Sunday Dinner, June 22, 2008

I'm still not quite up to snuff, but I'm feeling a little better. Thanks to everyone for your well wishes and concern for me. I do appreciate it and it warms this ol' gal's heart. Y'all are the BEST!

More on how I'm feeling in a bit, but I do feel well enough to cook Sunday Dinner this week.

I have some lean smoky bacon chunks boiling until they're tender. I'll add some canned green beans to the pot with the bacon and cook them down a little. I'll set them off the heat to cool and refrigerate them until I get home from church Sunday afternoon. I'll peel some potatoes and dice them into medium chunks and cook them with the green beans and bacon until the potatoes are tender. I might even throw in a little chopped onion when I add the diced potatoes.

I also have a big pot of chicken parts stewing on the stove. I'm going to make homemade chicken pot pie with the chicken meat and broth. I have some canned mixed vegetables that I'll add to the broth and chicken meat, then I'll add some milk and thicken the whole concoction with some cornstarch and flour.

After the filling cools I'll refrigerate it until needed Sunday afternoon. I'll start the filling warming on the stove top while I stir up a quick batter for the crust. I'll beat an egg, a little milk and a dab of oil, and enough flour to make a thick but still pourable batter, then pour it evenly over the filling and put it into the oven until the filling is bubbly and the crust is golden brown.

There's a picture above and to the left of one of my chicken pot pies, or maybe I should say, what's left of 2 chicken pot pies after my crowd fell on them like a plague of locusts. The first baking pan was pretty much dead on arrival. Rest in peace, dearly departed and delicious chicken pot pie.

I don't really feel like typing up the chicken pot pie recipe tonight but I'll try to get it done soon and let y'all know when I post it on MY RECIPE BLOG.

So that's the menu for Sunday Dinner this week. What's your menu/plans for Sunday Dinner this week? Give a shout out in the comments if you want to participate this week.As I mentioned earlier I've not been feeling well the last several days. It's not any particular thing that I can put my finger on and say, "this" is what's making me feel yucky. I've just generally felt bad. I do feel a little better, but I still wouldn't want to try to whup a bear with a switch.

Last time I went to my doctor he told me I was pre-diabetic and borderline to be considered a diabetic. He also told me that I could go full blown diabetic at any time and to be aware of any sudden changes in my body, so I'm wondering if that might be the problem. I have an appointment with my nutritionist on July 1st and it usually takes 2 weeks or more to get in to see the doctor, so unless I get a lot worse in the meantime I'll just keep my original appointment rather than try to get in sooner.Enough of that. Back to food again.

Earlier in the week a new blog reader emailed me to ask if I had posted the recipe for my potato salad on MY RECIPE BLOG. At that time I hadn't, but I now have the recipe for DIANE'S HOMEMADE POTATO SALAD posted on my recipe blog. Just click on the bold links to go to the recipe on my recipe blog.I had Emmy all day today and I'm amazed at how fast she's picking up new words and gestures. She's a smart little thing even if she is my grandbaby and I'm just the least bit biased. As much as I love her, I'm also TARD and ready for my shower and my freshly made bed.

I've already studied my Sunday School lesson but I still have to pick the chicken off the bones and make the filling for the chicken pot pie and then I'm going to take my shower in a bit.

One of my favorite things in the world is to take a shower and get into a freshly changed bed. Oh, bliss! The only thing that would make it better would be if I'd hung the sheets and bedspread outside to dry in the sunshine. I'll settle for freshly laundered in Gain detergent with Gain liquid fabric softener, then into my dryer. That's a very close second best. Y'all have a wonderful Sunday. May God meet all your needs, and may you have enough to share.