Straight Stitches: Sunday Dinner

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Tuesday, November 09, 2010

How You Like It Chili

Heather November 09, 2010 1 Comments

It feels weird to have skipped a day on this blog. I know. I don't really have any excuse except to say that I was tired. We drove 20 hours over three days, and then today I drove another 3 hours to get the boys home. I am tired of our car. If I don't see the inside of that car for another week then I will be very happy, but with that being said...I've been meaning to share this recipe for a while now. It started off as a chili recipe that we got from my mom way back when, but then we started playing around with it. :) This is a highly customizable recipe, for whatever taste you want. So here goes!

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Toe-Kickin' Chicken Chili

Heather September 16, 2010 2 Comments

I had no idea what to post about until I saw the linky party up over at The Girl Creative for the Creative Chick Parade.

You see I have quite a few posts lined up, but when I saw that it was recipes today over at TGC then I knew what I was going to write about.

Sunday while we were watching the Skins trounce the Cowboys (no, I'm not a Skins fan, but I do live in the area) we were chowing down on some white chicken chili. Well it was supposed to be white, but oh well, there is chicken!

Friday, August 06, 2010

A Week of New Foods!

Dana August 06, 2010 4 Comments

WARNING: This post is so packed with food, reading it may ruin your dinner.

Oooooooooh, what a week it's been! House guests, dinner with other friends, new immersion blender, and a new meal plan for Mike and I. We start with the house guests and the new immersion blender.

Our very good friend Wes' fiancee, Hannah, is in town from Arkansas so they can work on wedding plans and she is staying in our house. Because of that, I decided to make a really nice Sunday dinner for everyone. This particular meal included Heather's sweet tea ribs, which were a total hit, rolls, and homemade Dutch Apple Sauce. The applesauce recipe can from MJ at My Busy Craft Life (thanks, MJ!). Now, you may notice that MJ's recipe uses the metric system because she lives in England {lucky!!!}. I have converted all of the measurements for anyone using the American system of measurement. I also edited the recipe ever so slightly because I don't have all the same lovely pictures as MJ

Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Would anyone like some Paella?

Heather August 04, 2010 1 Comments

I love me some seafood. Who doesn't? So I've been hankering for some Paella for a while now. My mom has a recipe that is delicious, but I couldn't get her to make it for me. So I went to the next best source, my Taste of Home cookbook! Lucky for me there is a Paella recipe in there under Poultry. Wait?! Poultry?! I do not remember my mom's recipe having chicken in it, she says there was, but I do not recall this. So I move forward. I had most of the ingredients that I needed and only needed to run the store for the seafood and a pepper. I decided to 'man' up the Paella recipe though. So on to the show!

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Who's up for some Armenian grub?

Heather June 15, 2010 2 Comments

So with part of my husband's heritage being Armenian, I thought it was time to introduce some Armenian dinner dishes, that would be wonderful additions to your menu repertoire. So here is one of our favorites! This delicious meal was prepared by the hubby, and Harrison was giving him mad props for it too!

Monday, May 24, 2010

Sunday Dinner with Less!

Heather May 24, 2010 0 Comments

So it was my weekend again for the family dinner, and I had planned on having Peach Pie, Apple-Stuffed Chicken, Cabbage and Potatoes of some sort. I go to pull out the makings for the chicken and guess what?!?! I have no chicken stuffing, and its pouring. Cats.And.Dogs.Raining. Yea....there's not enough money in the world that would get me to go out in that mess. So off to the cook book I go.

I find a recipe for Glazed Cornish Hens, and I have everything for that, except the Cornish Hens, but I have a chicken, so I'll adapt it. :) I then continue on with my original plan. So here's the goods!

I only cooked my bird for 2-1/2 hours.
Parts of it had to be nuked,
because I had a time limit. We needed to be
done by Lost's Finale. :)

Monday, May 10, 2010

Cake Balls with a Lemony Twist!

Heather May 10, 2010 2 Comments

I had wanted to show off pictures of Mom's Mother's Day Brunch, but someone {Dad....and in case Mom didn't give you the message, then Mom} has not sent me the pictures. So you will have to make do with some camera phone pictures and some funny shots from after the brunch, but given my seemingly new Sunday night tradition, I'd like to share with you a recipe.

Sandra Dee would be proud of this one. I found the idea from Bakerella, but changed it, because I'm 1) lazy, 2) overbooked my weekend and 3) slept in today (being that it was Mother's Day and all), but all those excuses aside I had intended on changing the recipe all along. Mom's culinary theme was citrus, so I thought that lemon cake dipped in white chocolate would be yummy. ;)

Tuesday, May 04, 2010

A Frittata for Spring

Heather May 04, 2010 7 Comments

My boys are home! After a weekend of working hard on the bedroom, going to pick them up from their great-grandmother's was a welcome break. I'm not going to even attempt to tell you that I did not enjoy the break from my guys, but Monday could not come soon enough. There are some things that are not the same unless your family is all together, and dinner is one of these things. I did go over to my mom's for dinner on Sunday, but Stephen was not feeling well so he stayed home. The boys, were of course, not there. So only 4 of us graced her dinner table.

Tonight, however; I had all of my boys home and healthy, and I would like to share with you what we had for dinner. It was another new recipe from the Food Network magazine.

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Sunday Dinner in under an Hour!

Heather April 25, 2010 1 Comments

You're going to have to forgive me, because I've tried starting this post three times now and haven't gotten very far. I woke up with an awful sinus headache and thinking is almost beyond my capabilities this morning, but I want to share with you what I made for dinner last night, because it is definitely a keeper and would be lovely for Sunday dinner. We are having leftovers tonight, but that's ok because we'll still be eating as a family. :) So on to the show!

Eagerly awaiting the meal!

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Hummingbird Cake.......or is it Bread?

Heather April 20, 2010 1 Comments

Every good southerner has heard of Hummingbird Cake, and it's wonderful! I love a good cake. I'm not much into frosting, but give me a gooey, moist, scrumptious cake and I'm all yours.

However, when I started mixing up the recipe for Hummingbird Cake it reminded me more of a batter bread than a cake recipe. The only difference? You usually don't frost a loaf of bread, but whatever category it falls under I will definitely be making this again as it has quickly become my fav.or.ite! Icing included. So on to the goods!

Monday, April 19, 2010

Ribs, Potatoes & Peas.....Oh My!

Heather April 19, 2010 1 Comments

I promised you the recipes for last night's dinner and here they are....except for the cake...that will be tomorrow. I got the Ribs and Potato recipe out of the Food Network Magazine, April 2010 and its de-lish! The Peas & Pearl Onions are my creation. Hope you enjoy!

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Bringing Back Sunday Dinners...

Heather April 18, 2010 2 Comments

I don't know how to begin this post. I have wanted to post about ~~dinner~~ food, because I love to cook. I love setting the table with the good china and silver. I love the work and time involved. I love ~~all of it~~ the prep and eating, not the dishes.