Ranch House Crock Pot Pork Chops

Ranch House Crock Pot Pork Chops with Parmesan Mashed Potatoes
http://realmomkitchen.com/287/ranch-house-crock-pot-pork-chops-with-parmesan-mashed-potatoes/

6 pork chops, 1/2 inch thick
1 packet dry Ranch Dressing Seasoning
10 oz can Cream of Chicken Soup
4 lbs peeled, cubed potatoes
5 Tablespoons real butter
1 cup fresh grated Parmesan cheese
6 cloves roasted garlic (directions are below)
1- 1 1/2 Cups warm skim milk (any milk will do, I used skim)
1 Tablespoon salt, or to taste
1 teaspoon fresh cracked black pepper, or to taste
Place pork chops, Ranch seasoning and soup into a medium sized crock pot over high heat for 4 hours or low heat for 6 hours.
Place potatoes into a large pot of cold water. Place onto stove top over high heat and bring to a boil. Once water is boiling, cook for 10-12 minutes or until potatoes are fork tender. Drain and transfer to the work bowl of a stand or electric mixer. Mix on low until potatoes are mashed then add butter, Parmesan, garlic, milk, salt and pepper. Season to taste if needed. For thinner mashed potatoes add more milk, slowly until your desired consistency.
Scoop mashed potatoes onto serving plates and top with pork chops and soup gravy from crock pot. I put a little parsley on top to serve.
Roasted Garlic
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place bulb of garlic with skins on, wrap lightly in tin foil and bake for 1 hour. Remove from foil and let cool for 15 minutes. Remove garlic from skins, place in a bowl and mash with a fork until completely mashed. Set aside. One garlic bulb will have around 12 cloves.

Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos Verde

Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos Verde
http://realmomkitchen.com/6924/slow-cooker-chicken-tacos-verde/

• 2 pounds of boneless skinless chicken thighs
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 (16 oz.) jar of salsa verde
• 1 (4 oz.) can diced green chilies
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 2 cloves of garlic, minced
• shredded cheese
• guacamole
• pico de gallo or fresh salsa
• tortilla shells

1. Place chicken in the bowl of a slow cooker. Top chicken with the diced green chiles, cumin, onion and garlic. The pour the slasa over the chicken.
2. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours.
3. Remove chicken from pot and shredded. Mix in enough of the juice leftover in the slow cooker to make the meat moist.
4. Spoon chicken into tortillas and top with shredded cheese, guacamole and pico de gallo.

Grilled Chicken over Tomato Alfredo Sauce

Grilled Chicken over Tomato Alfredo Sauce
http://www.plainchicken.com/2012/09/grilled-chicken-over-tomato-alfredo.html#more

1 McCormick's Grill Mates Garlic Herb Wine Marinade packet
3 boneless chicken breasts, pounded to an even thickness
1 cup prepared Alfredo sauce
1 (8oz) can tomato sauce
1 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
1 garlic clove, minced
8 oz penne pasta, cooked and drained

Marinate chicken according to packet directions. Grill 12-15 minutes, until chicken is no longer pink. Set aside.

Cook pasta according to package directions, drain.

In a large pot, combine Alfredo sauce, tomato sauce, Italain seasoning and garlic. Heat over medium-high heat for approximately 10 minutes. Toss in cooked pasta.

Slice chicken and serve over pasta. Top with parmesan cheese if desired.
If you don't have a grill, you can cook the chicken on the stove. Pan sear the chicken in olive oil for 2 minutes on each side and finish it off in the oven at 400 for 10 minutes

September Photo a day- challenge

My version of a Photo-A-Day challenge adapated from fatmumslim
September
1-Start of a day
2- Close up
3-Labor Day
4-Mailbox
5-Bright
6-Every Day
7-Natural
8-At Night
9-Grandparents/Grandkids
10-Black & white
11-About Me
12-Together
13-Table
14-Patriotic-Star Spangled Banner was written on this day
15-Coastal Clean Up
16-New Moon
17 In My Fridge
18-Price
19-Underneath
2- Man-made
21-Sometimes
22-Love/Wedding
23-Before Bedtime-First Quarter Moon
24-3 Things
25-Frame
26-NEAR-Apples-Johnny Appleseed birthday
27-Love/Hate
28-A Good Thing
29-Harvest Moon
30-Football

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