Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Easy Peasy Summer Squash Pot Pie

The past couple of summers, I've had no squash.  It has been depressing.  I just love summer squash.  Fortunately, in January my blogging friend, The Texan, emailed to let me know I should plant my squash with radishes to prevent those destructive squash bugs that have caused me so much garden misery the past couple of years.  Do you know what?  It worked!  And now I have the happy dilemma of summer squash everywhere!  My mom suggested I try my aunt's summer squash pie recipe.  She told me the basics (not having a copy of her recipe) and I came up with my own version. 

Ingredients:
2 summer squash, cubed
1 onion, chopped
3 tbsp. butter
1 12 ounce bag frozen mixed vegetables
1 can cream of celery soup
2 refrigerated pie crusts
Salt and pepper, to taste

Steam mixed veggies in the microwave, as directed.  Cook squash and onion in butter on medium heat until tender.  Mix squash, veggies, and cream of celery soup. Put one of the pie crusts in a pie pan and prick a couple of times with a fork.  Pour squash mixture into crust.  Salt and pepper to taste.  Layer second crust on top.  Bake at 425* for 18 minutes. 

This was really easy to pull together, and very tasty.  I'm going to try to make a few for the freezer.  After all, I have twelve more summer squash to use up....

Just a note to my regular readers - I will be posting on Thursday instead of Friday this week, so be sure to stop by tomorrow if you have time! 

24 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's interesting about planting squash with radishes. Glad it worked. This looks delicious and I imagine it would freeze well. Thx for the recipe, Lisa.

Bas. said...

Oh dat is smullen!!!!

Sunnybrook Farm said...

That should work, we had something similar that was just a casserole and at the time I thought that it might make a good pie.

mail4rosey said...

Hurrah for great tips that work! I'm glad you got your summer squash this year. :)

Unknown said...

It looks really delicious!

Unknown said...

It looks really delicious!

Tina Fariss Barbour said...

That's so interesting that where and how you plant something can make such a difference. I am trying to learn more of that. We didn't plant any squash this year. The pie looks delicious!

Out on the prairie said...

I had never heard of the radish trick. I am glad mine are right next to each other. I left a few radish for the seed pods I like to use in a stir fry.

Betsy Banks Adams said...

So glad you have some delicious summer squash this year... Glad you found a way in order to have some!!!

That looks like a great recipe... Thanks!!!!

Have a great day. I will post tomorrow also.
Hugs,
Betsy

Gail Dixon said...

How wonderful that a blogger solved your squash problem. The recipe looks divine. Btw, I tried your Crazy Spaghetti recipe last week and it was a HUGE hit!

Debby@Just Breathe said...

That looks yummy! Thanks for the recipe.

Ginny Hartzler said...

This is beautiful, and really easy. Who knew that bugs hate radishes?

Coloring Outside the Lines said...

That looks delicious- I've never thought of putting squash in a pie. YuM!

Elizabeth Edwards said...

wow, it looks delicious!! i love fresh veggies. & a simple recipe too. i will have to give it a try. i am always looking for something else to put in my dinner routine. we seem to eat a lot of the same foods each week. thanks, for sharing. ( :

Montanagirl said...

I love your blog - I hope you don't give up on mine - I just had to cut back the amount of time I spend on the computer everyday, reading and commenting. I wasn't getting much else accomplished! Your recipe sounds wonderful!!

jp@A Green Ridge said...

Well, I will have to come back for this recipe, Baby Girl...we just got some yellow squash from the neighbors!...:)JP

Endah Murniyati said...

Yummy...! It's so interesting! Thanks for sharing the recipe, I love pie.

Tweedles -- that's me said...

Oh it looks mouth watering good!
love
tweedles

Lynn said...

you have got to be one of the best Moms in the whole wide world :-)

Roan said...

I'm always looking for new recipes for squash. I'm going to give this one a try.

An Apel a Day said...

I should try making these sometime. I've never made one, nor have I had one. They look good.

Unknown said...

That sounds nice that you found a remedy to this issue and are happily able to resume planting and enjoying. Cool!

Luciene Rroques said...

Uhhhh, decilia!
Lisa, tenha uma feliz semana.
Um grande abraço!

Becca said...

We have a neighbor who likes to give us squash. This would be a great recipe to use her squash on. It looks so yummy!