I’ve been all about comfort food this month and nothing says comfort like pie for dinner.

So let’s talk about these pies! I made them with ground turkey (obviously) and a mix of veggies that I can get almost everyone in my house to eat. I used broccoli, carrots, zucchini, and peas. Oh, and onions of course but that’s a given. Feel free to mix and match the veggies to your own taste. Any vegetable is going to taste good in a rich brothy stew that’s wrapped in pastry.

Now let’s talk about that crust. I have to admit that this is my first encounter with phyllo dough but it will not be my last. Who knew something could be so flaky and wonderful? I was so excited when we found it at the store because I didn’t think we could get it here.

It creates a slightly lighter option for these pies than a pie crust and it’s super easy too. That may be my favorite part of it. I spend plenty of time doing things the old-fashioned way but I have to admit that it’s nice to occasionally skip some steps and still achieve an amazing result. Trust me, I’ll still be rolling out pie crusts and spending all day making a bazillion tortillas because nothing beats homemade ones, but I can’t wait to try something else with phyllo. I’m thinking chocolate will be involved next time….what do you think?

Anyway, my brother seriously won’t stop talking about how much he loved these and that I have to make them again. He’s the one that thinks onions are life threatening and and gives you a deer-in-headlights stair if you expect him to eat a vegetable. Luckily I’ve gotten very good at hiding them. I’m not holding my breath that he will be eating salads anytime soon but we’re getting there.

And now I think I have said everything I wanted to about this recipe except that you must make it. You definitely should but I’ll leave that up to you. Maybe you’ll have more luck in resisting the powers of flaky pastry and warm turkey stew better than I can.

As always, the recipe is available upon request. The first request gets an upvote.

ALL CONTENT IS MINE AND ORIGINAL! All of these food photos were taken with my Nikon D5300 and my favorite Lens, the Nikon AF-S FX NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8G. You can find out more in my INTRO POST. And by the way, my intro post did a huge $0.21