Today is my wedding anniversary and I love to spend time in the kitchen preparing a special supper for the special man in my life. The fact that today is Sunday and I like to cook and watch football on Sunday is just icing on the cake.
The first thing I will make is dessert, so it can cool and be ready to eat when we are. I have a box mix of raspberry bars that have a recipe for raspberry cheese cake on the box. I will make these, in muffin cups for individual servings. These look much harder than they really are.
For supper I am making pork chops and loaded baked potatoes. I will also make a salad, or a green veggie, but the chops and the potatoes are the main part of the meal. I will start by making a sauce for the chops.
1 c brown sugar, 1/2 c teriyaki sauce, 1T soy, 1/2 c pineapple juice and 1/4 c bourbon, a dash each garlic powder, onion powder and cayenne pepper. Mix well in a small saucepan and simmer till thick. (this takes a while so I usually double the recipe because it keeps well). Before grilling, season the chops with salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, a little garlic and onion powder. While cooking, baste with sauce. Serve with a dish of sauce on the side. This sauce is also good on steak, shrimp, just about anything.
The potatoes are easy, bake them, scrape out the potato, mash with butter, sour cream, shredded cheese, bacon bits, finely chopped ham, whatever you like on your potato and stuff back into the skin. Sprinkle with paprika and chives and bake till they start to brown on top.
This meal looks really impressive on a plate, but isn't as labor intensive as it first seems. Happy Sunday everyone and Happy 12th Anniversary, Jeff.
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