Southern Summer Supper Menu

What could be better than farm fresh produce?  I love summer because our local farmer's market has an ample supply of vegetables and fruits.  First thing this morning, we headed to our local farm market & returned home with a back seat full of fresh fruits & veggies:  blackberries, blueberries, peaches, melons, tomatoes, cucumbers, green beans, butter beans, corn, summer squash, and okra.  Of course this calls for a southern summer supper, in the style of my mama and grandmother!  What's on the menu?  Here it is:

BBQ country style ribs
Chili pepper blue cornbread
Sliced tomatoes and cucumbers
Summer squash casserole with bread crumb topping
Fried okra & potatoes
Succotash (butter beans & corns, maybe with some tomatoes thrown in!)
Green beans topped with new potatoes
Peach Blueberry Cobbler with whipped cream

After washing everything and chopping what needs to be chopped or sliced or diced, supper is on the stove, in the oven, and in the slow cooker!  And it smells divine!

Recipes coming up next!

Ken's One Pot Pork Chop Sunday Supper

First of all I must confess that this was the first dinner that Chef Ken ever made for me... and it was love at first bite. Since those days, I have made a couple of changes to his original recipe, as you will see noted... just because I enjoy experimenting with flavor. It's very tasty either way and remains one of our favorite "comfort meals" for Sunday Supper.

The Menu:
Neighborhood Spicy Corn Dip
Felice's Yummy Broccoli Salad
Ken's One Pot Pork Chop Dinner
Cranberry Focaccia Bread with Cinnamon Butter
Warm Brownies with Vanilla Ice Cream or Whipped Cream

An Italian Sunday Supper from Cucina Patrizia (aka Bubbles)

I just love Italy! I just love Italian food! I just love Italian wine, Spritz con aperol, and prosecco! I just love Italian tenors! It's such fun to spend a Sunday afternoon cooking some of my favorite Italian dishes, sipping prosecco, and listening to Andrea Bocelli! Autumn's chill is in the air and the fireplace is lit. Here's the menu (& remember Sunday Supper, not gourmet dinner party!)

Antipasto
Cucina Chopped Salad
Garlic Bread
Low(er) Fat Spaghetti Carbonara
Lasagna Patrizia
Tiramisu

Are you hungry yet?

What's For Sunday Dinner? Spiral Sliced Ham!

Again, I'm cooking for a crowd here in Greenville so when I went to Costco a beautifully packaged spiral sliced ham jumped into my cart and begged to go home with me. When cooking for a crowd, I like to get as much done ahead of time as I possibly can and so my slow cooker often comes to my aid. For some silly reason, the menu that popped into my head is sort of Hawaiian, French, and Greek!

Ham Dinner Menu

Cheese ball & crackers
Chips & onion dip
Slow Cooked Spiral Sliced Ham with Hawaiian Sauce
Pineapple Au Gratin
Scalloped Potatoes
Sauteed Cabbage
Greek Salad
Baklava

Recipes are next.

What's on the menu for this October Sunday? Chili of course!

Though not at all a chef, I like to pretend that I am one! One of my favorite things has always been Sunday suppers with family & friends. I grew up with Sunday suppers of Southern fried chicken, green beans with new potatoes, macaroni & cheese, rice & gravy and biscuits with honey! This is my first Sunday supper blog entry and I hope you will enjoy it!

The menu:
appetizers: white cheddar cheese spread with assorted crackers
Nathan's little smokies, slow cooked & glazed
salad: Italian Trattoria Salad with creamy Italian dressing
bread: Cornbread (of course) and
My Mom's sour cream muffins
entree: White and green chicken chili
Smokin' Steakhouse Chili
dessert: Old fashioned oatmeal cake with praline topping

Next up, the recipes!