Sunday, January 16, 2011

16 January 2011 – Golden Globes




The Golden Globe awards are on tonight, and I am a sucker for award shows! The snow is finally melting, but it has taken a week. Last week, I saw a post from my Facebook friend and doyenne of Southern cooking, Nathalie Dupree. She stated that she was cooking a pot of Country Captain, so I did a bit of research and decided to cook it for tonight's Sunday Supper. I met Nathalie last March in Charleston, and she was gracious enough to have a photo made with her. Country Captain is a chicken curry casserole and was a staple of many Junior League cookbooks. I based mine off of a recipe by the Lee brothers. I love their Southern cooking and have included a link to the recipe. The dish was wonderful and perfect for a cold winter night. Thanks for the inspiration Nathalie! Now, on to the Golden Globes!

Hope everyone has a great week!

The Menu:

- Country Captain with Brown Rice

- Caramel Sea Salt Gelato

Sunday, January 2, 2011

02 January 2011 – Soulful New Year





Happy New Year, and good riddance to 2010! I am excited about the new year since last year was filled with the good, bad and the ugly. The good parts were really great, but the bad parts were really ugly. So, here's to new beginnings. We rang in the new year with our dear friends, Steve and Amado, at their cabin in Blue Ridge, Georgia. We had a great meal and laughed a lot. They even orchestrated a "balloon drop" at midnight! We stayed over and took our time getting home on New Years day. Today, we purged the house of Christmas decorations and bid adieu to the blue spruce. It made quite a mess, but we enjoyed it for the holidays. I saved my traditional New Years dishes for tonight's Sunday Supper. Tomorrow, we're off to join the YMCA and get back in shape, so I began the transition by lightening up tonight's supper. I made oven fried chicken and the typical Southern New Years side dishes: black eyed peas and collard greens. According my grandmother, the peas are for good luck and the collards are for good fortune since they are the color of money. However, I am putting a new spin on the collards. I made dirty rice stuffed collard greens! They are similar to stuffed cabbage but with collards.

It's back to a full work week tomorrow, and I will be happy to return to a somewhat normal schedule. Luckily, the beginning of the year is looking very busy for Grant Design Collaborative! Here's to a better year for all! May 2011 bring you lots of love, laughter, joy, health and some great Sunday Suppers!

Bon Appetit Ya'll!

The Menu:

- Oven Fried Chicken

- Dirty Rice Stuffed Collard Greens

- Black Eye Peas with Christmas Ham Bone

- Iron Skillet Corn Bread