It's about to start again, but this time 1,100 kids will be involved. Last week I returned to work to prepare for a new school year. Tomorrow I return and so do the kids. I have made out my menu for the week and tonight we are having a meal that takes more time to prepare because the rest of the week will be easy meals. Yes, it will be the best meal of the week. Tonight we are having oven fried pork chops, real mashed potatoes, and green beans. Kroger has their pork loins on sale so I had them cut one into thick chops. Here's a tip! If you buy them already cut and packaged, they run about $3.99 or more a pound. When you find pork loins on sale, they don't charge you to cut them up into chops and, in this case, they were $1.77 a pound. Good deal!
Oven Fried Pork Chops
Boneless pork chops
Milk
Flour (I used Gluten Free)
1 egg
salt and pepper, to taste
Mix the egg and milk together until well blended. Mix flour salt and pepper together in a plastic bag. Dip the pork chops in the egg mixture, then roll it in the flour. Do this again, but after you flour it this time, dip it in the egg mixture again. Place the chops on a pan and cook at 425 degrees for 20 minutes. Turn them over and cook for another 15 minutes. They will come out crispy brown! Don't you wish you had been here for dinner?
I had to return to week Monday. Thank goodness I had leftovers in the refrigerator. Thursday night I came home and was exhausted. Hubby looked at me and said, "I don't think you need to cook dinner." I was so tired, my entire body was hurting. I went upstairs and soaked in the bath tub with Epsom salts and essential oils (Lavender, Bergamot, and Grapefruit). I felt so much better afterwards. Hubby even rubbed my feet with Deep Blue. (I think I'll keep him.) I came home Friday much better than I did Thursday. I felt so much better, I actually cooked dinner! I had some left over ham in the refrigerator and decided to use it to make soup. It was really good. I hope you like it as much as we did. We had so much leftover, we'll be having it for dinner again Monday and I'll probably have it for lunch Tuesday. :)
Ham and White Bean Soup
2 cups ham
1/4 cup butter
2 can White Northern beans
1 can cream of celery soup
1 can cream of chicken soup
32 oz chicken broth
4 stalks of celery
1/2 package match stick carrots
1 medium onion
Pepper to taste
Place the butter in a pot. I chopped up the carrots, celery, onion in my mini food processor and then added it in the pot with the butter and sauteed until soft. Add in the cream soups and beans. Don't drain the beans. Add in the chicken broth and stir until it's smooth and creamy. I put the ham in the food processor too and chopped it up. I had bought a small ham and used the leftovers in the soup. Sprinkle in pepper to taste. Simmer on low for about 45 minutes.
