Fruit Tart

Ingredients:
1 and 1/3 c flour
2/3 c butter
1/3 c brown sugar
1 package whipped cream cheese
fresh fruit
glaze/honey

Ingredients for glaze (optional):
1 c sugar
3 tbs cornstarch
1/2 tsp salt
1 c orange juice

Use honey instead of glaze or use what ever that really healthy stuff is that Brigitte uses. ;)

Step 1
Cut together flour, brown sugar and butter and press into 12" pie pan. Bake at 400 for 10 minutes.

Step 2
When crust is cool, spread cream cheese on top and fresh cut up fruit. (I have only tried strawberries but I hear the peach or peach/strawberry is great. You can also sprinkle pecans on top of the fruit too.)

Step 3
Drizzle with Glaze or honey.


*pictures coming soon, of course if I don't eat it too fast...

... well, I did forget to take a picture of the final product before we served it but I went to take a picture of what was left of it and I walked in to find that Shaun was scraping the pie plate! lol

Coriander-Pepper Pork Chops, Plus Pics

What sounds grosser, a pork chop or a pork loin?

Oops, we ate it too fast and forgot a picture of the real meal! but, these fabulous people liked it pretty well. :) That other seat is pulled out for you, Brig and Adam.


Okay, here we go... This is one of my favorite recipes!
Prep Time: 10 minutes then marinate for at least 30 minutes
Cook Time: 9 minutes or so
Ingredients:
3 Tablespoons soy sauce
1 Tablespoon coarsely ground black pepper
1 Tablespoon packed brown sugar
2 teaspoons ground coriander or 1 Tablespoon coriander seeds, crushed.
2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
4 (about 1 and 1/2 pounds total) 3/4-inch-thick boneless pork loin chops

Directions:
Combine soy sauce, pepper, sugar, coriander, and garlic in a large bowl; add pork. Cover; marinate in refrigerator for at least 30 minutes (but longer would be better). Drain; discard marinade.

3 ways to cook:
Broil - Place on rack of broiler pan. Broil 3 to 4 inches from heat, turning once, for 9 to 12 minutes or until pork is no longer pink in center. WATCH closely, mine catch on fire a lot when I do it this way.
OR
George Foreman - gotta love that guy.
OR
Bake - on a cookie sheet at like 350 or something until they are not pink inside anymore.

Then open the windows or something because this dinner usually makes my house smell yummy for days.

Homemade Chocolate Pudding

I needed a good easy chocolate pudding recipe, ya know for those rough days! I only could find a good vanilla one that I liked. I also needed one that I didn't need to keep chocolate chips in the house cause we all know that chocolate chips don't last a New York minute in my house. I don't eat raw cocoa powder a lot so I thought that a recipe with that in it alone would be a safe bet! So at last the Recipe:

Ingredients:
1/2 cup white sugar
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 3/4 cups milk
2 tablespoons margarine or butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:
In a saucepan, stir together sugar, cocoa, cornstarch and salt. Place over medium heat, and stir in milk. Bring to a boil, and cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens enough to coat the back of a metal spoon. Remove from heat, and stir in margarine and vanilla. Let cool briefly, and serve warm, or chill in refrigerator until serving.