What would you serve with a chicken pot pie?

[BamaTanya]

We're having friends for dinner. My chicken pot pie gets lots of compliments, but what do I need to add to make the meal complete? It has meat and vegetables and dairy and I bake biscuits on the top. Thanks for your help!

[Ottakee]

At our house possibly a salad or cut up fresh veggies and maybe applesauce. Honestly, at home, I might just serve just that to my family and call it good :-) but for company you might want something else.

[Sukale]

I would make some cinnoman fried apples to go with it.

[babysparkler]

I'd just add a fruit salad and a yummy dessert :D

[MaMa2005]

A salad of mixed greens and a yummy dessert!

[catz]

A green salad and maybe some cut fruit if there are young kids involved. :001_smile:

[Dobela]

A pot pie is sometimes kind of bland in color so you want foods to brighten up the plate more. I agree with the green salad bcause it can add color and a crunchy texture in contrast to the texture of the pie. I might even do a small veggie plate even though those veggies would be in hour pot pie. My grandmother will not serve a meal without a relish plate -an assortment of pickles with green onions and radishes as garnish. A fresh fruit salad with bright colors like strawberries, blueberries, grapes, and cantelope would be nice IMO as a desert because it is light and colorful although my children would tell you brownies are the 'only' dessert. ;)

[Parrothead]

Salad before or with and ice cream after.

[Lilymax]

My hubby likes mashed potatoes with chicken pot pie, because my recipe has a lot of gravy in it, and I don't add potatoes to the filling.

 

Usually we just eat that, but if I were serving it to company, I'd definitely add a salad like the others have suggested.

[Melinda in VT]

If you can get your hands on locally grown tomatoes, a simple salad of cucumbers and tomatoes brightens the plate without duplicating any vegetables in the chicken pot pie.

[Georgia On My Mind]

We have chicken pot pie on a regular basis and I find it is a great dish to take to a pot luck or sick friend. I usually serve and take a big beautiful green salad or a spinach salad with sliced strawberries, purple/red onion rings, sliced almonds, optional crumbled turkey bacon and a poppy seed dressing. Dessert in summer would be mixed berries or melon. In fall and winter it might be the adult version of brownies, crustless fudge pie with a dollup (sp) of real whipped cream and a dusting of cocoa but any lighter dessert would do. I know, fudge pie and whipped cream isn't very light but the pieces are smallish and a little satisfies even the 4 young men I serve at my table or when I take it to sick friends or pot lucks. My grandma always served baked or twice baked potatoes and tossed salad with her chicken pot pie but those were the Betty Crocker days. I put diced potatoes in my pot pie and every other green, yellow and orange vegetable I have on hand in the freezer or vegie drawer. Yummy, let's make some but it's nearly 100 degrees here in GA and who wants to heat up the kitchen in this weather. Chicken taco salad sounds much better or chunky chicken salad with sliced grapes celery and roasted walnuts in a wrap or a croissant (sp). Oh well, you can't go wrong with your chicken pot pie no matter what you serve on the side or for dessert.

[HappyGrace]

I agree with the colorful suggestions here.

 

Would you mind sharing your pot pie recipe? I love pot pie but never want to make a pie crust for it (and hate store-bought pie crusts). A biscuit top type would be wonderful! Thanks!

[Dawn in OH]

A salad of mixed greens and a yummy dessert!

 

 

:iagree:

[StephanieZ]

Veggies lightly cooked or raw. . . i.e., green salad, fruit salad, etc, roasted green beans, things like that.

 

Personally, I like to have at least 3 or 4 items to serve b/c I like variety, and I also like to load up on fresh/raw veggies & fruits, so I usually add a couple veggie dishes to anything that "has it all". . .

[mom31257]

I'd just add a fruit salad and a yummy dessert :D

 

 

:iagree:

[J-rap]

A spinach salad.

[Pretty in Pink]

With guests I would serve a big, green salad, a fresh fruit salad, and rolls or some sort of bread. If it were just my family I'd skip the bread.

[Brenda in FL]

I usually pair it with cantelope.

[JWSJ]

My chicken pot pie gets lots of compliments,

 

Great! Please provide the recipe...

[BikeBookBread]

Green salad with a vinagrette-type dressing to counterbalance the richness of the creamy pot pie.

[mom2denj]

I agree that a fruit salad and a yummy desert would be perfect!

[Crissy]

I know pot pie tends to have a lot of vegetables, but I like to get more than one serving at dinner.

To make it a complete meal I would have pot pie, a vegetable dish (steamed green beans would be my first choice, even though there are probably a few in the pie), and a big green salad.

[LibraryLover]

A really nice, crisp salad with some of the wonderful items available at the farmer's market. I would also be able to add a nice side veggie. I was at a local stand today and it was amazing what was available. Our veggie/fruit summers here are so short. Wah!