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Hello, you very busy beavers out there in CMD cyberspace kitchens. I know there are a million and one things to do, places to go, people to see all in preparation for Thanksgiving, but everyone has to eat in the meantime too, so what are you doing for your evening meal tonight?
You all surely must think most of all I cook are boneless extra trim pork chops, but if you all shop the sales, my guess is most of you also, cook a lot of them. I'm going to fix some tonight, and I'll first sprinkle with a bit of black pepper, sear them in a skillet, saute a thinly sliced onion, bell peppers, just a smidgen of finely diced jalapeño pepper, a little diced garlic and around 1 stick of celery diced. Then I'm seriously thinking about pitching all that into a crock pot, drizzling a little balsamic vinegar over the tops, followed by around 1/4 cup of red cooking wine, and some cherry coke, then letting it cook itself. There's still time to have it done for tonight. Awhile back I did all that except instead of the crock pot, I sprayed a Pyrex baking dish with a little cooking spray, thoroughly washed a couple of red delicious apples, sliced those, laid them in the bottom of the baking dish followed by the pork chops, and thinly sliced Yukon Gold potatoes sprinkled a bit of black pepper lightly over top the potatoes (if you use salt you may want to lightly salt the potatoes), then spooned the things I sauteed on top the potato slices, then from what was in the skillet the balsamic vinegar, and red cooking wine and coke, then over all that, I poured just a bit more cherry coke. I covered all that with a double sheet of aluminum foil and popped it into a 350° oven. I'm sorry, but I didn't time it. I just sort of seem to have a built in clock that tells me about when they are done, and then I check, but you'll need to cook that until the potatoes are done, and since you have already partially cooked the chops on the stove top, they should also, be done at that time. I thought it made a pretty good dish, and it's an all in one thing, which I sort of like. I hope someone else may also, find that's something they might like to try and then enjoy it. Cooking to me is sort of imagination of things that work together, and then just simply trying them. If the flavors ordinarily are complimentary, that usually works pretty well. If I don't do the potato bit today, I'll be putting some of the frozen roasting ears in the oven. I just like them a bit better fixed in the oven than in the microwave. My oldest, who many times eats with me in the evening says he can't tell the difference, so maybe, it's just my imagination.  Adding a green veggie, and a tossed green salad gives you a nice variation of both color and textures which I think is so important to make a meal a bit more interesting, and make a fairly well balanced meal with both yellow and green veggies, without going overboard and just having the starchy ones.
Sometimes you can also, combine both the savory lettuce and fruits for a nice salad. Does anyone remember the shredded carrot and apple salad, sometimes with raisins added to it? It seems that used to be pretty popular (at least where I was raised), and probably because those were things just about every kitchen had at all times, so it was easy to quickly make without running to the store for something else. 
So my cyberspace friends, what are you doing for your evening meal?? Are you eating out, in, cooking are just what are your plans? We all need some inspiration, so please share with us.
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