There are many food blogs out there that center on the romance of cooking and that’s great but the typical, average family (even single person) doesn’t have time for meals that take a lot of energy and time to cook. Let’s face it, between all the things we are “supposed” to do, exercise for at least 30 minutes a day, read to your kids, help them with homework, walk the dog twice a day, wash your face before you go to bed, get 8 hours of sleep, drink 2 liters of water, etc, etc, etc, now here I am telling you that we can’t trust our corporate food sources and we should make most everything from scratch?! IS YOU CRAZY, WOMAN?! WHO HAS TIME FOR THAT?!
It can be done. During the week I rarely spend more than 25 minutes putting dinner together and most of them are one pot meals.
Who doesn’t love one pot meals? There’s nothing like being able to throw together a quick, nutritious meal with minimal dishes. I think if more people knew how to cook one pot meals, more people would be eating from scratch.
Remember the dried orange zest strips we made? We are going to use them to make an Orange Pepper rub for thin cut pork chops. That orange vinegar we made, we are going to use that to steam the kale. Now go grab you your biggest pan with a lid.
In your coffee/spice grinder (make sure it’s clean!) add 2-3 strips of dried orange zest, a shake of pepper corn, and a pinch of sea salt. Grind that up until you have a nice spice blend. Rub the blend on both sides of thin cut pork chops. Put these aside while you complete the rest of the preparation.
Chop 1-2 garlic cloves, half and slice an onion, and pick about a half head of kale off it’s stem.
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In spice grinder grind up orange zest, sea salt, and black pepper. Rub over both sides of pork chops.
- Chop garlic, half and slice onion, and pick kale.
- In a pot over medium high heat, sear pork chops over 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Remove pork.
- Add onion and garlic and sautee until caramelized. Deglaze with vegetable broth and a few generous shakes of orange vinegar and cook down by half. Add in greens, top with salt, pepper, and a few generous shakes of orange vinegar.
- Add pork chop on top of kale, cover, and steam until the pork is cooked through – about 10-15 minutes.
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