Panko Parmesan Pork Chops

I love me some pork chops.  I don't eat them much....but when I do, I want the good kind with the bone.  No boneless chops for me!  This is a new way I tried tonight....liked them....a lot.  Served with Garlic Cheese Mashed Potatoes....a family standby. (I'll post the recipe tomorrow!)

Panko Parmesan Pork Chops

8 bone-in pork chops (I got mine @ Costco)

4 eggs-beaten

3 c. Panko

3/4 c. parmesan cheese

Salt and pepper to taste.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray a sheet pan with Pam and put in the oven to heat up while you prepare the chops.  This will help the chops stay crispy as they bake.

Combine the panko and parmesan cheese in a shallow pie plate.  Beat the eggs and put them in a shallow dish. Salt the pork chops and then dip them in the beaten eggs.  Place them in the dish of panko-parm and coat well.  Place on a plate and finish the rest of the chops.  When all are coated...go to the oven....your sheet pan should be nice and hot. Using tongs, place the coated pork chops on the pan....yes, the pan is still in the oven. BE CAREFUL!  Don't crowd them or they will be mushy when they are done.  Bake them for about 30 minutes or until cooked through!  Flip them over with tongs about halfway through.  Yum!

Pear Crumble

I love Fall...it is my favorite season. The leaves, the change in the weather, all of it!  What do I also love in the fall...the end of the dreaded pear canning season. Don't get me wrong, I love pears. I DO NOT like canning them.....ugh...peeling...touching them a bazillion times. So what do I do with the last bunch of pears? I make Pear Crumble!  It is delicious! I use the nice, ripe pears and some apple pie spices with a yummy crumble recipe from Mel's kitchen cafe...one of my favorite blogs! So, hears to the last of the pears! Huzzah, Huzzah!

Pear Crumble

10-12 firm, ripe pears, peeled and quartered

3/4 cup sugar (more or less depending on sweetness of fruit)

Juice of 1/2 a lemon

1/4 c. flour

1/2 t. salt

1/2 t. cinnamon
1 t. freshly grated ginger

pinch of nutmeg

Combine the dry ingredients together and gently mix with the fruit being careful not to break it up.

Pour into a  greased 18x20 baking dish. Prepare the crumble.

Crumble

1 1/2 c. oats
1 1/2 c. flour

3/4 c. sugar

1/2 c. brown sugar

1 c. melted butter

Mix all together and pour on the fruit in the baking dish.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes or until brown and bubbly.

crumble recipe from Mel's Kitchen Cafe.

Sifter....woohoo!

Now....I like using whole wheat, white whole wheat, mind you. BUT....when I go to make cookies or other non-bread recipes I use soft white wheat.  It has less protein and makes for a better product....less gluten.

ok...so I admit it...i still don't like the wheatiness in my cookies quick breads, muffins,etc.

 All that lovely bran! (groan)

TaDa! I found a sifter for my Bosch !

I LOVE you sifter!!!

It fits over the bowl and low and behold...it sifts all the bran out of the flour!

AMAZING!

To test it out I made my regular chocolate chip cookie recipe. Yum! 

I did learn this..the flour is REALLY fluffy after you sift it and doesn't measure exactly true.

FLAT COOKIES!

So I will have to adjust next time.

You still get the nutrition from the whole wheat...with less fiber!  I figure...it's fresh ground. I will sacrifice a little fiber.

You can use the leftover bran on your cereal, yogurt, in other baked goods to get that fiber back in your diet!

Sifter at work!

Here is a little comparison...really bad picture.On the top is the sifted bran, on the left is the fresh ground flour, and on the right is the sifted flour!

New Year---New Journey

I haven't posted for a few months. It has been a journey for me that is for sure.   My Dad became ill in September and I have been back and forth to Idaho and Utah since that time.  My Dad died  December 17th.  We had his funeral on the 22nd in Kaysville, Utah. 

What is it about our parents that leads us to believe they will never die?  I am a really positive person and I honestly thought he was going to get better....and he tried so hard to do so.  The last time I spoke to my dad he told me that he was so very tired and didn't want to live his life if he couldn't be active.  He was done.  I told him I loved him and that he was the very best Dad anyone could ever have.  It was so hard to KNOW that he was going back to Heavenly Father, but comforting to KNOW he was ready.  I am at peace with all that has happened....I miss him so very badly!   I was cleaning out my planner in my purse and came across some notes that he had written to me in October while he was intubated in the hospital.  I was at work....whew....tears flowed!  I think of him everyday when I hear a song or find a new recipe that he would have liked to try, or while driving to Utah spotting the deer, antelope, and mountain sheep along the road! (I am the best at that). He instilled in me my positive, sunny, disposition.  Everyone was his friend....including strangers anywhere!  I am like him in that way too.  I love him so very much!
So, now what?  New Year, new journey.....with my Dad watching me and helping me from above!
For my Dad...new life, new journey....with much work to be done!