I'm most definitely not a top chef, but I just really wanted to use that title. haha. I've mentioned in recent posts, or should I say, many, many months ago (ughhhh I wish I could make myself update this more often..) how much I have enjoyed cooking lately. I think cooking is my new favorite hobby since becoming a mom. I always liked cooking, but I pretty much always cooked out of a box and threw on some extra flavor. Joey has become my number one fan, rooting me on and telling me he loves how I have been trying so many new things, which of course, is very nice to hear.When I say that I love my crock pot, I mean I absolutely LOVE my crock pot. Some may think it's lazy cooking but I just think it's super fun! My favorite place to get crock pot recipes is from crockingirls.com. I definitely recommend checking it out. Other than that wonderful recipe site, I pretty much google only five star recipes. haha...I'm just afraid that if I don't look for those, they won't be any good otherwise. Luckily, pretty much every recipe I've tried has turned out great. Although, I must admit that half of the time, I don't follow the recipe exactly, I end up adding in my own things here and there. My most recent recipe is one very similar to a chicken and mushroom with white wine sauce that I posted a while back, but with Pork Chops and White Wine (I substituted white wine with cooking sherry).
Here's the link: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/baked-pork-chops-i/. It turned out absolutely delicious, except, I've found that pan frying meat, especially pork chops, is a rather quick process, so there's no need to bake them afterwards (unless you want to)....I just added the sauce on top in the frying pan. =) I served it with mashed potatoes and carrots. MmmmMmmmMmm!!!
I also recently tried an excellent steak marinade that a friend shared with me and it was AMAZING!!!! I think it's my new favorite marinade for steaks. I thought I'd share that too! Here it is:
Steak Marinade:
1/3 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup olive oil
1/3 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup worcestershire sauce
1 1/2 T of garlic powder
3 T of dried basil
1 1/2 T dried parsley
1 tsp ground white pepper (I used black pepper)
1/8 tsp of cayenne pepper (I omitted this)
1 tsp minced garlic
I let this marinade sit for about 3 hours and it was so flavorful and just right!
Until next time.....(I will be writing about our complete bedroom makeover..woohoo!)
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