SHOPPING LIST: Chicken, Ham and Leek Pie with a Puff Pastry Lid, Peas and Carrots (4 portions)
Meal Plan Occasions 2, Mother's Day main (serves 4, chicken)

[ ] 600 g chicken breast, cut into 2 cm pieces
[ ] 150 g cooked ham, cut into 1 cm pieces
[ ] 2 leeks, trimmed, rinsed and sliced
[ ] 1 onion, finely chopped
[ ] olive oil (you need 2 tbsp)
[ ] 40 g butter
[ ] 40 g plain flour
[ ] chicken stock cube (you need 1 cube)
[ ] 150 ml double cream
[ ] 1 tbsp wholegrain mustard
[ ] dried thyme (you need 1 tsp)
[ ] 1 sheet ready-rolled puff pastry (about 320 g), chilled
[ ] 1 egg, beaten, to glaze
[ ] 400 g frozen peas
[ ] 4 carrots, peeled and sliced
[ ] 15 g butter, for the vegetables
[ ] black pepper (you need 1 pinch)

Cupboard check: olive oil, chicken stock cube, dried thyme, black pepper are probably already at home.
Chicken tip: if frozen, defrost it in the fridge overnight, and cook it the next day.
Puff pastry: chilled ready-rolled is easiest. Keep it cold until you use it.
Make ahead: the filling keeps in the fridge for a day.