Last night's dinner



Peace, Love, & Sandy Toes

I don't claim to be a great cook but I'm willing to experiment and fail. I fail a lot but it doesn't get me down, I learn what not to do and there are a few things I do well. Well last night I think I had a winner. I chose pork chops, usually gets the ugh response around here. When I cook I can't help but do what I call meddling, I stir a lot, I lift lids and open doors A LOT! But last night I followed the rules and the pork was tender and juicy. The hubs ate alll the meat down to the bone! And said it was pretty good! Keeper! Pretty quick and simple I had the meat marinating all day in some kens steakhouse Italian dressing, surfed Pinterest for a pork chop recipe and came across Kelly at eat yourself skinny, one minor modification to the recipe and it came out really good!

I'll share the recipe with you. My minor change is that I didn't use mustard I had my chops marinating in italian dressing all day so thats what the breading stuck to, also I didn't use whole wheat panko. I used a seasoned regular panko instead. :) My husband isn't that into breading but the panko was perfect, gave it a little crispy to the outside without being too heavy. This recipe is perfect, simple and adaptable!

Here are your ingredients:

Recipe adapted from Cooking Light

4 boneless pork chops, fat trimmed

2 Tbsp Dijon mustard

1/2 cup whole wheat Panko breadcrumbs

1 Tbsp fresh thyme, chopped

1 Tbsp fresh parsley, minced

1/8 tsp. salt

1/8 tsp. ground black pepper

1 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.  Rub mustard evenly over pork chops.  Combine panko, thyme, parsley, salt and pepper in a large bowl and dredge pork chops in panko mixture.

Heat a large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat.  Add oil to pan and swirl to coat.  Add pork chops, saute for 2 minutes or until golden brown.  Turn pork over and place skillet in oven for about 8 minutes or until pork reaches 145 degrees in the center.  Enjoy!

Here's a link to the blog I discovered!

http://www.eat-yourself-skinny.com/2012/03/herb-crusted-pork-chops.html