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Puff Pastry Chicken Pot Pie with Asparagus and Mushrooms

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  This Chicken Pot Pie with Puff Pastry Crust is packed with fresh veggies and a creamy yet lower-fat and lower-calorie sauce that brings it all together. Chicken Pot Pie with Puff Pastry Crust Chicken pot pie, with its homemade buttery crust and thick creamy sauce, rings in the comfort food season each and every Fall and then continues well into the cozy vibes of winter. Who’s with me in calling this pure comfort in a bowl? But when winter gives way to spring and we start easing into our summery daze, those cravings for traditional chicken pot pie get a literal gut-check when faced with the fact that it’s time to transition from hiding underneath winter’s cocooning cardigan sweaters to strutting our stuff in summer shorts and sassy swimsuits. But that’s what I love about this lighter chicken pot pie recipe: It cures my still-holding-strong comfort food cravings (because do they ever really disappear?) with a healthier adaptation of ingredients, making it a favorite home-cooked dinner

How to Make THE BEST Mashed Potatoes

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  This is how to make THE BEST easy mashed potatoes recipe with tips like how long to boil the potatoes for creamy mashed potatoes that are fluffy, buttery, and rich. One of my favorite food memories is standing next to my grandma while she whippedmashed potatoes in the kitchen sink. It was her trick so they didn’t fly all over the kitchen, and one reason this recipe for the best mashed potatoes works every single time. Whether you’re making them as part of your Thanksgiving feast (don’t forget the stuffing and gravy) or as a stellar side dish to pot roast or chicken piccata, there’s no arguing that this is one of the best ways to eat potatoes and that easy mashed potatoes are one of the most classic (and most delicious) sides of all time. My creamy mashed potatoes recipe yields potatoes that are fluffy and creamy at the same time, and that don’t skimp on the butter. There are only a couple of easy tricks to know, like which potatoes are best and how long to boil the potatoes for mashe