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Chicken Pot Pie Pastries

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Chicken Pot Pie Pastries

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For this weekend, I made Mini Chicken Pot Pies and had some filling left over. I made puff pastry squares with the leftovers—and they were such a hit! We ate a few and I froze the rest.

Freezerproof is really about a mindset. There are days when you don’t feel like cooking, have been very busy, took care of a sick relative, or when work projects are due. Cooking and then freezing is a perfect way to plan ahead for special meals, when you want to entertain or when you are just plain busy.

Puff Pastry Squares is one of many recipes that freeze well. I have linked its recipe and a few other favorites below.

Foodie Lit

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We live in a time when FB friends defriend each other if they disagree, when the first act of a newly elected Congressional representative is to use obscene language regarding the President, when rioters shout and beat those with diverse views, and target the police.

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