Mom's Pork Chops

This is such a wonderfully easy meal. Comfort food to me. It may not be to Eric because it is not steak, but he is happy to see me comforted:)

Pork chops (how many you think your family will eat)

2 cans of tomato soup

carrots

potatoes cut into pieces ( I do mine thick scalloped style)

Melt a TB butter in fry pan and put in pork chops. Sprinkle with garlic powder. Turn and cook other side. This will take 3-5 minutes depending on the thickness of the cut. I get thin cut because it cooks faster.

Spray crockpot with cooking spray. Put 1/2 tomato soup at the bottom of the crockpot. Place potatoes, carrots, and other 1/2 of tomato soup. Then place the pork chops on top. Pour remaining can of soup on top. Cook for 6 hours on low.

Basically the tomato soup creates the sauce for potatoes. I just put some butter, salt & pepper on the potatoes and put sauce over everything. Happy that there are leftoevers.

Blondies

1 1/4 cups unsalted butter, plus more for the pan

2 1/4 cups flour, plus more for pan

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1 1/2 tsp salt

2 cups packed light brown sugar

1/2 cup granulated sugar

3 eggs

2 1/2 tsp vanilla

1 cup chopped walnuts

1 cup toffee bits

Preheat oven to 350. Butter 9x13 pan. Line the bottom with parchment. You will be using the parchment to lift the brownies out so be generous in using the parchment. Butter and flour the parchment as you would a cake pan.

In a saucepan, cook the butter until it turns a golden brown. Remove from heat. In a seperate bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt. In a mixer, combine butter and sugars. Next add eggs and vanilla. Add flour, nuts, and toffee. Pour into prepared pan.

Cook for 35 minutes. Do not overbake. Transfer to a wire rack to cook completely. Peel off parchment and cut brownies into desired shape. Blondies can be stored in an airtight container at room temp for 3 days.

Watched this on Martha the week before Valentine's. Fun to have something yummy that isn't the traditional chocolate. Enjoy.

Taco Soup

This may be the recipe that I have given out most often. Easy. Yummy.

1 pound ground beef
2 cans ranch style beans
1 can corn
2 cans diced tomatoes
1 can Ro-tel
1 pkg ranch dressing
1 pkg taco seasoning

Brown the ground beef. Add all ingredients to crock-pot. Let it cook on low for 6-8 hours. Serve with chips, cheese, and sour cream.

Jerk Chicken

1tsp grated lime rind

1/4 cup fresh lime juice

2 Tbs olive oil

1-2 TB finely grated jalapeno

1 TB ground allspice

1 TB brown sugar

1 tsp salt

1 tsp pepper

1 tsp dried thyme

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp nutmeg

3 garlic cloves

8 boneless skinless chicken thighs

Put the first twelve ingredients into the blender. Put chicken into heavy duty ziploc bag. Put marinade over chicken. Let marinade for 3 hours. Prepare grill (or grill pan like me)

Remove chicken from bag and discard marinade. Grill about 5-6 minutes on each side.

Enjoy.