Is there just something about hand-held food? All the goodness is bundled and squeezed into a little hand-held package. Pie is delicious. Hand pie is at least equally delicious (or maybe more, because there’s more crust!), and it fits into the palm of your hand. I’ve covered the heck out of savory vegan pies before. (If you haven’t caught any of those recipes, be sure to check out my vegan pot pie, chickpea pot pie, and vegan shepherd’s pie.) So I decided it was time to switch things up a bit. It’s time for hand pies. And this is kind of perfect, because Thanksgiving is next week. So I designed my pies with Thanksgiving in mind. They make an excellent main dish that’s perfect for pairing up with vegan mashed potatoes, vegan marshmallow-topped sweet potato casserole, and vegan green bean casserole. I’ll be honest: this time of year I have more recipe failures that any other. I think it’s all the planning. Whereas most of the year I wing it, day in, day out, and just kind of post whatever moves me on a particular day, once the holidays arrive I start to actually put a calendar together. After all, I’ve got a whole menu to cover. I posted a lasagna mushroom recipe a few weeks ago that could totally work as a Thanksgiving main dish, but I wanted to post another so we could all have options. After failure after failure at developing a complicated vegan roast, I gave up and decided to go with something simpler, and that everyone would love (because let’s face it, if you’re feeding omni grandparents they’re not likely to get on board with a big hunk of baked seitan). Everyone loves pie, whether it’s a sweet holiday pie like vegan pumpkin pie, or a savory pie. Hand pies are especially cool though! And so my savory vegan hand pie recipe was born. I actually adapted the flavors in here from my failed roast: the stuffing had walnuts, leeks, cranberries and the spices you’ll find in here. But it was a traditional bread stuffing, and bread inside a pie didn’t sound too appealing to me, so I switched it up for lentils and mushrooms. Super savory, super hearty, and perfect for pie. Savory fillings, flaky phyllo, oh, and then you get to dip them in gravy. Perfect for Thanksgiving.
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