The Pumpkin Saga continues...

The Kale

(steamed with garlic and ginger)

The Pork Chop

(cooked in pumpkin cider, sage, and ginger)

The Linguine

(tossed with a pumpkin/apple cider/sage/ginger cream sauce)

Guinness Chops

1 can Guinness

4 bone-in pork chops

spoonful of bacon grease

ground sage

mustard powder

garlic powder

rice vinegar

water

Put the bacon grease and some of the Guinness in a pot. Add the chops. Sprinkle with rice vinegar and seasonings.  Add the rest of the Guinness.  Top off with enough water to cover the chops.  Cover and let sit for an hour or two.  Boil, then simmer until the chops are fully cooked.  Brown the chops in a skillet before eating them if you wish.  

Guinness Gravy: 4-5 ladle-fulls of the Guinness stock from the pot, 2 tbsp corn starch, c 1/2 cup of flour.

Yes, my gravy is lumpy.  I was in a hurry...

I didn't decide to make gravy until I was already halfway through eating the meal.  

Guinness Marinade, Part 2

Part 1: Guinness Fish

Part 2: Guinness Pork

I put the pork in the marinade around 10:30 this morning, and didn't get around to cooking dinner until about 8 PM.  Plenty of time for the pork to soak up all that delicious Guinness flavor. 

(Check out Part 1 for the marinade ingredients)

this is what the marinade looks like after a night in the fridge...mmm congealed olive oil...haha

after 30 secs in the microwave to un-congeal the olive oil before I removed the pork

 pan-fry til it looks yummy like this:

don't forget the pasta!

Pasta w/peas & spinach

(tossed with pesto, mustard, and olive oil)

And now I will share with you some pictures from the Allegheny Trail, where I spent some time this evening. Absolutely stunning.  My camera doesn't begin to do that view justice, but I tried anyway.  Totally worth getting home late for dinner.  We saw a bald eagle, flying waaaayyyy overhead, I took a picture but it was so far away it doesn't even show up.

there was a stunning sunset on the drive home

Ginger-Carrot Cream Sauce and Figgy Chops

Ginger-Carrot Cream Sauce

3 small-medium carrots, grated

1/4 small vidalia onion, chopped small

1 clove garlic, chopped small

1-2 inches ginger root, grated

heavy cream

Figgy Chops

First, buy some of this amazing stuff

Then, rub it all over some boneless pork chops and cook them in a skillet with some olive oil

Ginger-Carrot Sauce

Figgy Chops and Asparagus

Chops, Pasta, Meal.