Back at it! - Exotic Pork Chops and Strawberry Shortcake

Ok, the madness that was Paleo is over.  In case you're interested, I quit.   Not proud of it, but decided that any perfect system of food that has me scrambling all the time to think of things to eat is not for me.  Besides, how will I do Oma's recipe's when they ALWAYS contain things that Paleo is against (like yummy cheese, bread crumbs, cream etc).

As this is a busy time of year with school still being in and activities (softball Tuesday and Wednesday and Playball on Thursday), I wanted to find something that I could prep ahead of time and pop in the oven.

Exotic Pork Chops

• 6 boneless pork chops
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 cup diced onion (fine)
• 1/4 medium green pepper cut in strips (i used a red one as green peppers are the devil's work!)
• dash of garlic powder
• 1 1/2 tbsp. cornstarch
• 1 small can pineapple tidbits
• 1/3 cup water
• 3 tbsp tomato sauce
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tbsp vinegar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp curry powder
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• pecan nuts if desired (I skipped this)
• 1 tbsp brown sugar (I used two)
• lemon rind

Brown pork in butter, in batches if necessary.   Put in a 9X 13 baking dish and srpinkle with salt.   In reserved drippings, saute onion and pepper strips and garlic powder.   In a separate bowl, add all other ingredients and mix.   Add to fry pan and cook for 5 minutes stirring constantly.  Mixture will thicken.  Pour over pork chops and cover pan with foil.  Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.

Getting ready

Browned chops waiting for the rest

The final product, served over rice!

Verdict
This was very tasty and very simple.  The sauce was nice over rice.  I'd make this again as it was so easy.  Kids liked it.  I did find that the 1 tbsp of brown sugar called for as it made it more sour, less sweet.  I added at least one more.

For dessert, I was going to make an Oma recipe, but when I went to the market earlier in the day, they had fresh, local strawberries and who can say no to that??  So, I made some shortcakes:

SOOOOO GOOOOD!