Catch Up with Pork Chops!!

I love ketchup! It is one of my favorite condiments. I have only met a hand full of people that do not like ketchup, but I just think okay there is something wrong with them. Joking!!!! That is only when people tell me they do not like mayo! Anyways I am a condiment type of gal! So tonight I am looking for a new recipe. Surprise, surprise, I am always looking for new recipes! I had pork chops laid out for dinner, and I was thinking to myself. " Well we can fry them, I can bake them, or I can make a pork chop casserole." None of which sounded good, because you can only eat something the same way so many times before it just does not sound appetizing. So I pull out my trusty cook book, and do not forget Google. I would be lost without Google, literally!! While I was looking I found a recipe that was simply called Ketchup Pork Chops. I was thinking what and the world could this be. Next line said you only need three ingredients to make this recipe. So I keep reading, because of course the name has my attention. I was thinking what idiot posted a recipe about smothering pork chops with ketchup. I mean I have done it before when I eat my friends cooking, but I have never in my life seen someone post it as a recipe. So I am reading, and I am completely shocked. The three ingredients are Ketchup, Pork chops, and Dr. Pepper. I am like no way could that be good. I like all three of the ingredients, but together I was not so sure. So I read on about how this man had made these pork chops for his wife, and now she just did not want him to cook pork chops any other way. So I thought what do I have to lose. If I bake these chops my family is libel to throw them at me and demand a recook. So I set out to make ketchup pork chops. I mean I had made Root Beer BBQ a couple of weeks ago, and it was awesome so why not give Dr. Pepper a chance to. It was a very simple recipe. Here it is:
                                          Ketchup Pork Chops
                                          Pork Chops                          4 med to large chops
                                          Ketchup                                1 1/4 cup
                                          Dr. Pepper                             1 cup
                                          Hot Sauce                             3 splashes
                                          Salt and Pepper

                                          1. Preheat your over to 350 degrees
                                          2. In a skillet that has been oiled. Brown both sides
                                              of your pork chops. Make sure you salt and pepper
                                              them before you brown them.
                                          3. In a separate bowl mix you ketchup, Dr. Pepper and
                                              Hot Sauce.
.                                         4. Place your pork chops in your pan, and then pour your
                                              mixture over the top of them.
                                          5. Let them cook for about an hour.
                                          6. Take them out and pour most of the liquid back into
                                              you bowl. Some of the more solid will stay on your
                                              chops.
                                           7. Separate your pork chops out. Then take a spoon and
                                               spoon the most solid of the liquid back onto the top
                                               of the chops.
                                            8. Put them back in the oven for about 20 minutes. Then
                                                take them out let them set for a few minutes to cool
                                                and serve.
                                          These are great served with mash potatoes or rice.

I have come to learn over the last view weeks that we cannot judge a recipe by the ingredients. We could be missing some really good food just by judging it before we try it. These pork chops actually turned out really good. Everyone in my house loved them including the next door neighbors kids. Keep an open mind when looking for new things.

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Everybody loves easy!!!!

Okay so I like the food theme! Probably for many reasons the main three being that I love to feed my loved ones, I love to eat, and I love to cook. I am always looking for and experimenting on new recipes. With my schedule it makes it really hard to cook a meal much less one that does not come out of a box. Don't get me wrong I can make a boxed meal taste homemade, but it is not the same. So when I come across an awesome easy recipe I want to share it with the whole wide world, and the great thing is I did not just find a main course. I found the best dessert, and it is so easy. I know most of you are like me, and anytime you can find a to make your day easier than you are all for it. So I am going to introduce you to a wonderful, easy crock pot pulled pork sandwiches, and  a peaches and cream cobbler. Both of these recipes require 7 items each. We will start with the pulled pork..

Barbecue Pulled Pork in the Crock Pot                         Peaches and Cream Cobbler

2 lbs pork (preferably country style or loin)                      2 15 oz cans of sliced peaches

20 oz bottle of Root beer                                                   1 1/2 cup white sugar                   

1 big bottle of BBQ sauce your favorite                            2 packages of crescent rolls

1 Tbsp Mustard                                                                  1 stick of butter melted

Pepper                                                                                8 oz cream cheese

Salt                                                                                     1 tsp vanilla

Buns                                                                                   Cinnamon

Start by cutting as much of the fat off of your                  Add your peaches, 1 tablespoon cinnamon,

pork as possible. After your done generously                   and a half cup of sugar into a sauce pan.

sprinkle pepper on your pork, and press it in.                   Cook your peaches until the sauce thickens.

Mix your root beer, mustard, and 1 cup of BBQ              You can add a small amount of corn starch to

sauce together. Place meat and liquid sauce into              help. In a separate pan grease the bottom

the crock pot. Cook it on low heat for about 8                  with butter and layer the bottom with 1 pk

hours. After your meat has cook the 8 hours                    of crescent dough. In a separate bowl mix 

drain the liquid from the crock pot. Keep about              your cream cheese, 1 cup sugar, and vanilla.

a half a cup of the root beer liquid. You will need           Layer your cream cheese mixture on top of

to shred your pork with a fork or however you do           your dough, and then add your peaches on

it best. Place meat back in the crock pot with half           top. Add your second package crescent 

your reserved liquid, and let it cook for about 20            dough on top of the peaches. Pour the melted

minutes. Add salt to taste.                                                butter over the dough. Sprinkle sugar and 

                                                                                          cinnamon over the dough. Bake at 350 

It is done!!!  I usually pick Cole slaw up at the               degrees for 30 minutes or until golden brown.

store, but you can make your own if you like.

We eat the meat on a bun with or without 

cole slaw

YUMMY!!! Yummy! YUMMY!  This is a big winner at my house! The kids love it and my husband loves it. Any time I can get a recipe that is easy and everyone likes it I know I have a winner. I hope you get a chance to try this, and you enjoy it as much as my family did. If you need a side item for your sandwiches you can to chips or sometimes I cut potatoes like big steak fries coat them with olive oil and my favorite spices. Bake them at 400 until golden brown.