Sunday Supper

A very early Sunday supper, mind you. Since mom and I are the only ones in the house, I took it upon myself to make us a Southern Sunday supper. I had been perusing blogs this morning, trying to catch up with everyone, and found two scrumptious corn recipes. That got the ball rolling. I had a craving for some good summer corn. Frozen would have to do this time of year.

Off to the grocers I went and found some wonderfully fresh-looking frozen corn and even a bag of frozen field peas with green beans included as a bonus. Of course, I snatched them up!

I had a package of bacon that needed to be cooked so it was absolutely perfect timing. I added chicken broth to the cooked bacon.

As I rummaged through my pantry, I came up with some soup bases that I had ordered from Penzeys in the fall. I had completely forgot about these wonderful little jars filled with goodies. I added about a teaspoon of the vegetable mix.

Then water and the peas. A little chopped onion. Cooked them for about 45 minutes. Voila. Simply perfect.

And a snack of hummus, pita and apple juice helped during the cooking!

Then came the corn. I wanted to try Shelley's recipe but didn't feel like going back to the store for cream cheese (thought I had enough but didn't). Vallen's corn recipe sounded as tasty and a little bit different from my Southern supper, so I had to try it. Her recipe is here.

Threw on a little ham slice, half a croissant and sliced some watermelon for desert. Boom, done, Sunday supper (at 3 p.m.).

Mom seemed to truly enjoy it, all the way to the watermelon.

I loved this picture with the cats scrapping in the background and mom finishing up her watermelon. (Yes, she has on turtlenecks--three to be exact--in this 90ºƒ + heat!) Ooooooof.