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Deviled Pork Chops
German Summer Salad
Warm Spinach with Bacon and Onion
Menu Plan for the week of June 7, 2013: Day 5 Recipes
Deviled Pork Chops
German Summer Salad
Warm Spinach with Bacon and Onion
Cooking time: 30 minutes for menu Cooking schedule: see below for instructions
Spicy pork chops and leftover potato salad - easy dinner. Round it out with a quick spinach sauté.
Deviled Pork Chops, Grilled Preparation and cooking time: 30 minutesPork chops with a kick, marinated and cooked on the barbecue grill. If you want them hotter, more 'devilish' you could add a drop or 2 of Tabasco or other hot sauce.
2 - 4 pork chops, boneless, - depending on size 12oz total weight (350gr)
Marinade
2 tbs whole grain mustard
2 tbs orange juice Substitute 1 tbs orange marmalade or 1 tbs lemon juice with 1 tbs sugar or 2 tbs white wine.
2 tbs Worcestershire Sauce
1 tbs paprika
2 tsp garlic powder
2 tsp dried tarragon
1
tbs olive oil
Mix all ingredients for marinade and spoon on chops. Let marinate for 10 - 15 minutes. Cook on barbecue for 4 - 7 minutes a side or until done. Should be slightly pink in center when done - take a peak (techniques). Or fry in nonstick skillet over medium-high heat the same amount of time. Serve.
German Summer Salad Time: 5 minutes
You can let this warm to room temp, or even heat it for a minute in the micro... Or, serve cold, as I do.
leftover German Summer Salad
Remove from fridge, stir, let come to room temperature if you like.
Wilted Spinach with Bacon and Onion Preparation and cooking time: 15 minutesOne of my favorite ways to eat fresh spinach: tossed with bacon and onion and a dash of vinegar. Be careful not to cook the spinach too long; it quickly goes from just wilting to fully cooked and limp. You want it to still look like spinach leaves!
6oz (180gr) fresh spinach
1/2 onion
2 slices bacon
2 tsp cider vinegar
Wash and stem spinach if needed. Drain in a colander. If you don't feel you need to wash it - do it anyway. We want a little bit of water on the leaves - what ever is left after draining well - and shake them around a bit, too.
Chop onion. Sauté bacon in medium nonstick skillet over medium heat until crisp, remove and crumble. Add onion, sauté until tender and starting to brown, 7 - 10 minutes. Add spinach and stir fry for 1 - 2 minutes, just until spinach starts to wilt. Add crumbled bacon, sprinkle with vinegar and serve.
Cooking schedule: 30 minutes |
Start to cook chops |
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