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MAY/JUNE 2021 CONNECTION HAPPY SHOPPING Seasonal Shoppe offers boutique experience HATS OFF SCREEN TEST Special section honors Online tools help filmmakers our graduates break boundaries
INDUSTRY NEWS ASCENT — ELEVATE YOUR BUSINESS Rural Connections By SHIRLEY BLOOMFIELD, CEO A free online NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association resource Broadband is helps female entrepreneurs critical for working from home N early all of us have spent at least some time this past year working from home. And while remote work surged during the pandemic, it certainly isn’t a new idea. Between 2005 and 2017, according to Statista, there was a 159% increase in remote work. Today 11.2% of Americans are working About 45% of businesses are owned or co-owned by women. Spanning a range from home, up from 5.7% in 2019. And of industries, most of these businesses are small with potential for growth. The many are growing to prefer it — 22% federal Small Business Association wants to provide support. of workers say they’d like to work from home permanently. I believe full-time The free, information-packed online Ascent program offers a range of helpful remote work makes it difficult to create resources. and maintain a collaborative work culture, but I do think that work is likely to have a TAKE A JOURNEY new face when we get back to “normal.” Experts in women’s entrepreneurship created informational Journeys. Participants The Foundation for Rural Service can choose any Journey, opting out of sessions with information they already recently published a white paper entitled know. Each Journey includes Excursions filled with resources needed to master a “Rural America’s Critical Connections.” topic. (You can download it for free at www.frs.org.) The report cites a Global Workplace Analytics report that states, “Our best estimate is that 25-30% of the workforce will be working from home multiple days a week by the end of 2021.” Exercises and tools Fireside chats Infographics Success stories What does this mean for broadband, that critical connection that helps us work remotely? It certainly means our country ? needs to continue the work to get broad- band to everyone — and that in doing so we must build robust networks using technology proven to support the speeds and synchronous connections that work- Discussion guides Videos Key insights Self-assessments ing from home requires. Regardless of the work patterns and flexibility we see in the coming year, one thing is for certain: NTCA members such as your provider DO YOU NEED HELP WITH YOUR BUSINESS? will continue to be at the forefront of connecting rural America. Visit ascent.sba.gov 2 | May/June 2021
Secure your Internet of Things T Security tips he Instant Pot, a pressure cooker, system gives up a little bit of their internet is one of the most popular small bandwidth to this network. Instead of a kitchen appliances of recent years. smart home, Sidewalk can create a smart for IoT devices Naturally, there’s a model capable of neighborhood. connecting to the internet via Wi-Fi — an Amazon released a detailed white paper • Change the device’s default pass- example of the Internet of Things, or IoT. outlining the system’s security features. word. Consider a different device if instructions for changing the pass- Smart thermostats, door locks and And while security experts have been word aren’t readily available. security cameras are just a few devices on quoted praising the company’s efforts, oth- the IoT spectrum. Refrigerators, toys and ers have expressed concern about privacy • Long passwords — as long as possible a range of whimsical gadgets are all on the and the potential for hackers to target the — work best. Make them unique to bandwagon. And businesses and industry, system. Amazon Sidewalk can be turned each IoT device. including agriculture, manufacturing and off in the settings section of the company’s • Many IoT devices connect to smart- medicine, take advantage of connected smartphone app. phone apps. Take a few minutes to devices. As IoT devices proliferate and offer understand the permissions granted Like the connected Instant Pot, which new, practical ways to leverage the power to these apps. An internet search will lets a cook control it via a smartphone app, of the internet, knowledge and a few help here, too. IoT devices provide convenience, useful practical security steps can offset possible data and new ways of using technology. risks. In the past, the FBI noted the need • If possible, have a separate network Cisco, a leader in networking systems, for IoT caution. “Unsecured devices can for devices, such as an internet-con- estimates that more than 75 billion such allow hackers a path into your router, giv- nected refrigerator and a laptop devices will be in use by 2025. ing the bad guy access to everything else containing sensitive information. The utility of what is sometimes on your home network that you thought • Regularly update the devices, and described as the fourth industrial revolu- was secure,” Beth Anne Steele wrote for turn off automatic updates. tion is balanced by the need for mindful the Portland FBI office. caution. These devices offer people with bad intent potential doorways into private homes and businesses that use the inter- net-dependent gadgets. Meanwhile, companies are finding new ways of leveraging these systems. One example is Amazon Sidewalk, which rolled out earlier this year. Here’s how Amazon described the innovation: “Amazon Sidewalk is a shared network that helps devices like Amazon Echo, Ring security cameras, outdoor lights and motion sensors work better at home and beyond the front door.” Essentially, Sidewalk links your Amazon devices to those of your neigh- bors through a specialized network. Why? Well, imagine your internet goes down while you’re out of town, making your security-focused Ring Doorbell useless. With Sidewalk, however, your internet-connected doorbell would keep right on working, relying on the internet connections of your neighbors to power the system. Everyone on the Sidewalk May/June 2021 | 3
FROM THE CEO CONNECTION Working around the clock for you MAY/JUNE 2021 VOL. 8, NO. 3 J The Foothills Connection is a bimonthly newsletter published by Foothills ust a few months ago, in this very magazine, I described Communications, ©2021. It is distributed looking forward to a bright start to the new year. I imagine without charge to all customers of the company. that, like me, many of you were hoping for a warmer welcome to 2021 than the severe weather that struck our area in February. The trouble started on the 11th with the first of two ice storms. Our employees are no strangers to working in icy conditions, and they set to work making repairs and rebuilding parts of our system where fallen trees brought lines down. But before they could even complete that work, a second ice storm hit on the 15th. Foothills is a member-owned cooperative that has been serving residents and That one-two punch left about 80% of our customers without businesses in eastern Kentucky since 1951. service. With hundreds of trees down, many people were cut off In the early days, we only offered telephone and without power for weeks. Where trees hadn’t taken out service service over copper wires. Over the years, lines, they had fallen across roads. Some of our team members cut we have expanded our network and now RUTH CONLEY their way out from their own homes before they could even report provide broadband internet and cable TV Chief Executive Officer to their designated work areas. services over fiber optic facilities to much As if that wasn’t enough, of our service area, which includes Magoffin less than two weeks later our County and portions of Johnson County and service area was struck again, this time by a major flood Lawrence County. We love being part of the on the 27th. Some of our poles were washed out by the communities we serve. Our customers are waters or mudslides. Other areas where repairs had been our families, friends and neighbors. ongoing were suddenly inaccessible due to the flooding. And with the heavy rainfall saturating the ground, even more trees came down, bringing service lines with them and making it still harder for crews to get where they Foothills Communications were needed. P.O. Box 240 1621 Kentucky Route 40 West Suffice to say, February was a trying month. For parts Staffordsville, KY 41256 of our system, repairs even stretched well into April. www.foothills.net I really want to stress how proud I am of the way our 606-297-3501 cooperative came through it all. We truly appreciate your patience and understanding during this difficult period, particularly those of you in the northern part of our system who were hit hardest. Foothills Mission Statement I would also like to take a moment to give a special shoutout to our employees, who worked “To provide the latest in incredibly long hours to restore service for their neighbors. They did so without complaint. communications at affordable It may not be apparent when you are stuck at home waiting for internet and phone service to prices with exceptional service.” be restored, but these outages take a toll on our entire team. From the day of the first ice storm to the moment service was fully restored, our employees spent weeks Produced for Foothills Communications by: working overtime to get our customers back online. They put in close to 100-hour workweeks, often get- ting only enough sleep to wake up and get right back to making repairs. Even now, after service has been restored, we continue to make repairs to parts of our On the Cover: system that are not back to where they need to be. Bekah Rudd and So if you know one of our employees or you see Patricia Frazier, of the Seasonal Shoppe in them out and about, take a moment to thank them for Salyersville, offer a their tireless work, not only during these storms but variety of gifts, clothing also throughout the year. We are proud of the effort and decor. each member of our team makes every day to keep us See story Page 12. all connected. 4 | May/June 2021
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TRAVEL Marvelous vistas about the hotel’s glorious heyday. But people continue to come to see the mag- nificent gardens tended by Mother Nature. Sometimes too many people, Kelley adds, Rhododendron make summertimes scenic so he offers a suggestion should you go. Story by ANNE P. BRALY “South of Carver’s Gap is an area C known as the Rhododendron Gardens, limb to the top of Roan Mountain, the flora and fauna. In 1794, Andre which you can drive to, park and hike a 5-mile ridgetop along the Micheaux discovered alpine species rarely from there,” he says. “There is a small Appalachian Trail, in the month found outside of the New England and user fee you have to pay to enter the of June, and something magical happens. Canadian latitudes. Five years later, John area, but it is well worth it. That area is The view, normally green with vegetation, Fraser hiked up the mountain, collecting accessed by turning south at Carver’s turns into a blanket of crimson as the specimens of rhododendron and noting Gap.” rhododendron opens in full bloom. the existence of the fir tree we now know Bauer’s attachment to “The Roan,” as “The views are spectacular — and that’s as the Fraser fir. And yet another early she calls it, began in college when she an understatement,” says Keith Kelley, explorer was Elisha Mitchell, for whom was a student at East Tennessee State ranger for the Cherokee National Forest, Mount Mitchell is named. University. Her botany professor intro- Watauga District. But it wasn’t until the magnificent duced her to The Roan, and the rest, as It’s this view that people have been Cloudland Hotel opened high atop Roan they say, is history. She’s now been with traveling to experience for generations, Mountain that it became known to the Tennessee State Parks for 38 years, the according to Jennifer Bauer. She is the general public and word of its rhododen- first 21 of which were spent working as author of three books about Roan Moun- dron — the largest proliferation of wild an interpretive ranger at Roan Mountain tain. The most recent is “Roan Mountain: rhododendron in the world — spread State Park. The position enabled her to A Passage of Time.” across the South and beyond. Today, little conduct research in an effort to learn more As early as the 1700s, botanists made remains of the Cloudland other than a for- about the natural history of The Roan and their way up the mountain range to study est service marker providing information its people. Bauer is now the park ranger at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park in Elizabethton, Tennessee. Roan’s highlands, which reach up to Where does Roan Mountain get its name? 6,285 feet at its peak, is where you’ll find Some say the name refers to the reddish color of the mountain when the Rhododendron Gardens — toward the rhododendron comes into bloom in early summer or when the mountain west end of the highlands at the end of ash berries appear in autumn. But, according to the United States a U.S. Forest Service road that turns off Department of Agriculture, there’s another theory. Some say it comes from Carver’s Gap at the North Carolina/ from Daniel Boone’s roan-colored horse, because the man and his horse Tennessee state line. were frequent visitors to the area. “When they are in full bloom, you see a sea of crimson flowers in areas where there are not many spruce and fir trees popping up among them,” Bauer says. “But even with the trees, it’s a beautiful sight. In other areas of the mountain, you’ll walk through areas that are in dif- ferent stages of transition between balds to forests. In these areas the rhododendron reaches for the sun and blooms among the spruce and firs. All of these unique habi- tats present a feeling of great beauty and a sense of visiting an enchanted forest.” Any time of year is worth visiting, Kelley notes. “But in June, the rhododen- dron are in bloom, along with some of the other vegetation, which offers incredible, breathtaking scenery.” 6 | May/June 2021
Grow it yourself Balding Rhododendron grows best in cooler climates and acidic The Appalachian Trail travels soil — definitely not the hard-packed red clay found along the highest ridges of the throughout the South. There are hybrid varieties, though, Roan Mountain range, which that have been developed for the southern garden. But separates Tennessee and that’s no guarantee they will survive. Rhododendrons do North Carolina. A portion of the not like high heat and wet soil. However, if you’re willing to highlands is a red spruce and try, here are some tips from Southern Living. Fraser fir forest. Other areas of The Roan are described as • Start with heat-tolerant plants. “bald” communities. Just as the • Pay attention to the soil and have it tested for acidity. name implies, balds are areas Also, plant your rhododendron in an area that drains on mountaintops where the quickly and contains lots of organic matter, such as forest ends and thick vegetation chopped dead leaves, cow manure and ground bark. of native grasses and/or Again, no clay. shrubs begins. One of the most • If your ground is flat, plant the rhododendron in a popular areas along the entire raised bed. Appalachian Trail from Maine to • Finally, choose a location that is lightly shaded in the Georgia is the portion that crosses afternoon and shielded from strong winds. the balds of Roan Mountain, says Jennifer Bauer, former ranger at Roan Mountain State Park and a board member of Friends of Roan Mountain. How the balds developed is anyone’s guess, but scientists now believe they may have formed during the last ice age when constant winds and freezing temperatures caused trees to make a hasty retreat down the mountaintop. Mammoths and other beasts acted as Mother Nature’s personal weed eaters, keeping the balds grazed. Now that the woolly beasts are gone and temperatures have warmed, balds are beginning to grow some “hair.” But Roan Mountain’s balds still shine. Among the most popular are the balds starting at Carver’s Gap and going north. They are, in order: • Round Bald • Jane Bald • Grassy Ridge • Yellow Mountain • Little Hump Mountain • Hump Mountain May/June 2021 | 7
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Final cut How the freedom of the internet is transforming filmmaking Story by DREW WOOLLEY S ome filmmakers learn their craft “It gives you really specific boundaries by making home movies in the with the content you’re allowed to create, backyard. Others go to film school. which is 59 seconds,” she says. “So the Madelaine Turner likes to say she got her challenge and excitement as a storyteller, education on YouTube. director and creator is getting your point “That’s essentially where I got my film across and making those 59 seconds really degree,” she says. “Movies were my first enjoyable for your audience.” Her growth as a filmmaker hasn’t gone love, but filmmaking wasn’t something I Within those confines, Turner has unnoticed. As a freelance screenwriter, pursued for a long time. Until quarantine explored her wide-ranging creative inter- Turner has been able to point to her online started.” ests, from short films paying homage to portfolio and hundreds of thousands of At 27 years old, the California native Jane Austen costume dramas and French followers to build connections within the considers herself a senior by the standard heist movies to abstract dream sequences movie industry. And thanks to the algo- of apps like TikTok. Of the app’s 500 mil- and a cyberpunk take on “The Wizard of rithms of apps like TikTok, Instagram and lion active users, nearly half are estimated Oz.” Each new style gives her a chance to YouTube, more people are discovering her to be in their teens and early 20s. learn more about the filmmaking process work every day. Originally, Turner’s quick videos were both during and after filming. “It allows you to come across content just a way to stay connected with her “I’d never really used a green screen from someone with virtually no follow- younger siblings. But she began to view or After Effects before,” she says. “Now, ing,” Turner says. “And from my per- the platform as a way to genuinely flex her taking on a new genre is really exciting spective, I was putting my stuff out there creative muscle after a positive response because it allows me to push the boundar- and very quickly engaging an audience to her Wes Anderson tribute video, “The ies of what I know how to do and chal- that gave me the permission to go bigger, Anderson Guide to Surviving a Global lenges me to figure out how I can convey further and more creative.” Pandemic,” filmed using only objects she this effectively without having a whole That audience is one of the reasons had in her apartment. production crew.” Turner doesn’t expect she’ll ever stop making short-form videos online, even as she pursues her larger filmmaking dreams. The real-time feedback she receives on those platforms has already shaped her as a filmmaker and may come to shape the industry itself. “A traditional filmmaker might go years in between films, whereas on TikTok you get this microenvironment of trying new things and getting that quick feedback,” she says. “So I think I’ve been lucky to hyper-de- velop my style as a filmmaker because of that feedback loop. Hopefully I can be Madelaine Turner puts her spin on genres ranging part of a generation of filmmakers that is from French heist movies able to bridge that gap between the inter- to cyberpunk. net and the mainstream.” 10 | May/June 2021
Long distance For every film festival that was able to pivot to digital in 2020, there were many more that had to be canceled altogether. With so much of the industry on hold, a team of five cinephiles in Brooklyn started the entirely online Long Distance Film Festival, harnessing the power of broadband to give rural and urban filmmakers around the world an outlet for their creativity. “There was a certain freedom to starting an all-online festival,” says Festival Director Elias ZX. “It was much cheaper than doing it in person. We didn’t sell tickets and had unlimited capacity so friends, family and fans of the filmmakers were able to join from around the globe and watch the festival in its entirety.” To pull it off, the team partnered with the independent Spectacle Theater and Kinoscope to stream its 15 selected short films to hundreds of viewers around the world. Plans for a second edition of the festival are already underway, with submissions open for 2021. Industry standard Oxford Film Festival Executive Director Melanie Addington was making last-minute arrangements for the Mississippi-based event when the state’s governor banned gatherings of more than 100 people. Using Eventive’s brand-new online festival platform, she quickly pivoted to take the event virtual. “We were one of the first virtual festivals with Eventive and had to learn a lot very quickly, mostly that a lot of our community doesn’t have good internet access,” she says. “That was restricting in some ways, but it also expanded who could see them to a new audience.” Moving forward, Addington anticipates OFF will have a hybrid format, combining the accessibility of a virtual festival with the in-person experience of a live event. “This will be what we do from here on out,” she says. “Not everyone can travel to Oxford, but they can still take part in the experience. It makes absolute sense for this to become a standard in our industry.” May/June 2021 | 11
Bekah Rudd’s family forms the backbone of The Seasonal Shoppe. The Seasonal Shoppe in Salyersville From left, Leanna Frazier, Rudd’s sister-in-law, and her furry friend, sells clothing, accessories, home Carla, Rudd, her son, Jesse “Trey” Rudd III, her mother and business decor and more — all in a warm Unique attitude co-owner, Patricia Frazier, and Rudd’s daughter, Finley Rudd. and inviting boutique setting. offering gifts and arts-and-crafts supplies. As times changed and the shop grew, she moved it a couple doors down Church Street in 1997. The Seasonal Shoppe’s family legacy HEADING HOME After high school, Rudd attended the creates a fun shopping experience University of Kentucky. She planned on majoring in anything but the obvious fam- Story by JEN CALHOUN ily business. “I never knew what I wanted T to do, but I didn’t want to do that,” she o understand Bekah Rudd’s vision A Radio Shack — yes, the chain elec- says. “Or so I thought.” for her diverse boutique, The tronics store that populated shopping malls But the retail gene turned out to be Seasonal Shoppe, you first have to in the 1980s — also held space at one side stronger than she could have ever known. understand her childhood. of the vast shop, while at least one arcade Rudd ended up with a bachelor’s degree in Back when Rudd was growing up, her game lit up the building. “Literally, that merchandising, apparel and textiles. After father’s drugstore, Frazier’s Prater Drug in store had anything you could imagine,” an internship at a Macy’s, she wound up Salyersville, burst with variety. In addi- Rudd says with a laugh. “It was a drug- working in the retail giant’s corporate tion to the old-fashioned soda fountain, store, but you never knew what you would offices in Atlanta. But life in the corporate everyday items mixed with the weird and find there.” world didn’t fulfill her as much as being the wild — tarantulas and records, fish and If Frazier’s Prater Drug sounds more inside the store itself. Cabbage Patch dolls. like a department store than a pharmacy, “It was a strange time,” Rudd says. “I that’s the way Rudd’s late father, Tom was 24 and single, but I had just rekindled Frazier, liked it. “He loved this town so a relationship with my high school sweet- much, and he loved the people here,” she heart. My parents told me if I wanted to says. “He wanted people to be able to find come back, they might have something for whatever they wanted or needed right me.” That something turned out to be The here. He wanted them to have nice things Seasonal Shoppe. Pat Frazier turned over — things they had in bigger cities — and the management part of the business to be proud of that.” Rudd around 2005, giving her the chance Rudd’s mother, Pat Frazier, felt the to make it her own. same. Years ago, near the Radio Shack “It was more of a craft store at the space, she opened her own bit of real time,” Rudd says. “There were a small estate she named The Seasonal Shoppe, amount of home decor items and very few 12 | May/June 2021 Foothills Communications
gift items. In the back of my head, I kind of The Seasonal Shoppe got its start in always wanted to make it a place like what Frazier’s Prater Drugs before moving to its my dad had done, but a little different.” own space just down the road in 1997. CHANGING WITH THE TIMES Back then, Salyersville offered little in the way of clothing stores or gift shops. If you wanted anything really special, Rudd says, you had to leave town. Her friends and customers at her shop started making requests, telling her they needed a store “where you can pick up a shower gift or a nice outfit.” Rudd made it happen. Now, The Seasonal Shoppe offers a boutique clothing store with women’s clothing, shoes, jewelry and other accessories, as well as gifts and home decor items like Kentucky-made candles, baby gifts, Willow Tree figurines, the popu- lar Simply Southern clothing line and a new Kentucky-made T-shirt line geared toward men. Rudd also started posting her items, sales and open houses online on Facebook and Instagram. With that decision, she picked up customers from other states, including West Virginia and Virginia. Some of her younger employees even started posting The shop gives customers a place to TikTok videos, using the app that lets users relax, browse and enjoy a day out. create personalized short videos to share with the world. “We are like a big family,” Rudd says. “I know it sounds cliche, but it’s true. We have fun together, and we take care of each other.” Her daughter, Finley, 10, loves help- ing out at the shop and being around the older female employees. Her son, Trey, 14, has all the big sisters he can handle. “I also wanted to be like my dad, because he was always giving kids their first jobs,” Rudd says. “So many people will come up to me and say, ‘I worked in your dad’s drugstore.’ You’ve got to give kids a chance.” Carrying on the family shopkeep- ing tradition is one of the most important things in Rudd’s life. It keeps her connected to her roots. “This store and the drugstore have always Year-round finds for everyone been important to me,” she says. “It’s a The Seasonal Shoppe is at 71 S. Church St. in Salyersville. This boutique shopping family legacy. I’ve always been really experience offers gifts, clothing, accessories, a men’s line, home decor and more. For proud of what my mom and dad did. Our more information or to check out the shop’s latest inventory, sales and open houses, visit town deserves a place of its own.” its Facebook and Instagram pages and TikTok site. The shop’s phone is 606-349-3223. Foothills Communications May/June 2021 | 13
SOUTHERN KITCHENS PEA SALAD WITH SMOKED ALMONDS 2 (16-ounce) packages frozen peas 6 ounces smoke-flavored almonds, finely chopped 1/2 a sweet onion or more, to taste, finely chopped 1/2 cup mayonnaise (reduced fat OK) 1/2 cup sour cream (light OK) Perfectly pleasing peas Ground black pepper, to taste 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese Enjoy a surprisingly flexible legume Place frozen peas in a colander and I rinse them under cold water until f you’re denying yourself the simple frozen peas to a handful of mint leaves thawed. Drain and transfer them to beauty of peas, it’s time to rethink and a half cup of Parmesan cheese, blend a large bowl. Add the almonds and your weekly menu. Full of healthy them together in a food processor and add onions. Mix well. Fold mayonnaise, sour benefits and flavor, they should be a part olive oil as the machine is running until cream and black pepper into the pea of everyone’s diet. you get a smooth, thick consistency. mixture until evenly coated. Transfer Peas’ nutrition profile includes manga- If you’re lucky enough to have a gar- to a serving container and top with nese, protein, fiber, vitamin A and folate, den full of the green pods filled with fresh shredded cheese. Cover and refrig- with lots of lesser vitamins to boot. And peas, you’ve done yourself a favor. Just erate until serving. Before serving, their neutral flavor allows them to go go outside and grab a handful of taste and you may want to blend cheese into from smoothies at breakfast to salads for nutrition. If not, grab a bag of frozen peas the mixture, or leave it on top for a lunch and pot pies for dinner. They’re — they’re just as good for you. prettier presentation. inexpensive and add a lot of texture and color to any plate. FOOD EDITOR ANNE P. BRALY Try tossing them with pasta and a IS A NATIVE OF creamy Alfredo sauce. Or use peas as a CHATTANOOGA, topping for a baked potato with cheese TENNESSEE. and sour cream. You can also make an incredible pesto sauce for buttery rounds of crusty bread. Simply add a bag of 14 | May/June 2021
CREAMY CHICKEN POT PIE Peas add taste, color and texture to this creamy dish. 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour Dump the mixture out onto a clean surface and 1 tablespoon sugar use a rolling pin to roll the butter into thin sheets, 1 teaspoon salt combining it with the flour. Use a bench scraper 1 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into to scrape the rolling pin and to bring the mixture cubes back into a pile as necessary. Continue until all 1/2 cup cold buttermilk of the butter is incorporated into the flour. The 1 or 2 tablespoons cold water mixture will be very flaky. Return the mixture to 1 large egg, beaten, for the egg the bowl and place it in the freezer for 15 minutes wash to chill the butter. For the pot pie filling: Remove from the freezer and add the buttermilk. 1/4 cup unsalted butter Use a spoon, and then your hands, to stir the 1/3 cup diced onion mixture until it comes together into a ball. If the 2 medium carrots sliced (about 1 mixture is too dry, add the water a tablespoon at GREEN PEA cup) a time. Divide the dough into 2 parts and flatten BANANA SMOOTHIE 1 stalk celery sliced (about 1/2 cup) them into disks. Wrap each disk in plastic wrap 2 cloves garlic minced and chill in the fridge while you make the filling. 1/2 cup frozen green peas 1/3 cup all-purpose flour 1 frozen banana 1 teaspoon salt To make the filling, heat the butter over medium- 1 cup spinach 1/2 teaspoon black pepper high heat in a large skillet. Add the onions, 4 mint leaves or more, to taste 1 1/2 teaspoons minced fresh thyme carrots, celery and garlic and cook until tender, 1 1/2 cups almond milk 1 tablespoon minced fresh Italian stirring occasionally. Whisk in the flour, salt, black 1 tablespoon almond butter, parsley pepper, thyme, parsley, chicken broth and heavy optional 1 3/4 cups chicken broth cream. Whisk until there are no flour lumps, then 1/2 cup heavy cream simmer over medium-low heat for 10 minutes Combine all ingredients in a 3 cups shredded chicken or turkey or until the sauce has thickened. Stir in the blender. Blend until smooth, about 1 cup frozen peas shredded chicken or turkey and frozen peas. 1 minute. Add more almond milk Remove from heat and set aside. if needed to achieve your desired First, make the pie dough. Combine the consistency. flour, sugar and salt in a large bowl. Add Preheat the oven to 400 F. Remove the pie dough the cubed butter and toss to coat. from the refrigerator. On a lightly floured surface, use a rolling pin to roll out the dough into a 12-inch circle. Dough should be about 1/4 inch thick. Transfer the dough to a 9-inch pie pan. Pat with your fingers, making sure it is smooth. Trim the extra overhang of dough with a knife and discard. Pour the filling into the dough-lined pie pan. Roll out the second disk of dough and carefully cover the pie. Trim the extra overhang off the sides. Seal the edges by crimping with a fork or your fingers. With a sharp knife, slice a few small slits in the center of the top crust. Using a pastry brush, brush the crust and edges with a beaten egg. Bake for 45 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown. Cool for 10 minutes, allowing the filling to settle and thicken a bit. Cut into slices and serve. May/June 2021 | 15
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