Lighter Vegetable Pot Pie

Delicious pot pies filled with roasted vegetables and topped with flakey phyllo dough make beautiful vegetarian or vegan meal. 

I hope you are getting ready to spend Thanksgiving enjoying your family, friends, and good food. I am thankful for YOU for visiting me here, your kind comments, encouragement, and support that makes this blog a success. I’m happy to share these cute little pot pies with you. They’re filled with delicious vegetables like peas, carrots, green beans, and butternut squash. Pot pie has always been a family favorite. It’s so warm and comforting, but usually quite heavy with a pastry crust on top and bottom. I’ve lightened our pot pies up considerably by using phyllo, or filo, dough as the crust and only using it on top. These mini pot pies are easy to make vegetarian or vegan, and now that I think about it, they would make a lovely vegan holiday meal.

There always seems to be a lot of leftovers after Thanksgiving. And maybe that’s the best part. Who doesn’t love a post-Thanksgiving sandwich with cranberry sauce?! If you find yourself with extras you want to turn into another dinner this week, a pot pie made with light phyllo dough instead of a heavy pastry crust is perfect. Simply add your leftover cooked veggies (carrots, peas, squash, potatoes all work great) to the simple sauce. And if you don’t have leftovers… just roast up some delicious veggies and you will have an easy and healthy dinner to battle the T-Day bulge.  Feel free to throw in bits of leftover turkey or rotisserie chicken, and whatever veggies you have on hand. I love baking these in little ovensafe bowls for the kids.

I love the crunch of breaking in through the phyllo dough to reveal the vegetable goodness underneath. Like unwrapping a delicious present. All the colorful veggies inside make me so happy.

I hope you enjoy these veggie pot pies!

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Yield: Serves 4-6

Lighter Vegetable Pot Pies

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 50 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes

Delicious vegetable pot pies with a lighter, flakey phyllo dough crust. Vegetarian pop pies filled with carrots, peas, butternut squash and green beans are a wonderful vegetarian or vegan dinner for weeknights or special occasions like Thanksgiving or Christmas.

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Ingredients

• 3 large carrots, sliced
• 1 small butternut squash, peeled and cubed
• 8 oz. peeled cippollini onions (Trader Joe's sells them peeled)
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly cracked pepper
• 2 cups green beans, cut into bite sized pieces
• 1 cup frozen peas
• 3 tablespoons Earth Balance or butter
• 1/3 cup flour
• 1 cup milk (Plain, unsweetened dairy-free for vegan)
• 1 cup vegetable broth
• 1 tablespoon chopped Italian parsley
• 1 teaspoon chopped thyme
• 5 sheets phyllo dough
• cooking spray or melted butter

Instructions

1. If roasting fresh vegetables rather than using leftover cooked vegetables, preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place carrots, butternut squash, and onions on a roasting pan and drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Roast 30 minutes or until just becoming tender when poked with a fork, but still firm in the middle. Add the green beans to the pan and toss to coat with the oil. Return to the oven and roast until beans are tender crisp, about 5 minutes longer. Stir in the peas and set aside.
2. Heat the butter in a large pot over medium low heat. Whisk in the flour and cook for one minute, whisking constantly. Whisk in the milk until smooth. Whisk in the vegetable broth, parsley, and thyme. Simmer until thickened, about 3 minutes. Stir the vegetables (and any turkey, chicken, etc. if using) into the sauce. Taste and add more salt and pepper if necessary. Transfer the vegetable mixture to oven-safe bowls or a baking dish.
3. Lay phyllo dough on the counter and quickly spray cooking spray or brush butter between layers. Cut layered dough into squares that will just fit over the bowls or baking dish. Place on top and cut a small slit so that steam can escape.
4. Bake uncovered until dough is golden brown, about 20 minutes.

Notes

*If using leftover cooked vegetables, you will need about 7 cups.

Nutrition Information:

Yield: 46 Serving Size: 1 small pie
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 326Saturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 0mgCarbohydrates: 0gFiber: 0gSugar: 0gProtein: 0g