Quick Meals Planner: Chops
Fabulous Coleslaw | Pork Chops in Creamy Peppercorn Sauce | Dad's Mashed Potatoes | Easy Berry Pie
Fabulous Coleslaw
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Medium |
| Serves: | 10 |
| Category: | Salad |
| Meal: | Chops (Quick Meals Planner) |
| 8 | cup | cabbage, shredded |
| 1 | medium | carrots, fresh, whole |
| 2 | Tb | onions, diced |
| 0.33 | cup | sugar, granulated |
| 0.5 | tsp | salt, table |
| 0.25 | tsp | Nature's Seasonings |
| 1 | pinch | pepper, fresh ground |
| 0.25 | cup | milk, whole |
| 0.5 | cup | mayonnaise |
| 0.25 | cup | buttermilk |
| 1.5 | Tb | vinegar, white |
| 2.5 | Tb | lemon, juice of |
| |
Shred one medium carrot and mix with shredded cabbage and minced onion. In a separate bowl, combine sugar, salt, Nature's Seasonings, pepper, milk, buttermilk, vinegar, lemon juice, and mayonnaise and beat until smooth. Add cabbage mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving.
Pork Chops in Creamy Peppercorn Sauce
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 4 |
| Category: | The Other Meat Entrée |
| Meal: | Chops (Quick Meals Planner) |
| 1 | Tb | pepper, fresh cracked |
| 4 | medium | pork chops, boneless center cut |
| 6 | oz | chicken broth |
| 1 | Tb | butter, salted |
| 3 | oz | cream, heavy |
| 2 | Tb | Worcestershire sauce, white |
| 6 | medium | mushrooms, sliced |
| 1 | Tb | cranberries, dried |
| 1 | pinch | salt to taste |
| |
Sprinkle pork chops with pepper to taste; brown pork chops in heavy, ovenproof pan. Place in 350-degree oven for 10-15 minutes. Remove pan from oven, remove chops to plate, deglaze pan with chicken broth, and add, mushrooms, Worcestershire sauce, butter and cream. Add cranberries, salt to taste. Reduce by 1/4th. Place chops back in pan, flip, and serve with gravy on top.
Wine Pairing Ideas!
Dad's Mashed Potatoes
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 6 |
| Category: | Starch / Pasta |
| Meal: | Chops (Quick Meals Planner) |
| 7 | large | potatoes |
| 2 | Tb | salt, kosher |
| 1 | cup | sour cream |
| 4 | Tb | butter, salted |
| 1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
| |
Peel potatoes, cook in large pot with salted water to cover until fork tender. Remove, drain and place in large bowl. Cut butter into small pieces. Add butter and sour cream to bowl. Using an electric mixture, mix until all lumps and gone. Salt and pepper to taste.
Note: Never use a food processor for potatoes, as they will turn to glue in the processor
Easy Berry Pie
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 8 |
| Category: | Dessert |
| Meal: | Chops (Quick Meals Planner) |
| 1 | recipe | tart shell |
| 2 | Tb | raspberry jam |
| 1 | box | pie filling, vanilla |
| 0.75 | cup | strawberries, whole |
| 0.75 | cup | raspberries, fresh |
| 0.75 | cup | blueberries |
| 1 | Tb | sugar, white, optional |
| |
Make and bake tart shell according to the recipe found under recipe/dessert/tart dough. Allow to cool. Spread raspberry jam evenly on the bottom of the tart shell. Make the vanilla pie filling according to instructions on the box. Pour filling into tart shell and spread evenly. Quarter strawberries and place with blueberries and raspberries in a bowl; add a little sugar if the berries aren't quite ripe. Toss berries together and spread on top of tart. Refrigerate until served.
