Normally, I would not do a bread with that meal but we're in the midwest and most guests expect some sort of bread with a special lunch.

I agree with plllog, it's kind of starchy with both the pot pie and the popovers, but I sure wouldn't pass up either of them, or both!

It sounds delicious to me.

Annie

I was going to suggest bread sticks instead of popovers....but....who could not want popovers 3 times a day every day of the week?! But I hope you make the crust on the pot pie skinny and not "biscuit-ey".

Linda this is a new recipe for "summer" chicken pot pie -- and yes, it is a biscuit crust so in rereading the recipe, Because of your comments and rereading the recipe, I have decided to eliminate the popovers.

I agree with nixing the popovers but I would add some fruit to the green salad - here the rage is strawberries in a balsamic vinaigrette.

I agree on nixing the popovers so folks will really have room for and enjoy their cake! I love pot pie! I have learned to make it like a crostada so it has only one crust. It was a hit last time I made it. Can also be made with just the crust on top or in individusl dishes. That always seems so elegant but I have yet to take the time to do it.

I for one would pick out any fruit that found its way into a green salad - better to serve it on the side and people can add it if they like it. Or make a separate fruit salad. I love green salad, and I also like fruit salad, but I only like them if they are separate. I may be the odd one, but I do not mix sweet and salty.

I love strawberries or split red grapes in salad. We like it with raspberry vinaigrette.

I have made salads of lettuce/greens and fruit many MANY times...literally served easily 400 different people with a salad with strawberries, or apples, pomegranit seeds or pears. And only had maybe 5 people pick the fruit out....and they were all men.
Most people love fruit with their greens dressed with a light vinaigrette.

My brother also does not like fruit in green salads, and the only people I know who do are women. I also think that people in the Midwest and southeast tend to like their food sweeter than in other parts of the country. I've never been to those regions, and so this is speculation on my part. However, my mother would put grapes in salads, and my brothers and I would pick them out, and so it may have more to do with gender. My brothers and I also do not like raspberry vinaigrette. Many times men will not tell you what they do not like (especially my grandfather) and will eat it anyway to be polite. My brother in Texas does not like garlic, and for me that is a bigger problem, although the brother I live with now does not like raw tomatoes, and so I cannot put those in salads either, but I serve them on the side. When we eat out, he picks out all the tomatoes and gives them to me. He likes cooked tomatoes, however. I would not touch a salad that had pomegranate, as that is too much trouble to pick out. My mother would put mayonnaise on pears, and I hated that, but I had a hard time getting her to serve me plain pears.

Not totally gender. I'll eat (sweet) fruit (i.e., berries or pears, etc., not including tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, squash, et al.) in green salad if so served to be polite, but I don't care for sweet salads and would be much happier without.

Yeah, my dad has a sweet tooth a mile long and he loves fruit in salads. My SO, not so much, but he loves "plain" foods.

I served a big salad of mixed baby greens with a vinaigrette. There was enough going on in the pie so a simple salad seemed to fit better.