I get stuck in a rut where I don’t try to cook anything
different – I just use the same old recipes that I’m comfortable with
making. A few weeks ago, we picked up a
package of pork chops at the grocery store on sale. Well, there’s only a certain amount of times
you can eat a grilled pork chop before throwing in the towel. So I went on a hunt for some new pork chop
recipes. And I found this one on http://www.bellalimento.com:
Pork Chops in Cream Sauce
Ingredients:
Butter
Olive
Oil
4
porkchops
1 cup Marsala
wine
1 tsp.
Flour
1 cup
of whipping cream/half and half
Sliced
mushrooms
Melt a few tablespoons of butter and the olive oil in a
pan. Season the pork chops with salt and
pepper, and brown in the pan, turning as needed. When they’re done, take them out of the pan,
but keep them warm (my handy dandy warming drawer came in handy). Next, deglaze the pan with wine, and simmer
to reduce by half. Meanwhile, stir the
flour into the whipping cream. Add to
pan. Simmer for 5 minutes, whisking
everything together. Add in the sliced
mushrooms.* Simmer for another 5 minutes
until mushrooms are nice and soft. Lastly,
put pork chops back in the pan, and turn to coat in the sauce.
The sauce is sooooo good!
I made rice pilaf to go with it, but Austin and I decided plain white
rice would be good too, and use the sauce as gravy. This is definitely going to be one of my
staples from now on!
*I forgot to get mushrooms at the store, so I didn’t put
them in there. But Austin loves them, so
I’ll add them next time J
An oldie but a goodie:
Cowboy Cookies
My roommate in college used to make these all the time, and
I was hooked! I found the recipe in a
book Austin’s grandmother gave us, and I’ve been making them ever since! The great thing about these cookies, is that
the recipe is just a base, and then you can add in anything you like – coconut,
nuts, chocolate chips, toffee, -- anything your heart desires!
Brownedeyedbaker.com
Ingredients:
1 cup Crisco
1 cup light brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups All Purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
½ tsp baking powder
2 cups oats
6 oz chocolate chips
Cream Crisco and sugars.
Add in eggs and vanilla. Then add
flour. Stir in oats and chocolate chips,
and anything else you desire. Sometimes
I add pecans, but I just didn’t feel like it last night! Spoon dough onto cookie sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes (I baked mine longer
because I made bigger cookies).
Enjoy!
LOVE LOVE LOVE these cookies! I had one for breakfast this morning. Hey – what’s the different in that and Cookie
Crisp Cereal???? At least mine had oats
in it!!!!!
As my hero Paula Deen would say, “Love and Best Dishes, from
my kitchen, to yours!”
katie
P.S. One day I’m
going to remember to take my own pictures of the stuff I make – but don’t hold
your breath!
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