So last night I thought Morgan wouldn't be home for dinner. Around 6 he called to let me know he'd be home and to ask what's for dinner. At first I said whatever you want it to be -- I had my heart set on a frozen meal...actually it was more my effort level since I just scrubbed the sink. Morgan offered to go pick up Subway, but after a moment's hesitation I realized that since I'd been sitting in front of the t.v. all day, I should at least make some dinner. Not wanting to go the grocery store I hunted through the kitchen to figure out what I could whip up. I've been slacking on the grocery shopping so there wasn't much to choose from. We're trying to be healthy so I didn't want something high in calories.
Here's what I had:
Pork Chops
Onions
Canned green beans
Parmesan cheese
bread crumbs
Trader Joe's aioli mustard
The pork chops we frozen solid so I had to thaw them in a water for about 15 minutes. I prepped the veggies while the PCs were thawing.
My grandma used to make this dish...it was a childhood favorite - although I never ate the onions, she'd put a can of tomatoes but since Morgan can't stand them I omitted them.
1 can green beans - drained
1 sliced small onion
1 Tbs. olive oil
1 tsp. dried thyme
Sea Salt
Pepper to taste
Saute onions in a pan. Add salt and pepper.
While the onions are sauteing preheat broiler and prep pork chops.
Pork Chops.
1 cup of bread crumbs -- season with salt and pepper
1/4 cup parmesan cheese
1/2 cup mustard
In a bowl bread crumbs and parmesan. Spoon out mustard on one side of the chops. Place mustard side down on bread crumbs. Spoon out mustard on the other side and flip the chop. Place the chops in a broiler safe pan (I used a pie tin - line it with foil for easy clean up). Place in broiler - 6 minutes each side.
While the pork chops are cooking stir the onions. Once the onions are soft add green beans. Stir in thyme.
Pork should be brown on the top and juicy on the inside.
Enjoy!
Dinner was ready in 30 minutes. It was great - best of all it was all under 500 calories.
