Happy Mother's Day

Today, take time to thank your mom for her influence on your life's journey.
If you are a motherless daughter today there are some ways to keep your mother's memory alive.
Share stories and anecdotes about your mother.
Wear your mother's favorite color -- piece of clothing, nail polish, etc.
Remember your mother's best advice and wisest sayings, follow and share.
Prepare your mother's favorite recipes, and keep her in your head and your heart as you are making the dishes and serving them.
Write something -- a poem, a song, a recollection -- about your mother.
Perform an act of kindness to honor your mother.
Give to a charity in memory of your mother.

My mother liked to cook, try new recipes and with eight of us she got in lots of practice. She always liked to try out some of her recipes in advance for upcoming bridge groups. One of her signature dishes was Chicken Pot Pie in Puff Pastry Shells.

We were always fascinated watching these shells puff up in the oven and then watch mom carefully remove the gooey circle from the center marked T for top and set aside.

In honor of my mother I am reposting her signature recipe with a few tweaks of my own.
Chicken Pot Pie in Puff Pastry Shells
Ingredients:

• 4 cups cooked chicken or turkey chopped
• 1 small sweet onion chopped
• (8 oz.) package of white mushrooms
• 1/4 cup dry white wine
• 1 cup low sodium chicken broth 
• 1 cup frozen baby peas thawed
• 1 cup matchstick carrots
• ½ cup flour
• 1/2 cup chopped sweet red pepper
• ¾ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp. pepper
• ½ tsp. dried tarragon
• 1 TB. parsley
• 1 TB. chives
• ¼ tsp. dry mustard
• ½ cup Parmesan cheese grated
• 1-1/2 cups light cream
• 2 TB. butter
• a1 (17.2 oz.) package frozen puff pastry shells

Directions:

• In a large skillet melt butter and sauté mushrooms, onions, pepper and carrots till tender.
• Stir flour into chicken broth, whisk to blend, then add to mushroom mixture with cream, peas, spices and Parmesan cheese. 
• Cook on low heat till thick and bubbly.
• Stir in wine, turkey or chicken and peas-keep mixture warm while preparing pastry. 
• Follow directions for prepared puff pastry shells, remove circle marked top.
• Spoon chicken mixture into shells.
  

And there wasn't a dessert she didn't like especially anything with chocolate and her favorite carrot cake.

Link to carrot cake recipe
http://sockfairies.blogspot.com/2016/04/can-you-guess.html