When the Boys and Girls Club at Winskill hosts its Thursday dinner program, it’s like sitting down to a family meal.

Youth ages 13 to 18 shop, cook and clean, and everyone sits down at the table to eat together and talk about their day.

Program coordinator Rachel Macool says the program is an opportunity for teens to learn to budget, make healthy meals and build relationships.

The service club TOOB (Tsawwassen Order of Old Bastards) helps sponsor the program that is for youth by youth.

This recipe for chicken pot pie is one of the group’s favorites—it tastes like a turkey dinner, says Macool.

It’s also featured in the South Delta Leader’s annual Flavour Favorites, a year’s worth of Local Flavour recipes collected in one edition with proceeds from the sales going to a local non-profit organization—the Boys and Girls Club.

The cookbook is on sale at Thrifty Foods in Tsawwassen for $7 in November and December.

Money raised goes towards the organization’s children and youth social recreational clubs: the Wintemute Club in Ladner, Winskill Club in Tsawwassen (where this chicken pot pie was made), and Hillside Club in North Delta.

For more on the Boys and Girls Club and how it’s helped young people in the community, visit www.bgccs.bc.ca.

Easy Chicken Pot Pie

Ingredients

1 pkg. (120 g) Stove Top stuffing mix for chicken or turkey

3 cups chopped, cooked chicken (seasoned)

3 cups frozen mixed vegetables

1 can (10 fl. oz./284 mL) condensed cream of mushroom soup

½ cup milk

Directions

Heat oven to 375 F. Prepare stuffing mix as directed on package.

Combine chicken and vegetables in a 2.3 L baking dish. Mix soup and milk; pour over chicken mixture. Top with cooked stuffing.

Bake 30 minutes, or until hot and bubbly. Perfect for a rainy day! Serves six.