Pork Chops, Yummy & Tender Pork Chops!!!

Who doesn't like a good, tasty and tender pork chop? Yes, I know people that don't eat pork or vegetarians but other then that people enjoy them if they are not dry and hard.

I found a really good recipe that would give you the juicy and tender meat you are looking for and it can also be used with chicken. 

Cola Pork Chops 

Ingredients:

1 cup ketchup

1 cup cola-flavored carbonated beverage

2 tablespoons brown sugar

8 pork chops or chicken breast

salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Mix together the ketchup, cola and brown sugar.

Place pork chops into a baking pan and pour cola mixture over, coating well. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Bake for about one hour depending on the thickness of the pork chop.

(I seasoned my pork chops before and added chopped onions to them. I only made two pork chops and used the same amount of sauce, it was very good)

We had our pork chop with baked potato and salad, but you can do it with the side of your preference. Enjoy and have a good day!!!!

Fresh Out of The Oven!!!

My husband is a sucker for chocolate chip cookies, let me better say chocolate in general. Last night we ran out of deserts for him to eat after dinner or one or two hours before bed time, so I told him I was going to make him something fresh for him to have when he gets home (you should've seen his face, it lighted up like a little child) of course he was super excited about it.

I found a recipe for chocolate chip cookies from scratch but the problem was I didn't have chocolate chips at home, so what to do in that case!!!! Yes, I had M&Ms and used them instead of the chocolate chips. Now here is the recipe for the cookies my hubby is going to eat tonight and the rest of this week (because I made them bigger then normal cookies).

                                            This are my cookies before they went in the oven.

Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

Ingredients

1 cup packed dark brown sugar

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1 cup butter, softened

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 eggs

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup chopped walnuts

1 (12 ounce) package semisweet chocolate chips (2 cups) or M&Ms

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 375 degrees F.

2. Beat brown sugar, white sugar and butter in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed about 3 minutes or until fluffy.

3. Beat in eggs and vanilla, then stir in the baking soda, salt and flour. Add the walnuts and chocolate.

4. Drop dough by large scoops onto ungreased cookie sheet, 2 inches apart. Flatten slightly with fork.

Now this are my cookies ready to eat, I hope my husband likes them!!!

Delish!!!! Lettuce and Chicken Salad :)

I did it!!!! I behaved better yesterday counting my calories and even ate a little less than 1500-1700 I have as my goal.
I made a yummy salad and a little bit of mac and cheese. I ate lots of salad and half a cup of mac & cheese (I really wanted more but could not do it).
My salad had lettuce, tomatoes, feta cheese, croutons and grilled chicken on top. Here is a close up picture of it.

I don't want to call this a diet because that's when I mess up on it, I'm really bad at doing diets and just the word makes me want to eat more. I really enjoy food and as you can see I also love making them.

This was my plate last night, doesn't it look good and healthy!!! Hope you have a good day and happy cooking to all. 

Oh Boy!!!! Lots of Calories

Friday was homemade cheeseburger day for us and even though I'm trying to cut down on calories I had to do it. It was so good and enjoyed it to the fullest.

Not just did I eat my cheeseburger but I also made some onion rings, and to be honest they were good but not the best ones I've had so I got to keep on looking for a better recipe. 

Saturday was a very busy day for my husband and I but I enjoyed every bit of it. Starting from going to get an oil change on my car to making our flower bed in the front yard look nice, we finished at around 4:00 pm and lots of calories burned down, but I again had to make some tasty dinner. Even though I had cheeseburgers on Friday, we wanted to do a pizza and a movie on Saturday but we wanted to do it at home and rest from such a busy day. So I got on it and in 30 minutes dinner was ready. I made a homemade pizza using pancake mix in my crust, it might sound crazy but it was really good and it looks really good, you tell me!!!

Yes, my crust burned a little on the edges but the rest of it was perfect. I had to have two pieces that's how good it was.

We had a very good weekend and enjoyed it to the fullest. Now Monday is here and I am so busy doing laundry, cleaning the kitchen and bathrooms ( took a little break to tell you a little bit about my eating habits last weekend) and in a little bit will be starting dinner but this time we will be behaving, we are having some good salad with chicken for dinner. 

Enjoy the rest of your day!!!!

Best Steak Ever!!!!

I've seen and heard that not everyone can make a juice tender steak even my husband told me so yesterday. Making a super good steak was my goal yesterday for dinner so I started looking online to what was the secret to a really tender melt in your mouth steak, let me tell you that I have found the secret and I'm going to share it with you.
OK, so first thing I did was season it like I always do so it can have lots of flavor for when it's time to cook it but the different thing I did was to add half of a coke to it and put it in a zip lock bag for 6 hours or more, they say that coke is a meat tenderizer and I believe it. Man!!! was it good. You have to try it for sure.

We like our steak cooked medium to medium rare. 

I also made some glazed carrots, potatoes with salt and vinegar onions and corn on the cob. My onions I cook them in a little bit of oil and then add salt and vinegar to it then when they are cooked I add them to the potatoes (they are really good!!!!)

Believe me, dinner was so good last night and I met my goal with that delicious tender melt in your mouth steak. I even dare to tell my husband that it was as good or better than Outback steak. LOL!!!

Today is a home made burgers day for me, yummy!!! Have a good day and happy cooking!!!! 

Wonderful husband!!!!

I really have to tell you that I have the most wonderful husband in the world. Since Tuesday evening I haven't been feeling good, at first I thought it was allergies but yesterday I felt lots of pressure in my head and forehead, sneezing a lot and stuffy nose (that's not allergies for sure!!!) so I told my husband to go to Walmart to get me some Mucinex or nasal decongestant on his way home. He calls me from Walmart to make sure that he gets exactly what I told him. OK, so he gets home and I go to the door to greet him and this is what he brought home for his sick wife.

Isn't he just adorable, wouldn't you feel better as soon as you saw that. He even got praised when he was paying for it. I know for sure the Lord loves me and I am very very blessed.

Have a good day and hope you don't get sick like I am. Much love!!!

Busy but Worth it!!!!

Yesterday was a very busy day for me and my kitchen, there was all sorts of things going around. As I had told you in my last blog my kitchen was going to be full of yummy cooking; we were celebrating my husband's grandma's 94th birthday which is pretty amazing in this days to reach that age with a pretty decent health.
The first thing I did in the morning was go and buy some balloons for her so she can feel celebrated and our place looked more like a birthday party. 

After I got the balloons the cooking party started. Started cooking the items for my potato salad, putting together a delicious lasagna and making an awesome strawberry upside down cake. Later I finished the potato salad and put it in the refrigerator, then it was time to start my honey baked ham, doesn't it sound good already!!!! At about 5:00 pm  I put the lasagna in the oven and some rolls.

Here is the cake made and decorated by me. :)

My in-laws got to the house at around 5:45 pm and my husband went to get the grandma and aunt, I had a full house but it all was worth it when we saw how happy they all were specially the grandma. She was so surprised and amazed at all the food at the table that she couldn't stop talking about it.

I was praying all the time that the food came out really good, this was my time to proof myself to the whole family. Everything looked good but the question was, does it taste good? It was time to say grace and start eating and I was waiting for my father-in-law's reaction to the ham and all, but instead of just his reaction I got everyone's good response back. This was the Lord's hand in all because it was my first time cooking a lot of dishes for a lot of people.

Family going around the table 

Now here is a close up of the food. I think it was really good too!!!

Cake in the middle, potato salad, yellow rice, corn w/peas, honey baked ham, lasagna
and some lettuce w/tomato salad.

Busy vs Worth it!!! I think it all was worth it because everyone was happy and the family was together enjoying some quality time.

 Today I feel so tired but it's OK, I have the most amazing husband in the world. He cleaned up the whole kitchen before he went to work this morning and went to our room and told me "babe don't worry about the dishes" I said OK thinking he meant not to do it if I couldn't but that was not the case. I had to call him at work and tell him how amazing he is and how much I love him. I'm very blessed!!!!

Enjoy your day and remember to thank God for all you have. Much love to all!!!