Hey, hey, friends! Thanks for coming back to join me for another delicious edition of Sunday Supper! If you’re new around these parts, I dedicate a post each week, that I call Sunday Supper, to catching you up on what’s been happening in my world and offer up a little recipe inspiration. It’s sort of like the old days of blogging. Anyway, let’s jump in…
I hope y’all all had an amazing Thanksgiving surrounded by the folks you love. We certainly did! And last weekend, I turned 40! That’s why you didn’t get a Sunday Supper email from me last week. After all the holiday festivities, I just decided to spend some time with family and friends and celebrate my big day in a pretty low-key style. It was very relaxing.
After a few weeks without much excitement, things have really jumped into full gear over at the Chinaberry House! Sheet rock went up last week, they’ve been mudding this week, and brick is starting to cover the outside. It looks absolutely amazing and we’re so excited with our brick choice.
The hint of color in the Silo Square brick from Cherokee Brick was the perfect choice! (If you have no idea what I’m talking about with this Chinaberry Stuff, we’re building our dream home and a new Southern Bite test kitchen and studio. Click here to get all the details.)
When it comes to food, I’m sharing some of my favorites. To start, this is my favorite 5 ingredient recipe – my 5 Ingredient Beef Enchiladas. Everyone always overlooks these, but when they finally give them a chance, they’re always impressed. Using salsa as a shortcut adds tomatoes, peppers, onions, garlic and more (and tons of flavor!) to the meat mixture without any work at all.
With that, I’m sharing my Easiest Mexican Inspired Salsa Rice! This stuff tastes just like the rice at my favorite local Mexican restaurant!
For something sweet, I’m sharing a recipe for Chewy Sugar Cookies that tastes just like the sugar cookies at Great American Cookie Company. I just love those things. In fact, one of my birthday cakes was a giant sugar cookie cake from Great American Cookies!
And if you love those yummy Swedish meatballs from Ikea, you’re going to want to check out this delicious copycat recipe that my friend Brenda from A Farm Girl Dabbles shared recently.
As we head into the holiday season, I know it’s not always a season of joy for everyone. As I get older, I often feel the blues starting to creep in this time of year. For me, one thing that helps me battle seasonal depression is working to find a way to be of service to others.
Maybe it’s dropping off some donations to your local food bank. Perhaps it’s helping to provide Christmas gifts for folks whose can’t afford it. Maybe it’s paying for someone’s coffee at Starbucks. Or even yet, maybe it’s just offering someone a smile. Things like this are really at core of what this holiday is all about and when I know I’m able to help someone else, it always works to put my issues in perspective.
I sure hope y’all have an amazing week, friends!
Aileen
Happy birthday, Stacy! We love you the way you are. Thank you for sharing the Chinaberry progress with us!
Thank you, Aileen!!
Reba Files
Thank you for sharing the progress on the Chinaberry House. It’s going to be awesome and I know you are anxious to move into it. Your fans are happy to root for you and your family. We can see how hard you work for everything and deserve a great place to create those southern dishes to pass on to us. Wishing you the best always and a Blessed Christmas and a prosperous New Year.
Thank you so much, Reba! Merry Christmas!
Donna Hattaway
I love your recipes and stories! I also have your cookbook!
Happy Holidays! Blessings to you and your
family!
Thanks so much, Donna! You, too!
Reba Files
A true Southern Gentleman – courageous enough to put himself at risk to the opinionated public that hides behind the shadow of a faceless opinion of someone they do not know. Stacey – thank you for your honesty, your southern manners, for sharing your new home plans with us, and your truly southern recipes like I grew up with. It’s really refreshing to get similar recipes from the south and different versions of the wonderful food my mother and grandmother cooked for us. Good food always brought us together to share our lives with each other. Some of my happiest memories are the family reunions when we all sat at a large table, catching up on family news. Even the kid’s table was fun – and close enough to the adults to hear the news. I’m 83 now and those memories still bring me joy.
Such sweet memories!
Cheryl
I love your recipes and your “homey” blog. Also appreciate your tips and suggestions. Keep up the good work. God bless!
Thank you, Cheryl!
Lisa
Happy Birthday Stacey! ’40’ is still so very young! 🙂 Excited for your family and your new home. Love receiving the updates and the pics! Love all the yummy recipes too!
God bless and keep you and your family,
Lisa
Thanks so very much, Lisa!
Sharon G Monaghan
I love Stacey and his wholesome, down home recipes. I don’t understand calling someone a dork. Being honest and humble is an asset. Dork? Nerd? I guess I qualify, too. If no offense was intended, then why say it at all. Just give the compliment without a “no offense, but”.
Thanks, Sharon!
Jane
I very much enjoy all your recipes and updates. Ignore rude people, keep on being you!!!
Thank you for all you do!! There, truly, should be more people like you, Stacey!!
Merry Christmas and much love to you and your family!
I sure appreciate the kind words! Thanks, Jane! Merry Christmas!
Vickie
Seems to me that all of us would be much better off if there were many more people like Stacey and fewer angry, hostile brutes in the world. Stacey, I enjoy your recipes and the updates on you, your family, and your Chinaberry progress. Wishing a wonderful holiday season to your readers and to you and your loved ones.
Thanks so much, Vickie! Wishing you a blessed holiday as well!
Doug
No offence Stacey, but you’re a real dork in the nicest possible way, but a refreshing reprise from All the covid BS.
I suppose I’ve always been a dork of some sort. I’ll take that as a compliment. 🙂