Honeyed Pork Chops

Honeyed Pork Chops

Sauce for 6 pork chops,
3/ 4 inches thick, or boneless pork cutlets:
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 and 1/2 cup water
1 small onion, finely chopped
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1 Tablespoon ketchup
3 Tablespoon honey
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

Brown chops or cutlets in a small amount of oil; place in a 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking pan. (Don't salt; soy sauce does the job.) Combine remaining ingredients. Pour over chops. Sprinkle with  1 Tablespoon sesame seeds. Cover baking pan and bake at 325 degrees for about 1 hour or until chops are tender.
Makes 6 servings.

Garlic Butter Meatballs

Garlic Butter Meatballs

1 lb. ground chicken
5 garlic cloves, minced and divided
1 egg, beaten
1/2 c. grated Parmesan, plus more for garnish
2 tbsp. freshly chopped parsley
1/4 tsp. red pepper flakes
Kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper
2 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
4 tbsp. butter
Juice of 1/2 a lemon

In a large bowl mix together ground chicken, 2 garlic cloves, egg, Parmesan, parsley, and red pepper flakes. Season with salt and pepper then form into tablespoon sized meatballs.

In a large skillet over medium heat, heat oil and cook meatballs until golden on all sides and cooked through, 10 minutes. Transfer to a plate and wipe out skillet with a paper towel.

Melt butter in skillet then add remaining 3 garlic cloves and cook until fragrant, 1 minute.

Add cooked pasta (or zucchini noodles) to skillet and toss in garlic butter then squeeze in lemon juice.
Add meatballs back and heat just until warmed through. Garnish with Parmesan to serve.



Thanks to https://www.delish.com/cooking/a23029289/baked-chicken-thighs/

Sweet and Sour Something

This is great sauce for Sweet and Sour Meatballs which I often take in a slow cooker to parties, or Sweet and Sour Chicken which I like to make at home. I bet it even works well with Pork.

Serve it whichever way over rice, and you've got a meal that can't be beat.

Ingredients
1 cup sugar
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 cup vinegar 1 green pepper, cut in strips
1 cup pineapple juice
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1/3 cup soy sauce
8 ounce can of pineapple chunks, drained

Instructions
Combine all ingredients except the pineapple.
Cook, stirring, until thickened.
Add pineapple just before serving.

Mrs Fred Osborn's Corn Salad

This is an old family recipe from probably 50 years ago or more.

Corn Salad  by Mrs. Fred Osborn

Corn from 18 ears of corn
2 red peppers
2 green peppers
4 onions
1 head cabbage
1/4 cup salt
1 and 1/2 cup sugar
1 quart vinegar

Chop everything fine. Boil together 15 minutes.

It doesn't say but I would think at this point you would cool and serve.

Pecan Pork Medallions

Makes 2 servings


½ lb pork loin cut into ¾ inch slices
2 Tbs finely chopped pecans
¼ cup seasoned breadcrumbs
¼ tsp pepper
¼ cup soy sauce
1 Tbs Lemon juice
1 clove garlic minced
1 Tbs brown sugar
1 tsp vegetable oil

In shallow bowl, combine pecans, breadcrumbs and pepper. Mix thoroughly and set aside. In another bowl, combine soy sauce lemon juice, garlic and brown sugar. Mix well and marinate pork in mixture for an hour, turning occasionally. Coat pork with pecan mixture. Coat baking pan with ½ tsp oil. Place pork in pan, drizzle with remaining oil. Bake in a 425 degree oven for 20 minutes.

Key Lime Nachos

Makes 2 servings and can be done in a toaster oven. Adjust amounts as wanted.tortilla chips
2 oz. tortilla chips
1 1/2 tsp key lime juice
1/2 cup shredded Montrey Jack cheese
1/2 tsp chili powder
dash cayenne pepper

Spread 1/2 tortilla chips on small baking sheet. Drizzzle chips with 1/2 the lime juice. cover chips with 1/2 the cheese. spread remaining chips over cheese. drizzle with remaining lime juice and cheese. sprinkle with chili powder and cayenne pepper. Bake in preheated 400 degree oven for 5 to 6 minutes. Serve immediately.

Oven Barbequed Chicken Wings

2 Tbs olive oil
¼ cup finely chopped onion
½ cup Ketchup
2Tbs Worcestershire sauce
1 Tb White Vinegar
1 tbs fresh lemon juice
1/8 tsp pepper
½ tsp dry mustard
1 ½ lb. chicken wings

Heat oil in medium sauce pan Add onion and sauté for 5 minutes. Add ketchup, worcestershire sauce vinegar, lemon juice, pepper and dry mustard. Simmer for 12 minutes. Cut chicken wings at the joint, rinse and pat dry. Place chicken pieces in a pan and coat liberally ¾ of the sauce. Bake in preheated 450 degree oven for 50minutes. Baste occasionally with remaining sauce.

Southwestern Chicken

A favorite of a friend, Southwestern chicken is low-fat and flavorful.

For 6 servings of Southwestern Chicken, you will need:
6 chicken breast halves, boned and skinned
2 tsp cumin, divided
1 tsp minced garlic
1 15 ounce can of black beans rinsed and drained
1 cup frozen corn
2/3 cup picante sauce
1/2 cup diced red pepper
2 tablespoons chopped cilantro

First, season the chicken with 1 tsp cumin and  the garlic. coat a skillet with non stick cooking spray and place over medium heat. add chicken and cook 3-4 minutes. in a separate bowl, combine beans, corn, picante sauce, bell pepper and remaining cumin. spoon mixture over chicken  cook 6-8 minutes more or until done at a reduced heat.  Then remove chicken to a platter and keep warm. continue to heat the bean mixture at high heat another 2-3 minutes, stirring frequently.  spread bean mixture over chicken and top with cilantro. serve with picante sauce over rice or on non-fat flour tortillas.

Per serving, 211 calories, 30 g protein, 16 g carbohydrates, 3 g fat.

Freezer Meatballs

Yes, a recipe for meatballs. I know you probably throw them together like I often do - some ground beef, some seasoned breadcrumbs from the store and a tad bit of milk, and I've got enough to make dinner. There's a lot of things you can do with meatballs besides just spaghetti. So this recipe makes a whole lot of meatballs. Put them in the freezer and then you can just whip them out and make - Wait, I'm getting ahead of myself. Sorry. This ia starter recipe. To follow will be other recipes of things you can do with meatballs - these meatballs, which you make up and then freeze in packages of 24.

Freezer Meatballs:
3 eggs
1/2 cup milk
3 cups soft breadcrumbs ( from 4 slices bread)
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
2 teaspoons salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
3 pounds ground beef  The ground beef can be partially replaced with other ground meats such as chicken, turkey, pork, lamb, venison. Don't replace all of it, because its too lean the texture and flavor change.

In large bowl, beat eggs and then add alll but the meat. Once that has been throughly combined, mix in the ground meat.  Then chill it until cold, usually an hour is plenty of time.

With wet hands,  shape mixture into 6 dozen 1 inch meatballs. Bake meatballs in a couple of baking dishes at 375 degrees for 20 minutes or so. spread meatballs on a sheet pan, put into the freezer just til frozen. Then take frozen meatballs and package into three 24 meatball containers.

Now you 've got the beginnings of a few meals. Make Spaghetti and Meatballs. Make Sweet and Sour meatballs using my Something Sweet & Sour recipe over rice or hot chow mien noodles. Make...

Meatball Rolls
Take a container of Freezer meatballs, and add a jar of your favorite spagetti sauce. Simmer that until heated through.In a small skillet, take a whole green pepper, cut it in strips, and fry in butter with a medium onion until tender. For each roll, put four meatballs on the bottom, add some onions and pepper and then spoon more of the spaghetti sauce over the roll. Top off with a tad bit of Parmesan cheese and you're all set to eat.