I found
this recipe on SkinnyTaste.com. Gina has
some GREAT recipes. You should check
them out if you have time. I made the
pork chops as directed, however I doubled her recipe. Her applesauce recipe directs to cook the
applesauce in a crockpot. However, while
I followed the ingredients portion of the recipe, I cooked the applesauce in a
saucepan on the stove top. Pork Chops
and Applesauce always bring back fond childhood memories for me, and of my
Mother’s excellent cooking. How I miss
her making dinner for the family and the four of us, Mom, Dad, Grandma and me,
sitting down together to share a meal and lots of love and laughter.
Ingredients:
8 thin boneless pork
loin chops, center cut
1/2 tsp paprika
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp dried sage
1 tsp dried thyme
salt and fresh cracked
pepper to taste
2 tsp butter
3 tbsp flour
Cooking spray
Directions:
Sprinkle the pork
chops with the spices. Place the flour
on a plate and tap the pork chops lightly into the flour, shaking off any
excess.
Heat a skillet and
spray with non-stick cooking spray. Melt
butter 1 teaspoon butter in skillet and place 4 of the chops in pan. Cook 3 to 4 minutes on one side, turn and
cook 3 to 4 additional minutes. Repeat
with remaining teaspoon butter and 4 pork chops.
Remove to a platter
and let rest for several minutes before serving.
Apple Sauce Recipe
Ingredients:
8 medium apples (Use a combination of Golden Delicious, Honey
Crisp, Fuji, Gala, etc.)
1 strip of lemon peel - use a vegetable peeler
1 tsp fresh lemon juice
3 inch cinnamon stick
5 tsp light brown sugar (unpacked) - or agave
Directions:
Peel, core, and slice the apples.
Place them in
pot. Add the cinnamon stick, lemon juice, lemon
peel and brown sugar.
Place pot on medium heat until the apples begin
bubbling.
Reduce heat to low and
continue cooking; stir apples
occasionally. The apples will slowly become a delicious applesauce.
Remove cinnamon stick and use an immersion
blender to blend until smooth or if you prefer a
chunky sauce, leave sauce intact.
Makes 3 cups.
