Comfort food!

Can you believe it is Wednesday already? Do you believe that mid-January is next week already? I sure can't! Where does the time go?

It has been so cold and wintry here for a couple weeks which got me to thinking this afternoon after school that some good old comfort food sounded good. Something to warm our belly's before we have to go out tonight to take Brittany to dance. Dennis has some work related errands to run as well so I'll tag along just happy that I can be with him on a weeknight. A Schedule change is making it possible for him to be home through the end of January. This sure makes me happy. I think we are all going to get spoiled and it is going to be really hard for us to drop him off at the airport when it is time.

I pulled out the last of my Pillsbury pie crusts leftover from Thanksgiving. I stuck them in the freezer for safe keeping. I would love to make my own but Brittany was sick with the stomach flu over that holiday so I made it simple on me...not knowing who was next.

I boiled two boneless chicken breasts this afternoon, stuck them in the fridge to cool and pulled out my frozen mixed veggies. Two cups of veggies in the strainer to defrost and all I had to do was make a simple white sauce, add in the veggies and the cut up chicken, pop the pie crust in the pie plate, top it with the other one, make it look pretty and my creamy Chicken Pot Pie is baking to a nice golden brown as I write. The next thing I did was gather a bowl of apples and peel them, toss them in a pan and simmer them until they become soft enough to mash with my potato masher. I have been hankering for fresh applesauce lately...it should go beautifully with my Pie.

That is about it! We began The Epic of Gilgamesh today, which goes with our Ancient history studies. We have been working on our Spiritual gifts for our Bible study and we have one more day of school for the week. I glanced toward my Brittany this afternoon and had to take a double-take...she looked so grown-up. Something in her face just looked older. Of course, I had to tell her and she looked at me with a huge question mark on her face...:) Isn't funny how sometimes we don't notice our children growing and changing and then other times it is like overnight?There are some yummy smells coming from my kitchen, I thought I would tantalize you with a picture



Counting my Blessings!
Joyce