Mmmm

[siercia]

I made another yummy dinner tonight - braised pork chops with apples and onions. It was yummy!


2 tsp vegetable oil
1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast(s), four 4 oz pieces
2 tbsp all-purpose flour
1 large onion(s), sliced
2 medium apple(s), firm, cored and sliced
1 cup(s) apple cider
1 cup(s) fat-free chicken broth
1/2 tsp table salt
1/2 tsp ground ginger
2 tsp cornstarch
In a large, heavy-bottomed skillet, warm oil over high heat. Toss chicken with flour, patting off excess. Place in pan and brown well on both sides.
Remove chicken from pan, reduce heat to low and add onion. Sauté, stirring often, until onion is tender and lightly browned.
Stir in apples, cider, chicken broth, salt, ginger and chicken. Bring to a simmer, cover and cook for 30 minutes. Use a slotted spoon to transfer chicken, onions and apples to a serving dish.
In a small bowl, whisk together cornstarch and 2 to 3 tablespoons of pan juices. Combine cornstarch mixture with remaining pan juices, whisking constantly. Simmer for one minute. Pour sauce over chicken and serve.



Okay, so the recipe called for chicken. I subbed in pork chops and it was delicious.

I'm re-reading Anne Lamott's Operating Instructions, and loving it just as much now that I've got a year plus of motherhood under my belt. I recommended it to a friend the other day - she just brought her newborn daughter home, and I thought she'd like it. It's bringin me ack to the crazy days of having an infant in the house, both the immense joy and incredible limits that you get stretched to by the little creature in your midst. Thank you, sarahparah, for sending me this book last year.

I feel like I was immensely productive today, even though in the end I really didn't do very much. But I did get my laundry done (and Widget's too), and it will all get put away when I go upstairs to bed. How sad is it that accomplishing one little task like that makes me feel all productive? I got some useful things done at work too, and tomorrow I have about three projects that I really must finish, or I'm going to start getting my butt kicked.

Comments

[reebert.livejournal.com]

I'd say that counts as productive. I finally got off my but yesterday and did the dishes and felt like that made my day productive too. *LOL*

you're welcome

[sarahparah.livejournal.com]

I re-read "OI", or at least bits of it, at least twice a year.