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Barbara Bradley Baekgaard’s Easy Chicken Pot Pie

Barbara Bradley Baekgaard’s Easy Chicken Pot Pie

Refrigerated pie crust
⅓ cup butter
⅓ cup chopped onion
⅓ cup flour
½ tsp. salt
¼ tsp. pepper
1 tsp. poultry seasoning
1 ¾ cup chicken broth
½ cup milk
2 ½ cups cooked, shredded chicken
2 cups frozen mixed veggies, thawed

Press the pie crust into a 9” pie plate and set aside. Cook the onion in melted butter until tender. Add flour and seasonings until thick. Gradually add milk and broth, and cook until thick and bubbly. Add cooked chicken and mixed veggies. Pour mixture into pie crust and top with second crust. Seal the edges and cut slits into the top. Bake 30-40 minutes at 425°F. Cover the edges of the crust with tin foil during the last 20 minutes to prevent them from burning.

Barbara Bradley Baekgaard, the co-founder of the women’s fashion label Vera Bradley, was born in 1939. She attended Marymount College in New York and Barat College in Lake Forest, Illinois. In 1982, Baekgaard and neighbor Patricia Miller were traveling together and noticed how bags and luggage all looked the same. They purchased fabric and started sewing colorful bags in Baekgaard's basement. The business, named after Barb’s mother, is now an international $500M empire. Barb thrives off staying busy. At age 85, she continues to serve on the board and continue many philanthropic efforts.

Did you Know?

Did you know kids could mailed in the early 1900s?

Did you know kids could mailed in the early 1900s?

Did you know a young boy was shipped from Oklahoma to Kansas via Parcel Post in 1914? The boy wore a tag around his neck, showing that it cost 18 cents to deliver him by mail. It was cheaper to send children by Railway Mail than to purchase a train ticket for long distances. Parents of a four-year-old girl attached 53 cents in parcel post stamps to her coat, and she rode in the train’s mail compartment for 73 miles to visit her grandma. After several children were mailed by Parcel Post, the Post Office put a stop to “baby mail.”

Printing Quiz

When your printer talks about handbills, they really mean...

Answer 1: Cash bills that are held in your hand.
Answer 2: Someone who does not fight what other people do or decide.
Answer 3: A flyer or advertisement.

Definition: A small printed advertisement or announcement that is distributed by hand.