This post is brought to you by pie...

I had every intention of bringing you a selection of delicious fruit and veg based recipes and meal ideas this week, but life got in the way and I'm not organised enough to be one of those bloggers who has the next 3 months posts lined up.....probably a good thing!

I can however bring you tonight's meal. There were 8 for tea tonight.

There were 3 veggies dining, so we all ate Quorn (I cook, I choose....muhahaha. I let them eat meat a couple of times a week). Start with a teaspoon of oil and lightly fry a sliced onion and a bag of Quorn chunks. Finely chop a courgette and add a few handfuls of sweetcorn for extra veg that they'll barely notice.

Lightly fried, or at least defrosted.

Decant into a suitable dish. I see now that I failed to mix carefully, and most of the sweetcorn is on one side. Had I examined the photographs whilst cooking then I could have sorted that one out....but that would have been a bit weird. I added a load of chunky mushroom slices too, and then a sauce made from 250ml boiling water, a stock cube and a good dash each of paprika and soy sauce. You can also add some creamed mushrooms or cream of mushroom soup for a slightly naughtier, and unsurprisingly creamier result, or some half fat creme fraiche if you're really spoiling yourself.

You too can get a patina on your pan like this. It takes years of dedication, but the newness can be removed.

Make or purchase some pastry. On this occasion I'm using shortcrust, but puff pastry is just as good. Never ever attempt to make puff pastry yourself, always buy it. Making it requires 2 spare hours and will save you 7p.
Because you only put a top on the pie and not a bottom as well, you are being good and healthy - honest...well, you're using half the pastry, so that must be a good thing.

A nice egg wash over the pastry

Looking just like Nigella's pies, or the Hairy Bikers pasties

Cook it in a medium hot oven (gas 6, 200c, 400f) for about half an hour until the pastry looks scrummy.
Those spuds are NOT very healthy, but in fairness I had assistance from a teenager and they poured loads of oil over them, and they were crispily delicious.

And to think I didn't even wipe off the dribbles of gravy....shame on me.

It was lovely, everyone ate it all and it contained a couple of portions of veg each, plus carrots and broccoli! Healthy pie.