Pork Chops and onions in a white wine sace

This turned out really well and i served it with the hashbrown casserole (recipe below). I got this from my sister's blog, YUM

You need:
-4 pork chops (about an inch thick)
-1 onion
-3 tbspn butter
-flour, salt, pepper
-3/4 cup white wine
-1 tbspn soy sauce

Directions:
1. Sautee the onions and butter in a skillet, remove. In the same skillet, brown the chops on both sides.
2. Place chops in a small baking pan. dust with flour, salt, and pepper then top with onions.
3. mix together the wine and soy sauce, and pour over onions and pork chops.
4. Bake at 350 for 1.5 hours

Grilled Vegetables with herb dressing and feta

1 eggplant

1 red pepper

1 zucchini

1 squash

1 container feta cheese

1 lemon

1/2 cup olive oil

1/3 cup Gourmet Garden brand "Italian Seasoning Herb Blend" (this product comes in a tube, and is found in the gorcery store with the fresh herbs)

For Dressing:

 In a jar, combine olive oil, the juice of one whole lemon, and the herb blend. shake until blended together.

Directions:

1.Grill all vegetables. Set aside until cool enough to handle and chop into bite sized pieces. 

2. Toss vegetables in with the herb dressing, and fold in feta cheese.

Pasta Salad w/ Red Pepper, Feta, and Olives

You need:

1 lb rotini pasta noodles

1 small can sliced black olives, drained

1 jar sliced roasted red peppers, chopped

1 container feta cheese

1 lemon

1/2 cup olive oil

1/3 cup Gourmet Garden brand "Italian Seasoning Herb Blend" (this product comes in a tube, and is found in the gorcery store with the fresh herbs)

1. Cook rotini according to directions, drain, set aside (wait until noodles are cool to add other ingredients)

2. In a jar, combine olive oil, the juice of one whole lemon, and the herb blend. shake until blended together.

3. Toss olives, red peppers, and herb dressing in with the noodles. 

4. Fold in the feta cheese last (turns out better to add cheese right before serving)

My Spaghetti Sauce Recipe

This is what i add to regular spaghetti sauce to make it taste better.

You will need:

1 onion

1 green bell pepper

3-4 cloves garlic

1 packet Good Seasons brand Italian dressing mix

1 lb lean ground beef

1 large size jar regular pasta sauce

Directions:

1. Sautee onion, pepper, and garlic in olive oil and Italian dressing mix

2. Add beef and cook until browned

3. Add entire jar of pasta sauce, simmer 10 minutes.

Fish Tacos

Not much to this recipe other than the fresh guacamole from previous blog (http://hschenck.blogspot.com/2009/01/fresh-guacamole.html).

You will need:

-2-3 tilapia fillets

-2 limes

-taco seasoning

-salt/pepper

1. Marinate tilapia fillets in the juice of 2 limes, 1 tablespoon taco seasoning, and salt and pepper for at least an hour.

2. Grill tilapia (I use my George Foreman grill) and serve in taco shells (i like the blue corn shells) topped with fresh guacamole and other toppings of choice. 

Fresh Guacamole

You will need:

-2 avocados

-1 large tomato

-1 lime

-1/2 red onion

-1/2 cup chopped FRESH cilantro

-1 clove minced garlic*

-1 tsp salt

1. Dice tomato and onion. In a bowl, mix in with garlic, salt, and chopped cilantro.

2. Squeeze lime juice over everything, and mix.

3. Cube avocados, and add last. Fold into other ingredients gently - otherwise, things get mushy.

Enjoy with tortilla chips, on top of salad, or fish tacos (see recipe)

Easy Pasta Fagioli Soup

I got this recipe from Food Network's Giada de Laurentis.

you will need:

• 3 tablespoons olive oil
  
• 2 carrots, peeled and chopped
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 (26-ounce) jar marinara sauce (recommended: San Marzano brand)
• 2 (14-ounce) cans chicken broth (or vegetable for vegetarian style)
• 1 (15-ounce) can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
• 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1/2 cup pastina pasta (or any other small pasta - I use Ditalini)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
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Directions:

Warm the olive oil in a large soup pot over medium-high heat. Add the carrots, onion, and garlic and saute until soft, about 2 minutes. Add the jar of marinara sauce, chicken broth, cannellini beans, red pepper flakes, pasta, salt and pepper. Simmer for 10 minutes. Ladle into bowls and serve.