I made a batch of small chicken pot pies Monday night. Banjo Man and I shared one, but the rest will go to a friend who is recovering from severe, life-threatening anemia.
Recovering is a good word.
So, what should she eat? Have any of you had experience with anemia? Aside from taking iron supplements, what did you (or someone you know) do/eat/drink to help things along?
Maybe I should have made spinach pies. Maybe I should stop at an Italian bakery tomorrow and load up. I know she likes spinach. Shoot. I cooked the wrong thing. I was going to buy spinach yesterday at W**M**t but I ran out of shopping time (Banjo Man needed the car by 1:15) and wanted to make sure I had time to buy an Italian sub and put gas in the car.
Here’s a recipe for spinach pie (aka calzones), for those of you curious about spinach pies made the Italian Rhode Island way. I’d cut the spinach by 1/3 and add chopped pepperoni myself. Or add more cheese. And dip it in pasta sauce. You know, to kill the taste of the spinach. I can make the dough in my bread machine, and therefore not antagonize any Walmart cashiers.
P.S. Have you ever seen a more gorgeous cast iron pan?
is there any more pie? 
I like the cast iron pan. Chicken pot pies are so good! I’m sure they will be good for your friend’s anemia.
I love the spinach calzone recipe. I read the comments and someone suggested adding cook chicken pieces to the mixture. I like the idea of extra protein plus the iron. I’m going to try that next week for the night before Thanksgiving, or perhaps after and substitute turkey for chicken. Thanks for passing it along. I’m sure our friend will love it, and appreciate your chicken pot pies as well.
We should come up with iron-rich recipes for next month’s meeting of Act III. ???
Can’t wait.