so, yesterday, I decided to make (again!) a recipe from my Rachael Ray cookbook. You can be reassured though that these recipes might not keep coming since I feel like I’ve almost reached my limit of recipes that I can easily find in the cookbook that will suit all of my demands and those of my husband. Those criteria are: low-calorie, relatively inexpensive, cheeseless, no baked fruit, no creamy sauces, easy to make in 30 minutes.
Nonetheless, we found a recipe that satisfied these criteria in Rachael Ray’s Columbus Day Pork Chops. You can find the recipe here. It is basically a pork chop with macerated strawberries and basil heaped upon it. I liked it a lot. We didn’t follow the recipe insofar as the pork chops were concerned because, really, my husband could cook a pork chop well before Rachael Ray came along. The pork chops we chose were not nearly the thickness that were recommended in the recipe, they were only about 160 grams each (and that includes the bone!), but I’d like to think that I eat at least somewhat healthier than Rachael Ray does! I served salad as a side dish (bag of mixed greens, what could be easier? I know that this is one of the ways in which I waste money, but I truly can’t be bothered to wash, drain, cut lettuce myself). My husband wanted his strawberries sans maceration, so I served them directly over the salad. I had mine with maceration in balsamic vinegar served over the meat and it was delicious.
Basically, this is a recipe that doesn’t really require a recipe. It was really easy to make and a good way to incorporate strawberries into our diet before the local berries disappear and get replaced with the tasteless winter ones! (estimated calories: 350, very good!)
