Happy Pie Day

I've been wanting to get a Pie Day tradition going even since Jon and I started dating. I attempted a raspberry pie around Valentine's Day a year or two after we were married that was an absolute fail. I suppose the crust was alright, but once we cut into the pie, the berries didn't hold their form and despite their delicious taste they weren't pretty. My enthusiasm for baking delicious pies was crippled and though I've had good intentions ever since it wasn't until today that things came together and this tradition started in earnest.

It's only been almost a year since I found a chicken pot pie recipe that I love. I've made it a few times since then but really wanted to make it a part of our Pie Day tradition. For the most part I don't think of us as picky eaters, but I'll admit that it's really nice making anything (and especially a pot pie) from scratch with only ingredients that I know will be enjoyed and appreciated by our family. Meaning, specifically, no onions. We use onion powder instead. I'd be okay with celery, but leave them out for Jon. The girls have decided they don't like mushrooms but I think Sophie might still be persuaded. Not Lyds though. She detests them. And I get it. She'll pick them out but I know she'd prefer to not have them there to begin with. Sophie takes Lydia's lead on many things, and I have to laugh when she asks to have mushrooms taken off her pizza because between the mushrooms and the black olives she gets confused and always asks Jon if what she's holding is an olive or a mushroom. Sometimes she ends up eating a mushroom thinking it's an olive and tells us she likes it. ;)

For dessert I decided we should start with something simple this year. Basically I needed a win for this first year to be a success and so that I'd look forward to future years. Fruit pies are a little overwhelming to me, so for now I'm not going to attempt one. One day I will, but not today. I found a pudding pie that looked/sounded good and had good reviews as well. It's called dirt pudding pie which Lydia thought was funny and Sophie thought was gross. With a little probing I realized that Sophie thought we were going to put actual dirt in our pie. Should have seen that coming... Once we had the ingredients lined up she gave me her stamp of approval, and that was that!