Vegetable Pot Pie

3 parsnips, peeled and cut into 1/2 inch pieces

3 carrots, peeled and cut into 1/2 inch pieces

1 sweet potato, peeled and cut into 1/2 inch pieces

3 tablespoons butter

2 cups sliced mushrooms

1 cup chopped leeks

3 tablespoons all-purpose flour

2 cups vegetable broth

⅛ teaspoon dried thyme

salt and ground black pepper to taste

¼ teaspoon hot pepper sauce

2 ¼ cups biscuit baking mix

¾ cup milk

Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

Place the parsnips, carrots, and sweet potato into a large pot and cover with salted water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until tender, about 10 minutes. Drain and allow to steam dry for a minute or two.

Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir mushrooms and leeks until tender, about 5 minutes. Whisk in the flour, and stir until the mixture becomes paste-like and light golden brown, about 5 minutes. Gradually whisk the vegetable broth into the flour mixture. Stir in thyme, salt, pepper, and hot pepper sauce, then add the drained vegetables. Spoon vegetable mixture into a 10 inch deep dish pie pan.

To prepare biscuit topping, combine biscuit mix with milk in a bowl. Drop heaping tablespoons of batter onto vegetable filling. Do not cover filling completely with batter. Bake pot pie in the preheated over until topping is golden brown, 18 to 20 minutes.