Enjoy spring's fresh vegetables in this simple yet savoury meal for Mom.
Barb Holland
Serve up a relaxed and casual Mother's Day dinner starring spring's earliest risers -- asparagus, new potatoes and early greens -- as well as an interesting
variety of mushrooms.
Follow the timelines below to manage your time well and make it a stress-free day.
Timelines Early in day: Make Lemon Tart and Raspberry Sauce. Clean salad greens, make dressing. A few hours ahead: Clean asparagus.
Mushroom sauce can be made ahead and reheated, adding the butter-flour mixture, vinegar, seasoning and parsley just before serving. About 1 hour ahead: Glaze pecans. Before cooking: Scrub potatoes and prepare chicken. Cook or finish mushroom sauce.
Toss salad just before serving. Serve.
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