Chops, Tatos, and Corn

Old meal. I am just being able to blog it. I guess I should say I am just now wanting to blog it. As you may know, I do not measure as I cook unless I am following a recipe. After I have done it a few times I tend to go at it on my own because I may want less or more of a specific flavor.

INGREDIENTS: Family pack of pork chops (I have a family of 6.)

8 red potatoes (cut in half short wise then cut into quarters)

1 bag of corn steamers (found in the frozen veggie section)

Ms. Dash seasoning

Oil for frying

Add oil to skillet for frying. Heat oil. Season chops with the Dash. Fry chops.

While chops are frying, I wash and cut potatoes and put them into the steamer. Season with the Dash and steam for 20 minutes. DO NOT put them on the bottom rack. They will be mush from the water below.

There is no bread for this meal because I forgot to grab them while I was at the store.

The last thing you do is steam the corn. Pop the bag in the microwave and voila – steamed butter corn. Yummy.

I drank Orange juice with mine because that is what I felt like drinking at the moment.

Notice, I didn’t mention salt. No salt added to this meal. Until the next meal, Scheryka. 

Basic Crab Salad

I love a good crab salad. But when I don’t feel like putting my toes in it and just do a quick something to take the edge off, I make my basic salad. This one was done for lunch for me and the baby.

Ingredients:

1/2 pound crab meat

3 ounces pico de gallo

2 ounces chopped onions

sprinkle of parsley (dried or fresh)

mayo

Imitation crab meat. I only used one pack.

This is a 7 oz pico and I almost half.

I like to pull my crab meat apart rather chop it.

Chopped onions.

Add it all to a bowl and stir in the mayo. I like Hellman’s or Miracle Whip – if I want a more sweeter taste. This time I used MW.

I added just a sprinkle of dried parsley because I didn’t have fresh. I also need to buy more dried, too.

This is how it turns out. You can less or more of any ingredient according to your taste. I had some Pet eggnog with cinnamon sprinkled on top. Of course this plate is just for show.

 

This is more like it! Yes.

Until the next cook-up, Scheryka.

Testing with Onions and Mushrooms

This is just a test. Well, I really did eat this this morning. It's not much but I have been eating less these days with portion control. It really helps, too (with a boost of stress). I've lost a lot of weight. I really don't have to unbutton my pants to pull them up. Now, I need to work on toning the body and ridding it of the midriff nightmare. Oh, and pump up the butt with some butt-booster exercises.

My breakfast was good and I enjoyed the part I did get a chance to eat. Chenii ate most of it. I finished the mushrooms.

I used my bestestest ever sausages ever. I loved them when I lived in Mobile, AL (along with my most favorite hot sausages, Hall's). Now that I live in The Palmetto State, I can not find these things NO WHERE! So now, when we take a trip to Mobile we stop at the Conecuh Factory and load up on these bad boys. Or we just grab some up from the meat market in Mobile.

Bestestest Ever!

Conecuh Sausage with Sautéed Vegetables

Ingredients:

Conecuh Sausage (I used that first strip closest to you in the photo above.)

1/2 Tsp of Oil

1/4 Medium Onion

7 oz of Fresh or Can Mushrooms

 

1. Slice your sausages and put into the oven to bake. I used the ever-so-need-to-cleaned toaster oven. I cut my hands every time I try to clean it so it stays as is until it falls dead. I put mine on 375. I don’t know for how long because I usually just wait until it beeps because I like my meat almost burnt. Almost. 

         

2. While the meat is cooking, use 1 Tsp of oil in a frying pan and sauté the mushrooms and onions. You can use Olive Oil, Vegetable Oil, Peanut Oil, or even butter. Whatever that suits you. I used Blue Bonnet. Not my regular. I sent my husband to the store and Blue Bonnet is what came home with him. I love Parkay if you just wanted to know.

3. Last put you meat on the plate, then the veggies. Or the veggies then the meat. It depends on you. For me, it just so happened to be veggies on top. Since this was a rush meal and I had to go (Taking photos and cooking took some skill). This is what it looked like on the bare plate. Not much but hey this is only my test.

There is meat under the veggies. I left some out so you can see them.

Next meal? Well it depends on many factors. Maybe tomorrow’s lunch for me and the kiddo. But until then, cheers.