We had a wonderful relaxing day which included an awesome church service with a couple of “oldie but goodie” hymns ( Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing and O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing). You don’t hear the classics so much these days, and it’s a shame really. They are so rich- giving you something to really chew on.

Speaking of chewing, I made puff pastry pinwheels.  I have avoided puff pastry for years because it was full of hydrogentated oils and nasty preservatives, but not any more. Prepperidge Farms makes a “healthier” version. Granted it is still white flower, but puff pastry feeds the soul if not the body.  Opening the dough up and laying it flat, I then brushed it with an egg wash. Next I layered on broccoli, mushrooms, onions, parmesan and cheddar cheese, salt, pepper, and a little cayenne.  You could really use any filler you choose.  After that, I rolled it up log style, cut the pinwheels, placed them on a qreased cookie sheet, and brushed with some more egg wash.  

Here’s is my assistant. (He is very careful with knives.  and swords, and pellet guns, and little brothers)

Then we baked them at 400 degress for about 15-20 minutes. They smelled amazing!

Add a nice salad, a mixed berry pie with homemade whipped cream, raspberry iced tea with fresh mint from the garden, and we had a very nice Mother’s Day dinner.  My mom and I had planned to add more herbs to the garden after we watched some relaxing golf on TV.  I can’t say we are huge golf fans, but what we really like are all the flowers on the golf courses, especially the azaleas!  Just as we started wandering around the garden deciding where to put stuff, it started drizzling. So we headed inside for more golf.  Eventually, my 6 year-old master digger and I got the lavender, cialntro, and basil in place, and then we added the purple petunias he brought home from church.  

We missed you, Vicki, my incredibly talented sister.  And Dixie, my wonderful mother-in-love (mother-in-law, but I like “love” better), And Grandmother, who will be 90 this year!  And all my aunts and cousins, other in-loves and friends. Hope you all had wonderful mothers’ days.

Happy Mother’s Day!  

Now, I’m taking a nap…