Attitude of Gratitude for 2017 – December 17, 2017 – Chicken Pot Pie
I had such deep containment and satisfaction from these chicken pot pies. I truly appreciate the unique relationships with each of my children and how they continue to spark such happiness in my life.
Earlier this year, I was inspired to make my own Chicken Pot Pie after seeing that my daughter had made one. She had posted this very appetizing picture on Instagram of her chicken pot pie effort. This picture to the right of my chicken pot pie reminds me of a saying I heard decades ago by a colleague who had just started studying buddhism – “The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your associations.” I enjoy every day the quality of the relationships I have with both my children in so many myriad ways. I think though this “quality” parameter goes into other dimensions as well.
While I don’t recall the details of this recipe, I do recall that I used puff pastry. I find anything with puff pastry is brought to epic culinary delight. I got this cookbook when the children were teenagers that showed how to make some favorite commercial products. I remember when we first got this cookbook, I made these incredible “pop tarts” using puff pastry. I don’t think the recipe called for puff pastry, but again the puff pastry made our pop tarts out of this world incredible. So maybe this buddhist saying for me could be “The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your ingredients.”
