Sunday Dinner, September 30, 2007, Homecoming Edition

Let me assure you, Diane is definitely cooking Sunday Dinner this week, and in a big way. As a matter of fact, I started cooking Saturday at noon for Sunday's Dinner!

Sunday is Homecoming day at my church and all the ladies and quite a few of the men go all out cooking for this once a year celebration. We have a beloved former pastor coming to preach the morning sermon, followed by Sunday dinner "on the grounds", then a gospel group coming to sing. Everyone is welcome and traditionally everybody who attends the church and everyone who's ever been a member in the past gathers for preaching, eating and singing. We usually have quite a few visitors as well.

Everybody cooks their best dishes and lots of it! This is the time to pull out your biggest pots, pans and slow cookers and fill them to the brim. We try to cook enough for our family that will be there and enough to share with the visitors who are always there.My menu this year? I've made my biggest (7-quart) crockpot brim full with my CROCKPOT DRESSING, my biggest (11x14) baking pan full of homemade garden fresh candied sweet potatoes, 2 homemade raisin pies in graham cracker crusts, and 2 homemade *Karo* pecan pies.

Since I'm the only one that will be there in my family, do you think I'm taking enough? ;-)
Lamar is staying home to watch football and Jessica, Jason and Emmy have other plans this Sunday.

As I type this my dressing is in the crockpot dish in the fridge, ready to put in the base and start cooking later tonight. My sweet potatoes are in the baking pan in the fridge with the butter and brown sugar already on them, ready to take to church with me Sunday morning. I'll put them in the oven at church and cook them during Sunday School so they'll be good and hot for dinner.

I made enough dressing and sweet potatoes so I'd have enough for supper tonight as well as plenty to take to church. There's some pics of the dressing and sweet potatoes I cooked for our supper. Sorry about the quality of the pics, but I've never professed to be a good photographer. You can get the general idea from them anyway.

I still have to make the raisin and pecan pies, but I'll make them later this evening so they'll be as fresh as possible. I can't stand stale or soggy pie crust whether it be pastry crust or graham cracker crust.

I suppose I could get up at 4 am and cook like some do, but I'll tell you right now that it ain't very likely.

So, that's my Sunday Dinner menu. What's yours? Just leave your plans or menu in the comments.Jessica, Jason and Emmy dropped by to visit a while this afternoon. It's hard to believe how much I miss seeing them every day, and it's only been a week since Emmy started daycare full time. Lamar and I really enjoyed our visit with them but they didn't stay very long. They were headed to the grocery store to do their weekly shopping and Miss Emmy had a bottle just before they left. Her eyelids were getting very heavy as Jessica was strapping her into her car seat.Jessica passed the first part of the test for her real estate license with flying colors, thank the Lord. Now she has to schedule the state portion. When she passes it she'll have her real estate license. She'll also get a significant raise and some other juicy perks, which is always a good thing.MIGHTY MOM @ MY WONDERFUL LIFE recently honored me with the "You Make Me Smile Award". I already have the button in my sidebar, but I want to acknowledge this award.

Thanks, Mighty Mom, for the award and for your sweet words about me.

You can read about me and the others Mighty Mom awarded the "You Make Me Smile" award by clicking on the button.
OVERWHELMED WITH JOY is hosting "Holiday Cooking, Blogger Style, 2nd Edition" this year. I participated last year by sharing some of my favorite holiday family recipes. I intend to participate again this year, and you can join us by clicking on the "Holiday Cooking" button. On Friday, October 5th OVERWHELMED will post the details for this years' event.

Hope you can join us!I think that's enough for now, and I still have to make those pies.

Dear family and friends, my prayer for each of you is that God will richly bless you by meeting all your needs, and may you have enough to share.