Healthier Chicken Pot Pie

Ingredients For Filling

• 1 cup of coconut oil
• 1 diced yellow onion
• 4 cloves of garlic, chopped
• 2 diced chicken breasts
• 1/4 cup chopped parsley
• 1 diced sweet potato
• chopped carrots
• frozen peas
• 3 cups of chicken broth
• 1 cup of coconut milk
• dash of nutmeg
• sea salt to taste
• cracked pepper
• cayenne pepper (optional)
• 1 jalapeño pepper (optional)

Thickening agent for filling if desired

• 2 Tbsp. coconut meal
• 2 Tbsp. butter

Ingredients For Crust

• (Mix together to form dough)
• 2 cups of almond meal
• 3/4 cup of coconut oil (melted)
• 1 egg
• sea salt
• cracked pepper
• dash of nutmeg

Instructions

1. preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. sauté the diced onion and chopped garlic in coconut oil
3. add the diced chicken, salt and pepper
4. add the parsley and the rest of the vegetables, add the jalapeños and cayenne if desired
5. add the chicken broth and simmer
6. on low heat, add the coconut milk, coconut meal, butter and dash of nutmeg
7. pour chicken mixture into a glass baking dish
8. roll out dough for crust until flat
9. place over chicken mixture and pinch ends until a seal is formed
10. sprinkle with salt, pepper, nutmeg and cayenne if desired
11. bake in the 350 degree oven for 20 minutes or until crust is set