Monday Night, 5:40pm. I'm starving.
Brian's clearing the driveway a bit more after this past weekend's blizzard, so I decide that I am going to cook a fast, simple dinner. Defrosted pork chops in the fridge, waiting to be dropped into a hot skillet. To make it friendly to all household members and FAST, I add a box of Kraft Mac n Cheese and a can of green beans. I just don't want the complaints tonight and when we all eat the same dinner, everyone wins.
Then my wheels start turning and I decide to improvise a sauce for the pork. This is what I came up with, and it was delicious! Note: this isn't quite a recipe, as I don't have exact measurements of every ingredient, nor how long I cooked this. It's very much make-it-up-as-you-go-along, or MIUAYGA :)
Honey-Mustard Sauce
1 cup yellow mustard
1/2 cup honey
2 cloves fresh garlic, chopped fine
couple of shakes of dried rosemary and dried sage (I really have no idea how much, but not a lot.)
Salt and pepper to taste.
chicken broth, to thin the sauce towards the end
I sauteed the garlic, then added the honey, mustard and spices to the saucepan. After this got a bit bubbly, I added it to the pan drippings from the pork chops. It got a bit thick, so I added chicken broth to thin it out a bit. Two of the three pork chops were added back to the pan (the boys probably wouldn't eat this and barely are the last pork chop split between them) to coat. Simple, yet divine. And pretty fast on a Monday night, as dinner was on the table at quarter past six! You have to love that.
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