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Here’s to embarrassingly simple, nearly boxed-mac-and-cheese-level comfort food! This little number was concocted during Girl’s Night recently, while one girlfriend read aloud hilarious tweets off Twitter and another girlfriend popped open the vino. So raise your glasses (preferably of white wine) to this deliciously cheap dinner. Cheers!

Low-maintenance* Chicken Pot Pie

3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-size pieces

2 tablespoons olive oil

2 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped

1 package assorted frozen vegetables, thawed

1 can cream of mushroom soup

½ teaspoon garlic salt

swish** of white wine (1/4 cup’ish)

1 package puff pastry, thawed

1 egg + 1 tablespoon water for egg wash

Preheat oven to 400° F.

Heat up the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Toss in your chicken and stir occasionally ‘til cooked through. Toss in your garlic and veggies and stir occasionally til heated. Dump in your can of soup, garlic salt, and the white wine. Turn down heat a bit and reduce for 3-5 minutes (just ‘til sauce thickens up a bit).

Grease an 8x8 ovenproof container (I lightly coated a glass Pyrex) and fit one entire puff pastry sheet into the bottom. Pour in your chicken-vegetable filling then top with the second entire puff pastry sheet. Crimp the edges of the pastry sheets together. In a small bowl, whisk the egg and water together (you can use a fork). Brush egg wash over the top of your chicken pot pie (you will not need all of the egg wash). Bake in oven for 20-25 minutes or until the top is golden brown and flaky looking.

Notes:

*low-maintenance: a good quality in women…and sometimes food

**Swish: tilt and turn of the wrist? This is probably not a professional culinary term, so just wing it