Visit

Big Sister is coming for a visit today. We have a great time together--she mentioned maybe doing some scrapbooking. Perhaps we'll also take a little drive down to the apple orchard.

Big sis with our niece and nephew.

It's a pork-choppy kinda day, so I pulled out my copy of "The Grassfed Gourmet" by Shannon Hayes and found this recipe to feed everyone (I'll be tripling this recipe):

Honey-Roasted Pork Chops with Apples and Onions

1 TBSP salt
1 tsp ground pepper
3 tsp rubbed sage
1 TBSP olive oil
2 pork chops
1/3 cup apple cider or juice
1 tart, firm apple, cored and cut into thick slices, but not peeled
1 small onion, thinly sliced into rings
1/4 cup raisins
2 TBSP honey

Preheat oven to 350.

Combine salt, pepper and sage and rub into the meat.

Pour the olive oil into a heated oven-proof skillet and sear the chops over medium heat, 1 minute per side or until browned. Remove from the heat, add the cider, sliced apple, onion and raisins. Drizzle with honey, cover and roast for 1 1/2 hours or until fork-tender.


Good eatin'!