Parmesan Baked Pork Chops

Someone posted this recipe on Facebook the other day and I saved it because it looked like it would be a good one to try.  I wasn't mistaken.  Boneless pork chops are really great to fix.  There's not much prep work and they don't take too long to cook.  And you know what the commercials say "Pork it's the 'other' white meat."  They are very lean which is good for you.

The recipe called for Italian seasoned bread crumbs and mine were plain so I added the Italian seasonings.

This is for the full recipe.  I think next time I will half the recipe because I had a lot of leftover breading.
Start with 1 cup parmesan cheese

1 cup bread crumbs

1 teaspoon garlic powder

1 teaspoon black pepper

I added 1/2 teaspoon of Italian seasonings to make up for the plain breadcrumbs

Mix well.

Cover your cookie sheet with foil and spray the foil with non stick spray.

Pour a little olive oil into a cup.

Brush both sides of the pork chops with the olive oil.

Then coat with the bread crumb mixture.

Place on the cookie sheet.  Place in a preheated 350 oven.  Bake for 40-45 minutes.

They smell so good. Clean up is a breeze.

I served them with some steamed veggies.

Parmesan Baked Pork Chops Recipe

4 boneless pork chops

olive oil

1 cup parmesan cheese

1 cup bread crumbs

1 teaspoon black pepper

1 teaspoon garlic powder

Preheat oven to 350.  Bake for 40-45 minutes.

Enchilada Pasta

This is a easy delicious Mexican casserole.  You can make it as spicy or non spicy as you like. If you want Mexican but in a different format give this a try.  It is also good left over.

Now that looks like a lot of ingredients but really it is just open a lot of cans.

In a bowl add one can enchilada sauce which is 1 1/4 cups.

Drain and rinse a can of black beans.

Drain one can whole kernel corn.

Drain 1 4oz can diced green chiles

1/4 cup Greek yogurt

1 cup shredded cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese mixed.

Mix all these things well.

Brown ground beef and onion.  Drain well.

Add 4 oz cream cheese to the ground beef.

Cook 16 oz egg noodles per pkg instructions.

The recipe calls for 1/2 teaspoon chili powder.  I like mine a little spicy so I added more than 1/2 a teaspoon.

1/4 teaspoon cumin.

Mix that well.  I also added a little bit of cayenne powder too for a little more zip.

Add the meat mixture to the bean mixture.

Mix well.

Add the noodles to the mixture.

Mix well.

Spread out in a sprayed 9x13 baking dish.  Top with cheese. Place in a preheated 350 oven.  Bake for 5-10 minutes or until the cheese is nice and bubbly.

Forgot to get a picture right when it came out of the oven.  We were ready to dive in.  You can garnish with avocado and cilantro leaves.

Enchilada Pasta Recipe

16 oz egg noodles
1 1/2 cups enchilada sauce
1 can whole kernel corn drained
1 can black beans drained and rinsed
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese, divided
1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese, divided
1/4 cup Greek yogurt
1 4 oz can diced green chiles
1 Tables olive oil
1 lb ground beef
4 oz cream cheese
1/3 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon cumin
salt and pepper to taste
avocado and cilantro for garnish

Preheat oven to 350.  Bake 5-10 minutes.

Cream Cheese Frosting

I found a cake mix for pink velvet so I had to try it. I thought it would be perfect for Valentine's day.  So then I had to find an icing for them.  This is the icing I found.  It was really good.

This frosting has a little bit of heavy cream in it.

Start with 4 oz of softened cream cheese ( glad I had 4 oz left from another recipe) and 1 stick of softened butter.

Beat those for about 2 or 3 minutes until fluffy.

Add 4 cups powdered sugar, beat well after each cup.

Add 1 teaspoon clear vanilla.

2-3 Tablespoons heavy cream, beat well.

Use a pastry bag and tip to ice cupcakes. I decorated these with a chocolate heart.

Keep them in the fridge.

Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

4 oz cream cheese softened

1 stick unsalted butter softened

4 cups powdered sugar

1 teaspoon clear vanilla

2-3 Tablespoons heavy cream

McDonald's Shamrock Shake

St. Patrick's Day would not be complete without a shamrock shake. With this recipe you can make this shake year round not just for St Patrick's day.  Use red food coloring and you can make this for Christmas too.

A little peppermint flavoring takes this from a plan vanilla shake to a shamrock shake.

Start with about 3-4 cups vanilla ice cream.  I didn't measure I just dipped up ice cream.

1 cup milk

1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract

A few drops of green food coloring.  Make it as green as you like.

Blend well.

Pour up and add a little whipped cream on top.  Enjoy.

McDonald's Shamrock Shake Recipe

3-4 cups vanilla ice cream

1 cup milk

1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract

1/4 teaspoon or a couple drops green food coloring

whipped cream for top

green sprinkles if you like

Butterscotch Banana Bread

I had some bananas that needed to be used before they spoiled and this recipe caught my eye.  You don't normally think of bananas and butterscotch together but they make a nice combination. This bread reminds me of the banana sticky buns that I posted here some time ago.  We learned to make them in home ec in high school.  This was much easier than the sticky buns.  You could add some pecans to the bread if you like.  I might have to do that next time.

Depending on the size of your bananas you will need three or four.

Start out by mashing the bananas.  You will need about 1 1/2 cups of the mashed banana.

This is the mashed up banana.

Add an egg.

Add 6 Tablespoons softened butter.

3/4 cup brown sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

Mix that up well.

Add 1 1/4 cup plain flour.

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking powder.  Mix well.

Add 1 cup butterscotch chips

Fold the chips into the dough.

Pour into a sprayed loaf pan.  Place in a preheated 325 oven.  Bake for 65-70 minutes.

Let it sit in the pan for about 10 minutes.

This is what happens when you set the clock instead of the timer on the oven.  It got too cool and it stuck on bottom.  It doesn't look too pretty but it taste good.

Sometimes the recipes that mess up and don't look so pretty taste the best.

Butterscotch Banana Bread Recipe

3-4 ripe bananas (about 1 1/2 cups mashed)
6 Tablespoons butter softened
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/4 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup butterscotch chips

Preheat oven to 325.  Bake 65-60 minutes.  Let sit in pan for 10 minutes.