Category: Pork

  • Irish Coddle Recipe

    Irish Coddle Recipe

    Last year a friend shared her recipe for Irish Coddle, which I’d never heard of but was a favorite of my friend and her husband. It’s basically a stew of sausage and potatoes and onions.  Her version had sweet potatoes in it. Last year I made it with plain Russet potatoes and it came out…

  • Shepherd’s Pork Chops: Smothered in Onions and Provolone

    Shepherd’s Pork Chops: Smothered in Onions and Provolone

    This came from one of the Lidia’s Italy cookbooks but I can’t remember which one. It is a simple enough recipe that after I read it, I just made it without really checking the details. I just saw the picture as I was cleaning up things and realized I’d never shared it. Salt and pepper…

  • Pantry/Freezer Challenge: Sweet and Sour Glaze for Pork Chops

    Pantry/Freezer Challenge: Sweet and Sour Glaze for Pork Chops

    I’m on mission to use up some of my pantry and freezer items so I made Sweet and Sour Glaze for Pork Chops.  I tend to stockpile and periodically need to make myself use up what I’ve already got. In addition to my shopping habits, I froze and canned some of my garden excess last…

  • Caribbean Red Bean and Pork Stew

    Caribbean Red Bean and Pork Stew

    I saw some pork stew meat on sale yesterday and decided to make some sort of stew that night.  I found this Caribbean stew with red beans and pork in my Joy of Cooking: 75th Anniversary Edition – 2006.  I had everything else I needed, including a green pepper I picked from a pepper plant…

  • Skillet Dinner: Bulk Sausage, Potatoes & Tomatoes

    Skillet Dinner: Bulk Sausage, Potatoes & Tomatoes

    On a riff from a bulk sausage and red potato dish with rosemary and garlic in Desperation Dinners, I made this dish tonight with some cubed Yukon Gold potatoes from the farmer’s market.  My daughter walked into the kitchen as I was figuring out dinner. I knew dinner would have 1/2 a pound of the…