Tag: pork chops

  • Apple Cider Pork Chops

    cider-pork-chops

    I am blankly staring at my screen, tired and grumpy. These earlier almost autumn evenings got me feeling lethargic by 9 o’clock. I want my energy back, but I much prefer the cooler temps. Maybe I should just move to Iceland since they have 20 hour days in the summer and the temperature is still right for sweater weather. Yup, I’m moving to Iceland.

    Sorry, I got carried away. I miss my vitamin D.

    pork-chops-and-zucchini

    If you do feel like cheering me up, you can pick me up in your car and we can see the beautiful foliage or we can go apple picking after inhaling several cider donuts. I’ll repay you with my lovely company. I’m charming, I swear. (more…)

  • Pork Chops with Garlic Thyme Sauce

    Sliced Pork Chops

    Life’s been a little hectic lately, summer’s almost over and I definitely did not get the vacation I thought I deserved. But then again, what exactly is a summer vacation to a grownup anyway? I had a couple getaway weekends, but it didn’t satisfy my desperate need to lie down somewhere for a week and do absolutely nothing. So here I rant, but I am actually ready for some cooler temps and extra layers.

    Season and Brine
    Recently, I found up an old recipe from Food Wishes that combines pork chops and apple cider – brilliant and too tasty to pass up. Then I remembered that it wasn’t apple-picking season yet and so I gave up. Just kidding, I would never give up on something as sacred as pork chops.

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