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Old 03-12-2013, 11:40 PM   #892
chrisinhouston
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Tonight we are using up more of our pantry since we leave Hawaii for home on Friday. There used to be a show in the early days of the Food Network TV called Door Knock Dinners where the host would knock on doors in upscale neighborhoods with his celebrity chef and ask if they could come in and cook a dinner using only what was in the pantry and refrigerator/freezer. They came up with some pretty good meals actually!

So here is what I had.

2 cans of tuna (the good kind in olive oil).
Assorted vegetables like onion, celery, f. corn and f. peas.
Last of the milk my wife used for cereal.
Some cheeses like a bit of cheddar and Emmentaler and Parmesan.
small items like spices and flour
A package of premade pie crusts

So I made a tuna pot pie! The Marriott has a pretty nicely supplied kitchen for these self catered units but no rolling pin or pie plate so I used the stainless steel frying pan and a wine bottle to press the unrolled pie crust an inch or two larger to fit the pan. Poured in the other items I had done in another pan and topped with a crust. Even did an egg wash over the whole thing and baked until it was golden brown and bubbly.

Only 2 nights left and mostly vegetables so who knows?
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