Stuffed Pork Chops and Oven Roasted Veggies

Stuffed Pork Chops

Okay, Okay... I admit its a weeknight, and unless its Thanksgiving, you won't see me making stuffing from scratch! So this is my "Semi-homemade" meal, with the use of Stove Top Stuffing :)

You should use Thick Cut Pork Chops, and butterfly them to stuff them, but again, I'm cheap, and Thin Cut Pork Chops were less expensive, so I am going to use them and secure two together with toothpicks! Season the chops on both sides with a little salt and fresh cracked pepper. I then pan-fried each chop (2 min on each side and then took a sheet pan, covered in aluminum foil, and sprayed with butter... Then place one Thin Cut pork chop down, put a tablespoon or so of stuffing in the center and put another pork chop on top. Secure along one side with tooth picks, repeat as necessary, and bake in a 350 oven for 15 - 20 minutes.

Oven Roasted Veggies (courtesy of Caputo's Markets)

Recipe:

2 Tbsp Olive oil (I don't measure this, just coat the pan and drizzle some on
top of the veggies...)
1 lb Rutabagas or Turnips, peeled and cubed
1 lb Onions, coarsely chopped
1/2 lb carrots, peeled and cut into 2 in pieces (I'll be using baby carrots)
1/2 lb sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed
10 cloves of garlic, unpeeled (I'm just going to cut a whole head of garlic in
half & throw it in)
2 tsp sage
2 tsp rosemary
salt and pepper to taste
(I am adding a red pepper, a couple potatoes and some grape roma tomatoes to this recipe)














Preheat oven at 450. Heat roasting pan in oven for 15 min. Coat the pan with olive oil, and add veggies, garlic and sprinkle with herbs. Drizzle veggies with olive oil and salt and pepper to taste.

Seal tightly with aluminum foil and roast for 30 min. Remove foil and continue to roast for 15 min or until veggies are tender.


Overall - pretty delicious! The pork chops were pretty moist considering how thin they were. And the veggies were good... we have a difference in opinion on what veggies are delicious [I'm not much of a fan of cooked carrots and potatoes (any other way than mashed and fries!) and he is not much of a fan of everything else!]

Other things on the plate:
Rhodes Frozen Wheat Texas Rolls... BEST invention ever! Spray a muffin pan, take the rolls out of the freezer 3 - 5 hours before you need to cook them, let them sit with a kitchen towel over them, and when you ready for dinner, throw 'em in a 350 oven for 13 min :) When they come out of the oven I brush garlic butter on them (2 tbsp of butter with 1 tsp of garlic powder is good for 6 rolls) DELICIOUS!

And yes, that is applesauce you see in the corner... "Pork Chops and Applesauce!"