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Mini Tuscan Veggie Pot Pies

These mini pot pies with a filling inspired by Tuscan chicken are a super delicious entree! You bake these cozy, savory pot pies in a muffin tin, and they are as tasty as they are adorable. (Options for gluten-free, soy-free, and nut-free)

These Tuscan mini pot pies are a fantastic addition to your holiday spread! I make this amazingly delicious pot pie filling, which I have changed from the classic to use the flavors of Tuscan chicken like my Tuscan white beans. The filling has this creamy sauce with sun-dried tomatoes and lots of Italian herbs paired with vegetables, chickpeas, and mushrooms.

To make the individual pot pies even easier, we use puff pastry in a muffin tin for the crust, so no need to make a whole pie crust from scratch! Simply cut and shape the puff pastry to fill the muffin tin or small ramekins and to top the pies. If you don’t want to use a muffin tin, you can prepare these in oven-safe ramekins instead.

Each of the pot pies comes out crispy, golden, and flaky with this creamy, delicious, veggie-packed filling, and they’re just fantastic.

mini pot pie cut in half, so you can see the filling

They’re a great way to serve a pot pie without making too much of a mess. They also take less time to make, if you make them in a muffin tin, because you just put that whole muffin pan to bake instead of dealing with individual ramekins.

Mini pot pies are perfect for your holiday spread. You can easily judge how many you need to make, since a portion is just one or two of them, depending on the appetizers, sides, and desserts on the rest of your spread. If you want larger portions, you can also use a Texas muffin tin to make slightly larger mini pies, or just make one large pot pie!

These are super flexible, super versatile and are absolutely delicious. You can mix up the filling, using cannellini beans, tofu, seitan, soy curls, or vegan chicken as the filling instead of the chickpeas.

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Why You’ll Love Mini Pot Pies

single serving comfort food that’s perfect for the holidays
creamy filling inspired by Tuscan chicken with toothsome mushrooms and chickpeas and umami sun-dried tomatoes
flaky, crisp puff pastry crust means no kneading or mixing a dough
easily made gluten-free, soy-free, and nut-free

mini pot pie with a simple crust on a plate

More Delicious Pot Pies

Vegan Pot Pie with Black Pepper Biscuits
Indian Butter Sauce Pot Pie
Everything Bagel Pot Pie
Masla Vegetable Pot Pie
Mushroom Pot Pie with Sweet Potato Crust

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Summer Spinach Salad with Chickpea Olive Crumble

A fully loaded, flavor packed, protein rich summer spinach salad with an umami-packed crisp chickpea hemp seed olive crumble, nutrient dense greens, and creamy, vibrant tahini lemon dressing. A perfect hot weather dinner. (23g protein and 15g fiber per serving, (gluten-free, soy-free, nut-free, high protein)

This is a fantastically hearty summer spinach salad. It has so many textures and flavors, and it has 80 grams of protein for the entire salad. That’s 20 grams of protein per serving. For a salad!

There is protein from the chickpeas, from the hemp seeds, and from the nutritional yeast in the chickpea crumble. There’s also protein from the tahini in the dressing, the non-dairy yogurt (depending on the brand), as well as a little protein from the greens that you use in the salad. You can amp up the protein even more by sprinkling it with some hemp seeds before serving or adding some of my tofu bacon bits, or other high protein toppings.

fork taking a bite of summer spinach salad with chickpea olive crumbles

The salad has this creamy texture from the dressing, the crunch from the fresh veggies, and crispiness from the chickpea crumbles, which we bake until they’re crispy-crunchy. The umami comes from the olives and the sun-dried tomato, and the refreshing, fresh flavor comes from lemon zest, the cucumbers, and any other crunchy veggies and greens.

It’s just a fabulous combination of flavors and textures. The combination of tahini and yogurt helps mellow tahini’s strong flavor and makes for a rich, creamy dressing.

Why You’ll Love this Summer Spinach Salad

incredible combination of flavors and textures! Crunchy veggies, creamy dressing, and savory, crisp chickpea-olive crumble.
easy to make in about 30 minutes
packed with veggies and protein
naturally gluten-free, soy-free, and nut-free