Recipe - Sauteed French Green Beans

Sauteed French Green Beans

These green beans are not only very tasty, but healthy as well! They make a great side dish for chicken or chops. I wanted to make sure I had plenty of leftovers for when I wanted a snack and to go with my left over pork chops so I used two cans of french style green beans. Technically, you could use whatever type of green beans you have in your cupboard or freezer. The ingredients I am listing is how I prepared mine, however feel free to tweak how you need to!

Ingredients

2 cans French cut green beans

1/2 cup dried cranberries

1/2 cup bacon pieces or chopped bacon

1TB minced garlic

1TB minced onion

Salt & Pepper to taste

Spray olive oil

1. Open two cans of green beans and try to drain as much of the juice as you can.
2. Generously spray the saute pan with the spray olive oil. If you do not have the spray kind, you could use olive oil or butter.
3. Add all ingredients to the pan and saute to your likeness.

Oven Fried Ranch Pork Chops

Oven Fried Ranch Pork Chops

Upon trying to decide what kind of pork chops I wanted for dinner, I had a hard time choosing between oven fried chops and ranch chops. So, I combined them together and made oven fried ranch pork chops! They were very good and I'll definitely be making these again!

Ingredients 

4 pork chops - any cut you like.

1 pkg Hidden Valley Ranch dressing mix

2 c. Dry bread crumbs or stuffing mix

1 1/2 c. Egg beaters or 1 egg beaten + 2 TB Milk

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
2. I used 2 boneless butterflied chops for this recipe, you can use any cut you like. If using butterflied cut each chop into two pieces.
3. Put breadcrumbs in a large ziplock bag and crush. I left some chunks in mine for extra crunchy texture.
4. Add the packet of ranch dressing to the bread crumbs and mix together well.
5. Dip each chop one at a time in the egg mixture and then drop into the zip lock bag. Toss around to coat the chops generously.
6. Place each chop on a baking tray or cookie sheet and bake for 20-25 minutes depending on how crunchy you like your chops!
7. Enjoy!

What to do with those wrinkly ole grape tomatoes!

Don't you hate when you buy grape tomatoes and can't get them all used up before they wrinkle? They may no longer be a candidate for your perfect salad, but don't throw them out just yet! The best remedy for wrinkly maters is to cook them! Once they start to heat up, they will start to plump up. Add them to your favorite dish or enjoy them all by themselves! I like to sautee mine with a little balsamic reduction. Mmmmm!

English Muffin Mini Pizzas

I love me some pizza! While trolling around on Pinterest I saw these little gems. Since my surgery I am limited on how much food I can eat at one time so these were perfect for me! I went to the store and gathered up all the necessary ingredients and whipped these up one night for dinner. I served the mini pizzas alongside some home made Italian pasta salad. I love Hawaiian pizza so of course that is what I chose to make, however the great thing about these is you can top them with your own favorite toppings!

The mini pizzas are super easy and quick to make. Even the kiddos can easily make their own!

TIP:  Don't you hate when you bite into a slice of pizza and in one bite you drag off half of the toppings and end up with hot pizza sauce dripping down your chin? Ok, well maybe that only happens to me? Just in case
it does happen, an easy way to remedy it is to cut your toppings up into small bit size pieces. That way when you take a bite of the pizza your teeth won't drag off your toppings!  lk]\