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| Spaghetti Daube, Old Fashioned Pot Roast, Grits and Grillades, Smothered Pork Roast with Rice, Coca Cola Ham, Shrimp Sauce Piquant, Cajun Courtbouillon, Garlic Roasted Chicken, Baked Ziti - my Collection of Main Dish Favorites for Sunday Suppers |
Sunday Suppers in the south are a big deal - or at least there was a time when they sure used to be. Supper was on the table at a certain time, and everybody, without exception was expected to be there. It was a time when the good china, and the manners, came out. It was a time when the family all gathered together in one spot and shared a meal and conversation about their life, their week, their plans and their dreams.
Some of you call it Sunday dinner, but whatever you call it, it was considered the main meal of the day on Sunday, most often served earlier than the usual weeknight dinner, usually somewhere between 1 and 3 in the afternoon.
Even in the south though, I'm afraid that Sunday Supper has taken a back seat to the busyness of life, but I sure wish it would experience a revival. I think in this age of technology, we all need that time to unplug and reconnect as human beings with one another, and face to face... not on Facebook, or email, or through cell phone texting, but in real live conversation.
So put all that technology away for an hour or so, strictly ban it from the table, and gather everybody together for Sunday Supper again. While the family may be resistant and even awkward at first, I think you'll be pleased with the results in the long run.
These are just a few of my favorite possibilities for Sunday Supper Main Dishes, plus two of my favorite homemade rolls. Generally they are meals that take a little more time to put together, to cook, or maybe require an ingredient or two that keep them from being a regular on the weeknight dinner table.
Be sure to check back as I'll continually be adding to the list!
What's your favorite meal for Sunday Supper?
Sunday Supper Menu Ideas
Beef
Oven Braised Chuck Roast with Potatoes and Carrots
Spaghetti Daube with Creole Gravy
Creole Pan Seared Meatloaf with Tomato Gravy
Oven Braised Beef Brisket
Old Fashioned Pot Roast
Oven Roasted Beef Rump Roast
Oven Braised Beef Eye of Round Roast
Cajun Beef & Pork Boulettes with Brown Sauce
Grits and Grillades
Sunday Gravy - Spaghetti and Homemade Meatballs
Pork
Cajun Glazed Ham
Slow Cooker Pork Roast with Vegetables
Smothered Pork Roast with Rice
Sage Pork Roast with Apple Pan Sauce
Roast Pork with Spicy Sweet Onion Sauce
Brown Sugar Glazed Coca Cola Ham
Seafood
Shrimp Sauce Piquant
Eggplant Josephine
Cajun Courtbouillon
Shrimp Creole
Seafood & Okra Gumbo with Shrimp, Crab & Oysters
Shrimp and Crab Stuffed Mirlitons
Chicken and Turkey
Southern Fried Chicken
Oven Roasted Hen or Turkey with Buttery Pan Sauce
Lemon Roasted Chicken
Chicken and Gravy
Garlic Roasted Chicken with Vegetables
Roasted Stuffed Boneless Turkey Breast
Rotisserie Style Sticky Chicken
Oven Baked Cajun Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya
Slow Cooker
Italian Pot Roast
Coca Cola Roast Beef
Slow Cooker Pork Roast with Vegetables
Sunday Casseroles
Southernized Baked Ziti
Baked Spaghetti
Southern Chicken and Cornbread Dressing
Mama's Lasagna - Coming Soon!
Bread
Old Fashioned Yeast Rolls
Homemade French Pistolette Rolls
Desserts
Southern Banana Pudding with Homemade Custard
Moon Pie Banana Pudding
Mama's Red Velvet Cake
German Chocolate Cake
Perfect Southern Pound Cake
Apple Dapple Cake with Maple Glaze
Strawberry Cake with Coconut and Pecan
Southern Caramel Cake
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9 comments:
Great post Mary. For us, Sunday Supper was either left over Roast Beef from Sunday Dinner, or Fried Chicken. Sunday meals were always a family tradition. I can't imagine kids bringing electronics to the supper table. Even though I love all of our technology, I guess I'm glad I grew up during a time where they didn't exist.
The meat dishes alone got me hungry!!! I've tried something similar to the meatloaf recipe before but may want to try some of these dishes. I'm not sure how soon I may get to cook all of them. This is a 100% special meal. Keep up the good work here. It fun to ready. If you don't have a YouTube channel, you should consider doing one.
What a fabulous post, Mary. There is a years worth of suppers here :-). Your family is very fortunate to have you in the kitchen. We are very fortunate to have you on the web. I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Blessings...Mary
Great post. My family (back in a different millennium, 50 years ago always had Sunday Dinner. We were an active church family and 9 times out of 10 we would host another family or be invited to their house. And yes, manors were expected. Memories are funny things, but i can take myself back to those moments anytime I like. My father is gone, my brothers live in different states, my mother is married to the new love of her life...
But I can sit at those family dinners in my mind and smile
This was a great post...
Be romantic, have a great valentines Day
Dave
I've really been making an effort to get the whole family to eat Sunday dinner together(with 2 teens out running all the time it's pretty challenging)I'm going to try one of those pot roast recipes this weekend!
Thanks,
Amy~
Sunday dinner was the rule in my house when I was coming up and when I was raising my own. Nice plates, linens and manners were required. Now that the girls are grown and no longer living at home, my husband and I still make the meal after church the major one. Somethimes we even go out for that meal. Supper that evening was a DIY affair since the cook was tired from the dinner service.
I just love your blog! I so relate to everything you say. I loved Sunday dinner growing up in Kentucky and I hope my own kids can enjoy those same feelings of warmth, comfort and love I felt each week, even though they are growing up in the heart of downtown Philadelphia. Thank you, thank you for all these recipes that I can add to my collection.
Aw thanks so much - I appreciate that! Hope that you enjoy everything!!
You have spoken my heart. We try to get all of our children (married/single and this still at home) together for Sunday dinner between services at church. It is, indeed a very special time. Thank you for expressing the sentiments of my heart so well, and for the wonderful recipes to try. I subscribed for email updates today and look forward to your future posts.
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