One of the great things about having grown children is when they come home to visit! Family dinners have always been very important to me and Jeff and we value the times we can have Jared and Brad and their wives home and their feet under our table. Recently Brad and Holly, our newlyweds, came for a visit, and as usual, they request their favorite meals. To go along with fajitas which they asked for, I prepared Orphan's Rice. This is a new dish for us, but both times I have made it, everyone loved it. I grew up having Sunday "dinner." This is the noon meal on Sunday following morning worship. Jeff has always teased me that any other day of the week, it is called "lunch." I guess we called it dinner because on Sunday, it is the largest meal of the day. I tried as often as I could when Jared and Brad were home to have a special meal on Sundays. It often meant that Saturday evenings were filled with preparing dishes that could be ready to put in the oven after we got home from church or something that could cook while we were gone. It was well worth the effort! There is nothing better than to walk into the house after church and smell the wonderful aroma of a rump roast cooking in the crock pot! Along with a delicious meal, Sunday dinner also meant using the china and crystal. Why have it if you aren't going to use it and who is more important to impress than your family?
A new favorite bread for sopping up roast gravy are the takeoff on Red Lobster's cheddar biscuits. They are delicious and the best part is that the recipe calls for baking mix which makes them very fast to mix up. Go ahead--plan a delicious Sunday dinner for this week and bring out the fancy dishes and linens even if it's just you and your husband. He's worth it! (Pictured here are Holly, our nephew Jason, and Brad.)
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