 tsp dried thyme
* 3/4 cup frozen peas
* 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
* 1 (12 oz) carton organic cream of chicken soup (condensed)
* 1 pound pizza dough, divided into 4 balls (store bought is fine!)
* 1 egg (for an egg wash)
* coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
Preheat oven to 375.
In a medium sauté pan, heat the oil over medium-high. Add the carrots, celery, garlic and onion; sauté until the veggies have softened, 6 minutes. Season with the dried thyme and a pinch of salt and pepper.
Transfer mixture to a large bowl and let sit about 5 minutes to cool.
Add the chopped chicken, frozen peas, shredded cheddar and the condensed soup to the bowl. Stir to fully combine. It wouldn’t hurt to throw in another pinch of salt and pepper at this point. Wouldn’t hurt at all.
On a floured work surface, roll out each pizza ball until you get roughly an 8-inch circle. Divide the pot pie mixture among the 4 circles, and pull one end of the dough over the mixture and pinch to seal.
Crack an egg into a small bowl and lightly beat. Brush the egg wash over the top of each calzone. Take a paring knife and lightly score the tops, creating a vent for steam to escape.
Bake roughly 25 minutes, or until the calzones are golden brown!
You seriously won’t even believe what’s about to happen to you.
Let’s hope he doesn’t answer so you can eat his too.
How are your photos so gorgeous? I can’t take it. The thyme, the dough. Stunning.
Chicken pot pie calzone go BOOM!
well, my stomach just audibly growled.
I want to stuff my face with these!
Jeez. I have no words.
I could eat this morning, noon and night for the rest of my life!
Brilliant idea and I have some pizza dough left over in the freezer from last week’s pizza fix. Amazing!
It’s a hand held chicken pot pie! = love
You are hilarious! I laughed out loud several times. I Never would have thought of chicken pot pie calzones. At first I didn’t think it sounded too good. But, now…..can’t wait to make them. Thank you.
Comfort food, my favorite!
ERMERGHERD, I want this in my belly so bad.
This is the exact same language that my lover boy speaks. If we weren’t already married, he’d probably propose to me after I made this for him.
Why aren’t you my neighbor?
This looks absolutely AmAaaaaaahzing! Can’t wait to stuff my face with it…and I’ll consider sharing with my hubby.
I need these in my face.
This looks AMAZING! What a brilliant idea! Thanks!
you didn’t just do this? Brilliant. I am giving you a long distance high five for this one! Yum
This is the best idea ever ever EVER! I just died. dead. bye.
OMG!! Going to try these very very soon…
One question: You think this filling would work with the big refrigerator biscuits? My kids LOVE those for the base of a pizza so, I was just thinking…..
Well, any way….YUM!!
Big biscuits would work GREAT. Oh that sounds so good. Dew eet!
If my tummy’s grumble is any indication, these MUST happen soon.
Thank goodness I don’t have a lover boy, so I can eat them ALLLLLLLL!
Can’t stop laughing! Still picturing a baby sloth doing the Macarena. Make it stop! lol. O.K., I’ll just focus on the gorgeous calzones instead. Yum!
I just love this idea.
Oh my god.. I need these in my life!
xo Emily
Wow. I need to go buy cream of chicken soup, frozen peas, and pizza dough. NOW!
Best. Idea. Everrr.
Why don’t I just keep these to myself and, um, NOT tell my boyfriend about them? I think it’s a plan.
AH-MAZING! These look to die for.
uh, these are like the smartest things, ever. wow. only you would think of this and i love you for it!
So fun, Bev. I have been craving pot pies lately!
Oh my, how do you come up with this stuff??? I just made chicken pot pie soup and thought that was the best idea ever. Now I see that I was mistaken, and that I need to make these. Tell me – if I serve chicken pot pie calzones with chicken pot pie soup, is that overkill?
Are you discreetly trying to tell me that I am your lover boy? Because I cannot look away from these calzones. Seriously. And week night easy? I think I’m in love. (with the calzones lol)
This looks amazing! What recipe do you use for your dough? Or what brand of pizza dough do you buy?
I need these in my life.
This needs to get in my belly stat!
This definitely shouldn’t exist … but I’m SO, so glad that it does.
Well, I know what I’m having for dinner tonight!