The Way to a Man's Heart Sweet & Sour Pineapple Pork Chops #recipes #goodeats

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Sweet and Sour Pineapple Pork Chops

A sweet and savory recipe, this isn't far from the actual recipe on the back of my cornstarch box, as I discovered the other night as I was preparing it.

Ingredients-
Pork chops

1-14 oz can of Chicken Broth
2 TBSPS Soy Sauce
1 TBSP Vinegar

2 TBSPS Brown Sugar
2 TBSPS Cornstarch
1 15 1/4 oz can Pineapple Tidbits

1. Preheat oven to 350º
2. Place Pork Chops in foil-lined casserole dish
3. Bring broth, soy sauce and vinegar to a boil in a saucepan
4. In a bowl, mix brown sugar, cornstarch and juice from pineapple until smooth
5. Whisk into boiling broth mixture until slightly thickened, then mix in pineapple tidbits
6. Pour over pork chops, cover with foil and bake 30 minutes
7. Remove foil and bake another 15 minutes.

The Way to a Man's Heart- Brown Sugar Broccoli #recipe #goodeats

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Brown Sugar Broccoli

It's a given that not everybody likes broccoli. My husband sure doesn't and I used to forgo my desire for it because no one else in the house would eat it. Now my daughter will eat it but normally my stepson, who's 15 doesn't like it either because his mom fixes broccoli & cheese sauce and he HATES it...BUT, he loves broccoli when I fix it this way and it's one of the quickest, easiest recipes I've come up with. It has a wonderful Asian flare to it and I hope that this simple side dish will be an added favorite to your meals.

Ingredients:
Broccoli florets
2-3 Tablespoons Brown Sugar
2-3 Tablespoons Butter
1-2 Tablespoons Soy Sauce
Salt, to taste

1. Steam broccoli approximately 15-20 minutes or until fork tender.
2. Melt butter, brown sugar together with soy sauce and pour over broccoli to coat.
3. Add salt to taste, depending on whether you prefer the sweet flavor or a bit more saltiness.

The Way to a Man's Heart~ Brown Sugar Pork Chops #recipe

The Way to a Man's Heart

Brown Sugar Pork Chops

Ingredients-

6 pork chops

6 Tablespoons of brown sugar

6 Tablespoons of butter or margarine

1 Tablespoon of soy sauce

Directions-

Preheat oven to 350º

Place chops in a foil lined 9X13 baking pan

Place 1 Tablespoon of brown sugar on top of each chop

Place 1 Tablespoon of butter on top of the brown sugar

Sprinkle chops with soy sauce

Cover pan with foil and bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes

Remove foil and bake for an additional 15 minutes, until browned.

The Way to a Man's Heart~ Applesauce Cake & Caramel Drizzle #recipe

Applesauce Cake & Caramel Drizzle

Happy Derby Day! I'm running late again this weekend as I seem to be doing a LOT here lately in all aspects of my daily routines. Today, here in Kentucky it's the Run for the Roses, wonderfully big and beautiful hats and sipping mint juleps at the racetrack.

I've never attended the Derby and this year will mark the first time ever in my life I won't get to watch it because our switch from satellite to using just a converter box cut us off from having an NBC station we can pull in (plus hubby and I are going to see Iron Man 3~ SQUEE!)— but today I will leave you with something sweet and decadent to enjoy- a double recipe- cake AND topping!

It's not a mint julep, but it's some good southern style decadence in it's own right. ENJOY!

Ingredients-

½ cup butter

1 cup white sugar
1 cup chilled applesauce

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

¼ teaspoon ground cloves

½ cup raisins

½ cup chopped walnuts

Directions-

1. Cream butter or margarine with sugar.
2. Add applesauce and beat well.
3. Stir in flour, baking soda, and spices.
4. Add nuts and raisins.

Pour the batter into a greased and floured 8 inch square pan. Back at 350º for 40 minutes or until done. Serve warm with Brown Sugar/Caramel Icing (recipe follows)

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Brown Sugar Icing (aka Caramel Icing)

Ingredients-

Stick butter

1 cup packed Brown Sugar

2 cups Powdered Sugar

¼ cup Milk

1 teaspoon Vanilla

1. Melt butter in saucepan
2. Add Brown Sugar, boil for 2 minutes
3. Add Milk and bring back to a boil
4. Remove from heat and cool until lukewarm
5. Beat in Powdered Sugar and Vanilla
6. Drizzle over cake (poke small holes in cake if you wish)

(this icing is also good over nutty cakes or yellow cake)

Taryn Raye's #SCENTsational Saturdays The Way to a Man's Heart- Easy Coconut Cookies

When I stayed with my folks last week, my mom made this ooey gooey easy coconut cookies and I just had to share the recipe today because it's such a simple recipe and because we're getting closer to the holidays and I'm just a smidge tired of talking about body wash and soap, so I thought...hey, why not share another new recipe!

Easy Coconut Cookies

Ingredients:

1/2 cup shortening

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1 egg

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup All-Purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup Rice Krispies

1/2 cup flaked coconut

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350º

1. Cream together the shortening and sugars
2. Add egg and vanilla, mix until well blended
3. Add flour and baking soda, until well blended
4. Add Rice Krispies cereal and flaked coconut, until well blended
5. Drop by spoonfuls onto foil lined cookie sheet
6. Bake at 350º for 8-10 minutes or until lightly brown

You can use a toothpick to the center to test them. If it comes out clean, they're ready to come out of the oven. You can also add a drop or two of either almond extract or coconut extract along with the 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla for an added burst of flavor.

Here's hoping my hubby will enjoy them as much as I did. Have a SCENTsational Saturday!