Chicken {Heart} Pie

Now that I have some of my cooking mojo back, I thought that I would post
some of my tried and tested favourite meals.
(with both pregnancies I totally lost the ability to cook - it was either burn't or tasteless)


I make this when I want to cook something yummy but can't be 

bothered going to a lot of trouble. Enjoy!

6-8 Chicken Tendeloins (organic if possible) cubed

~I like tendelions because they are not as dry as the breast but easier to cut than the thigh~

1 packet of short cut bacon cut into small pieces

1 leek sliced thin

8 Mushrooms sliced or more if you like them lots like we do

1 Big handful of baby spinach

250gram light sour cream

2 teaspoons Djion Mustard

1 teaspoon Seeded Mustard

1 tablespoon of plain flour

Dash (or more) of any white wine

Salt and pepper to taste

1 and 1/2 sheets puff pastry

egg wash for the pastry

heart shaped cookie cutter

• Gently warm the leeks (careful not to burn them as they go bitter) then add chicken and bacon to brown.
• Add the mushys cook them a little then add the wine and don't forget scrape all the goodness from the bottom of the pan as you stir. Let it simmer a little while the wine evaporates then add the flour, sour cream and mustards.
• Add salt and pepper to taste
• Simmer until sauce thickens
• I like to add the spinach last so its not too soggy
• Scrape everything into a pie dish and cover with the puff pastry
• Use the cookie cutter and cut out lots of pretty hearts to decorate the top (you could skip this step but really where's the fun in that)
• Cover in the egg wash
• Place in the oven to cook for about 1/2 hour until warmed through and golden on top.

We usually have this with a lovely big salad

Easy Peasy!!

Fab New App...

Have you seen the new Woolworths iphone app? Its quite clever and I'm mighty impressed - iphone apps dont usually excite me much. The truth is Louise has more of her game apps on there than I have. But I am really loving this one - It has the easiest recipes on it, and a shopping list option that will tell you which isle your food is in at your local woollys. It has all the weekly specials listed and you can scan your items at home so you dont even have to type them in.

This is the Apple & Cinnamon tea cake - I was hoping to have more of the actual cake in the photo but it seemed to disappear before I could. I might have better luck with the Choc hazelnut oat biscuits.

Hope your having a nice weekend!

*This was not a sponsored post - I just really like the App!

My creative space...

There hasn't been enough time it seems lately to get super crafty but here's a little snap of some yummy Christmas goodies I have been working on. I saw the recipe on one of my favourite tutorial blogs One pretty thing and couldn't resist giving the worlds easiest dessert gift a try. The only problem was I had to quickly wrap it up before the hubby tried to "inhale" it all..

More Creative Spaces here