I try to keep the “Sunday Dinner” tradition going. My generation of friends (the 40-somethings) talk about whether or not you we do Sunday Dinner at home. Sunday’s don’t feel like Sunday to me with out. Growing up, my Mom threw DOWN on Sunday. Usually she baked a hen, made collards or snap beans (which involved me snapping beans into a big wooden bowl after church), rice-a-roni or potato salad. Mom always did dessert on Sunday too (banana pudding, dump cake, peach/apple pie). She wouldn’t eat it of course, but she made it, Praise God 🤣. I get all my cooking skills from my mom. I try to branch out a little more though, than chicken and sides. For one, that takes all day and my kids require a ton of attention, and my house is a mess. I usually need space on Sunday’s to clean and cook something. I got wise and started using the crock pot to free up some time. My mom never used a crock pot; I don’t even think she had one. Some how her house was clean and Jonri and I were low-ish maintenance. If we dared become high-maintenance, my parents had their way of putting a stop to that 😊. So, for today, it’s curry chicken in the crock pot. The recipe is something like this: 2lbs boneless, skinless chicken breast, 2.5 cups chicken broth, 1 can of coconut milk (I use Goya), 2 Onions, 1 red bell pepper, some shredded carrots, 1 potato – cubed, 3 tablespoons of curry, 1 teaspoon of coriander, 1 teaspoon of cumin, 2 tablespoons of brown sugar, kosher salt and pepper to taste. I’ll let this stay in the pot for about 6 hours on low, then I’ll add frozen peas and cauliflower. Charn is cutting carbs, otherwise we would have it with rice, but instead we will have it with broccoli. The boys will have Stouffer’s Veggie Lasagna. That’s another thing my Mom was NOT having. All I could hear her yelling from the kitchen is, “I am not a short order cook!” We ate whatever she fixed. But for me, the boys will not be having curry just yet. Maybe another day. In other Barr news, Happy Birthday Aaron!
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