Lately I’ve been very adventurous with my cooking. I’ve been trying new things that I would’ve never tried to cook. Last week I made my first Blueberry Pie, and this weekend, I made my first Chicken Pot Pie.

I decided to make pie last week because I bought a big box of blueberries at the grocery store. I simply wanted some blue berry pancakes, which I made, but I ended up with a bunch of blueberries. Like every Sunday, I ask myself, what should I make today? Peaking into my frig, all I can see is that big bowl of blueberries rotting in the next few days, so I decided to do something about the darn berries. Of course after making the blueberry pies, I ended up with extra crust dough, so then I made that into a chicken potpie!

Having watched so many cooking shows, I didn’t really need much of a recipe to figure out how to make a piecrust. Flour, butter and water pretty much summed it up!

I heated the blueberries in a deep pot with some Rum and sugar. Since this is my first attempt ever on a pie filling, some hiccups were expected. I over cooked the berries so it ended up looking more like a berry soup rather than a berry pie filling. To fix this, I decided to add some starch to the filling to thicken it. I then poured the gooey pie filling into small pie plans and covered it with the simple crust recipe I made. Of course I didn’t cover the pie completely all around, so while it baked, the filling boiled over and leaked out of my pie. As I waited for the piecrust to brown, I realized I forgot to glaze the piecrust so the pie didn’t get to brown.

Salvaging what I can, the pie turned out somewhat presentable. I wasn’t sure how eatable it was but my fiancé was very supportive. He swore it was great but when I brought it to work, the comments were slightly different.

As for the chicken potpie, I just made, so I haven’t tried it yet. The picture looks pretty good right? I’ll update it once the pie cools and I get to take a bite out of it.