Classic comfort foods like chicken pot pie and beef stew are necessities ... Recently, I took a stab at making Martha Stewart's beef stew and it changed me for the better. Most beef stew recipes ...

Martha Stewart ... using a whole chicken, break it down and poach the pieces with veggies and seasoning before removing the chicken from the bones and returning those to the pot to continue ...

Martha Stewart knows the ... since it won't all go in the pot. Take a page out of Stewart's book and shred or chop it up into a yummy chicken salad, along with any of the extra veggies and herbs ...