Let's start with a blessing from Psalm 51:12
“Restore to me the joy of Your salvation O Lord, and uphold me with a willing spirit.”
It's shop for Sunday Dinner recipes. This Sunday dinner recipe fiesta is a modest 3-course meal with Gourmet Enchiladas Verde from El Comal, Lettuce Strawberry salad, Tres Lleche Cupcakes and suggestions for wines. You can certainly add more courses to your meal planning.
The family dinner table starts with a colorful centerpiece, serape table covering, flatware and glassware. Here's how to set the table for this delicious Sunday dinner.
These 3 dinner recipes are a whole lot of elegant. Light two vanilla-scented candles on the table, put on some soft music and relax at home with good food and family. All this meal needs is the cook and hungry mouths. Ole!
Serves 6 (2 each)
12 corn tortillas
1 whole chicken breast, about 12 oz
5 cups water
5 cloves garlic
1 small onion thinly sliced (garnish)
1 small onion
3 small spring parsley
Salt
1 carrot, cut into large pieces
2 to 4 chiles serranos
2 lbs. tomatillo, husks removed
1/2 cup coarsely chopped cilantro
1 tablespoon oil
1/2 cup thick cream (crème fraiche)
1/2 cup crumbled queso fresco or grated monterrey jack
Place the chicken, water, 3 cloves garlic, ¼ onion, parsley, salt to taste and carrot in a large saucepan, cover and simmer until the chicken is tender, about 20 minutes. Remove and shred the chicken, reserving the stock.
Add 2 cloves garlic and the chiles to a saucepan of boiling water. After 5 min, add the tomates verdes and cook another 7 minutes, drain.
In a blender, puree the tomatoes verdes with the garlic, chiles and the rest of the onion. Add the cilantro and process briefly so that the cilantro is not ground too fine. Add 1 cup of the reserved chicken stock.
Heat the oil in a small skillet and sauté the pureed tomate verde in it. Add 1 teaspoon salt and correct the seasonings. Lower the heat and cook, uncovered, for 10 min. If the sauce is too thick, add another 1/2 cup of stock.
Heat a skillet and warm the tortillas in it until they just begin to soften, 10 seconds on each side. Immerse each tortilla in the warm sauce, and then transfer to a plate. Place some chicken in the center of each tortilla, roll up and arrange on a platter. Spoon the warm sauce over the enchiladas, garnish with the sliced onion and add cream and queso fresco. Buen provecho.
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| Salad, Strawberry Lettuce | Dessert, Tres Leche Cupcake |
Dinner Wine, Red, Tempranillo
Dessert Wine, White, Muscat Canelli
Dessert wines are typically chilled and served in a lovely wine glass. Keep the serving size at about half the usual pour, two to three ounces. Serve chilled.
The Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) is proud to play a role in the continuing success of the Texas wine industry. Find these Texas wines at Kroger, HEB, Randall’s, Fiesta, Whole Foods Market and Central Market.
In recent studies, the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) assigns a number of health benefits to regular, moderate wine consumption. The most widely reported benefit is The French Paradox, a theory that credits the drinking of red wine for the low incidence of heart disease in France – despite a famously high-fat, high-cholesterol diet.
Scientists note wine contains antioxidants and resveratrol, elements believed to be helpful in the prevention of certain diseases. Red wine consumption (and to a lesser degree, white wine) is linked to a number of health benefits, including: heart disease prevention; reduced risk of certain cancers; lowering bad cholesterol; weight loss; improved brain function; controlling glucose and insulin levels; and lowering blood pressure.
Most studies cited here recommend consumption of one or two glasses of wine a day with meals, noting the detrimental effects of over-consumption.