Katie's PB Cups!

I received this recipe from one of my good friends back in MN, the lovely, Katie E. I was bored on Friday, so I decided to give it a try. It sounded so tasty and I love peanut butter...especially with chocolate.

After melting peanut butter and butter, you stir in powdered sugar a bit of vanilla. Then, you press that mixture into a greased pan. Next, the chocolate topping...made of milk chocolate and semi-sweet chocolate melted with butter and a touch of vanilla. After pouring the chocolate topping onto the peanut butter layer, all you have to do is chill it in the fridge. I agree with Katie's words, it is defintely quick and easy!

When Josh got home, I cut us each a piece to try. In our opinion, this is a DELICIOUS treat...but, very, very rich. Josh could only eat one bite of his! I ate about half of my piece. I am a die hard pb/chocolate fan. I've been nibbling on bites all weekend, too! :-) Thanks, Katie!

Busy Day Pork Chops

Hi! I'm still here...I promise! Geesh, it's been a long time since I last updated! I have been cooking these past couple months, just nothing new or too exciting. So, last night I decided to try a recipe out of my "Healthy Cooking" magazine, from Taste of Home. Basically, it was a simple recipe for breaded and baked pork chops. According to the picture, here's the final product. So, we'll see how close I get to that...

The breaded mixture was simply seasoned bread crumbs, grated parmesan cheese, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. I dipped the chops in skim milk before coating them in the breading.

Winky is SO funny whenever I'm doing something in the kitchen, he always justs sits and watches me. Luckily Josh got home from work at the right time. As soon as he was in the door I greeted him with a "Quick, get my camera and take a couple pictures of me for my blog!" Yeah, I'm a good wife.

Anyways, you spray a baking sheet with cooking spray, then, after placing the breaded chops on the baking sheet, you spray the top of the chops with a bit of cooking spray, too. Then, you just bake them for 9-11 minutes on each side in a 375 degree oven. Here are mine hot out of the oven. I think maybe I sprayed a bit too much Pam.

Oh, while they were baking, I walked into the kitchen and saw this and couldn't help but laugh. I guess Winky and Smokey were curious about what was going on in the oven, too...since I so rarely use it. They probably didn't know what to think...either that, or they were hungry and were hoping they were having pork chops for dinner!

So, here's my plate. Pork chops with some spiral mac-n-cheese. How'd they taste? Well, I asked Josh, and he said, "They aren't bad." Sigh. I had to agree. They weren't bad, but they weren't awesome either. They were somewhat bland. But, at least I can now experiment with adding some new flavors to the breading for next time!