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Glazed Pork Chops with Boiled Cabbage

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Easy to make, these pork chops are savory and beautiful placed atop a bed of green cabbage. This sweet and savory glaze of soy sauce, sugar, and butter coat the pork without penetrating, and compliment the subtle flavor of boiled cabbage. This Asian inspired glaze is sure to impress. Perfect for a dinner party or date, this recipe can easily be altered to make more for a crowd, simply bake your chops and cover with glaze. Despite the lack of carbs, this dish is filling and as well as healthy. The recipe below makes enough for 2 adult sized servings.

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What You Will Need

  • 3 Cups Cabbage, 1×1 inch cubed
  • 2 Pork Chops
  • 1/2 Tbsp Butter
  • 3 Tbsp Soy Sauce
  • 3 Cloves Garlic, Minced
  • 1 Tbsp Sugar
  • 1/4 Cup Water
  • Large Frying Pan
  • Medium Sauce Pan

Directions

1. Prepare the cabbage and add to a sauce pan with about 4 cups of water. place over medium heat and boil for about 30 minute or until cabbage begins to turn translucent.

2. Heat a frying pan over medium heat. Once hot, spray with non-stick spray or 1 Tbsp oil. Add pork chops. Cook on first side undisturbed for 4 minutes. Flip your chops, then add butter and wait for it to melt. Once melted add garlic, soy sauce, sugar, and 1/4 cup water. Let simmer until a thick glaze is left.

3. Flip your chops to coat. Remove from heat. Plate your cabbage, top with the pork chop and drizzle some glaze.

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Ginger Lemonade

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Ginger Lemonade is a healthy and flavorful drink. I made this drink as an alternative to ginger ale and tastes very similar. If you wanted to, you could easily add carbonated water or club soda in place of the water for carbonation. This recipe can also be made with honey or sugar. If you would like to make it vegetarian, you can easily go with the latter. Using warm water is more effective at getting the ginger flavor out and dissolving the sugar, however, if you are in a rush, you could use cold water, you just may have to use more ginger. Be sure to adjust to taste! If you want a drink lighter in flavor, you can half the recipe. This recipe makes about 5-7 glasses.

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What You Will Need

  • 7 Cups Warm Water
  • 5 Tbsp Fresh Grated Ginger
  • 4 Tbsp Lemon Juice
  • 1/3 Cup Sugar or 4 Tbsp Honey
  • Pitcher & Spoon

Directions

1. Mix together all the ingredients together in a pitcher. Chill for 4-6 Hours before serving, or add ice and let cool 10 minutes before drinking.

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Beef Curry with Stir Fry Veggies

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Curry is a dish you can order out or eat at home. Curry is most common in Asian countries so it is layered with Asian spices. You can buy curry sauce or curry paste that has been simmered for hours, or you can make some at home like I did in the recipe below. Usually curry is also made with a piece of meat with a lot of fat to it, however, if you want to make a cheaper curry, you can just use some ground beef from the freezer. This is not authentic curry, however it’s still curry and can be made with what you can find at home. If you want extra heat in your curry you could add some peppers or some hot sauce. This recipe makes 6-8 Adult sized servings.

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What You Will Need

  • 1/2 Ground Beef
  • 1/2 Medium Onion, Diced
  • 3 Garlic Cloves, Minced
  • 3 Tbsp Tomato Paste
  • 3 Cups Water
  • 2 Beef Bouillon Cubes
  • 1 1/2 Tbsp Cumin
  • 2 tsp Ground Cayenne
  • 1 1/2 Tbsp Chili Powder
  • 1 Tbsp Curry Powder
  • 2 tsp Turmeric
  • 2 tsp Red Pepper Flakes
  • 1 (12 oz) Bag of Frozen Stir Fry Veggies
  • Dutch Oven
  • 3 cups White Rice, Prepared

Directions

1. Heat the dutch oven over medium high heat. Add beef, onion, and garlic. Break up meat and stir until fully cooked. Add spices, tomato paste, water, and bouillons. Stir and cook until thickened.

2. Once thick, add frozen veggies. Break up, and stir into curry. Cook until mixture is boiling. Remove from heat. Serve about 1/2 cup of rice with about 1/2 cup of curry.

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Homemade Pie Crust

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Pie crust can be bought prepared, but it is also very easy to make it yourself and costs a lot less. This recipe makes a buttery and crisp crust. This crust has structure to hold your fillings inside, but it’s not so hard it’s unpleasant to eat. I am not a person that tends to like pies because usually they are frozen and the crust just tastes awfully dry and floury. That is not the case with this crust. This crust becomes flaky, has a great butter taste, and doesn’t become dry and hard. This recipe is enough for one 9 inch pie pan.

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What You Will Need

  • 2 Cups of Flour
  • 10 Tbsp Butter, Cold
  • 5-7 Tbsp Cold Water
  • Large food processor or large mixing bowl and 2 knives

Directions

1. In a large food processor or mixing bowl, add the flour and butter. Cut the butter until each piece of butter is cut to the size of a pea or smaller. Add your water slowly, and mix until a dough forms.

2. Turn out dough onto cling wrap. Wrap and place in the fridge for 30 minutes to harden up butter again. Pull out dough, roll to out to fit your pie pan, then bake according to your filling’s instruction, or at 350 F until golden.

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Ground Beef Empanadas

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Empanadas are a great meal and can be made quickly or can be made from scratch. I’ve made empanadas a few times though I’m still not very good at making pretty ones. When I made this recipe, I made homemade pie crust to use as the dough. Though I know some people use pie crust, it was too buttery and a bit hard, so I recommend using biscuit dough instead. I’ve made them before with biscuit dough and I think it’s superior. For filling, it was very easy to make and full of flavor. Finally, I made 13 empanadas before running out of filling, so what I didn’t bake, you can place in the freezer for an hour before transferring to freezer bag. 2 empanadas is enough for an adult if you have sides with it. I served these with homemade mac and cheese and corn.

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What You Will Need

  • 1 Can of Biscuits
  • 1/2 lb. Ground beef
  • 1 cup Medium Diced Onion
  • 1/2 Tbsp Chili Powder
  • 1/2 Tbsp Ground Cumin
  • 2 tsp Ground Cayenne Pepper
  • 2 tsp Turmeric
  • 2 Clove Garlic, minced
  • 2 Tbsp Tomato paste
  • Large Frying pan and wooden spoon
  • Baking sheet

Directions

1. Heat your frying pan over medium heat. Add your ground beef, and cook until browned. Add your onion, garlic, spices, tomato paste, and 1/2 cup water. Cook until all liquid is gone, then remove from heat and let cool for 20 minutes.

2. Heat Oven to 400 F. Open your biscuits and separate. Cut your biscuits into thirds. Roll each into a ball, then roll out on a floured surface into a 3 inch circle. Fill the center with about 1 tbsp filling, fold over, then crimp edges closed using a fork. Place on a baking sheet and bake for 30 minutes, turning the sheet half way through.

3. Remove from oven and let cool for 5 minutes before serving.

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