Banana bread is a great way to use up those “too-ripe” bananas that suddenly appear and no one will eat. If you don’t have time to bake with them right away, toss them in the freezer until you do have time. You can toss them in with the skins on. You can peel them and…
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Easy Pork Chops with Sauce
This is one of those recipes that I saw multiple variations of in various places, all the way from a few community cookbooks to the Better Homes and Garden Cookbook to postings on a cooking list. I normally saute pork chops a la Bittman in How to Cook Everything, a book I dearly love. But…
Chicken Piccata for 2
An oldie but a goodie. Pound a chicken breast (or slice it in half if you’re lazy like me and it’s partially frozen), salt and pepper, dredge in flour then fry in some olive oil until done. Take it out of the pan. Add juice from half a lemon, 1/4 cup or so white wine,…
Blueberry Coffeecake
This blueberry coffeecake can be baked the night before and makes a nice breakfast. My eldest has hit that point, which seems common, when breakfast is a problem. She doesn’t want eggs anymore. And the hot cereals that were a favorite for so many years don’t do it–other than hot cornmeal or fried mush. We’ve…
Applesauce Pork Chops
Adapted from a Taste of Home recipe… I almost always cook up sauteed apples whenever I make pork chops. That’s easy. Peel (or not) , core, and slice apples, then cook in a bit of butter and sprinkle with brown sugar when they’re soft. This recipe called for cooking the pork chops with the apples…