Braised Pork Chops with Sweet Potatoes and Apples ( in Crock Pot)

Ingredients:

1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
4 bone-in, center cut pork chops (6-8 oz each)
2 Tablespoons olive oil
1 large onion, sliced
1 cup chicken broth
2 large sweet potatoes, about 8 oz each, peeled & cut into wedges
1 Golden Delicious Apple, peeled & cut into wedges
1 Granny Smith Apple, peeled & cut into wedges




Combine flour, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Dredge pork chops in seasoned flour, shaking off excess.

Warm oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add chops an cook unitl lightly browned, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer to slow cooker. Add onion to skillet an cook, stirring often, until softened, about 3 minutes. Pour in broth, increase heat to high and bring to a boil, stirring to pick up any browned bits on bottom. Pour over pork chops in slow cooker.

Scatter sweet potatoes and apples around chops. Cover & cook on low for about 3 hours or until pork chops are tender.

Chocolate Banana Cookie Bars

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cup mashed bananas
1 1/2 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup cocoa
1 cup chocolate chips

Cream butter and sugar together, add egg, vanilla and mashed bananas, beating thoroughly.

In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add to creamed mixture.

Divide the mixture in half. Add cocoa to one half. Spread the mixture with cocoa into a greased 9 x 13 pan. Spoon remaining mixture on top. Sprinkle chocolate chips on top.

Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees.

Buffalo Chicken Chili

Ingredients:

2 1/2 lb boneless chicken, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup sliced celery stalks
1 cup chopped carrots
1 can diced tomatoes, undrained
1 can black beans, drained & rinsed
1 cup chicken broth
2 teaspoons chili powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup buffalo wing sauce

crumbled blue cheese, optional

In CrockPot mix everything EXCEPT wing sauce & blue cheese. Cover, cook on low 8-10 hours. Stir in buffalo wing sauce. Serve with crumble blue cheese if desired.


I used diced tomatoes with green chilis because that is what I usually buy. I also used more than 1/4 cup of the wing sauce. I actually made 2 crock pots full, one a 6qt & one a 7qt, so I doubled it + some. Between the 2 I used 5 lbs chicken, 1 onion, 4 stalks celery, 5 carrots, 3 cans tomatoes, 3 cans beans, 3 cans broth, 4 teaspoons chili powder & 2 bottles of wing sauce. And I totally skipped on the blue cheese.

It is a little hot, but it was YUMMY!!!