Made A "Potluck" Stew Today!

Cold, winter weather here in Philly for the past few days! So I decided to make a stew out of what I had on hand!

It's a good thing that I work from home because Philadelphia is right in the middle of another snowstorm!

I really don't like anything going to waste so I decided to make a stew out of what I had in the kitchen. I wanted to use the foods that had been here a while so that they wouldn't go to waste.

What did I have? Some ham, beans and some onions and garlic. I also had some spaghetti that I wanted to use as well! I put all of that into a pot and let it simmer all day and about 5 hours later I had a delicious and nice hot stew (and crackers) for supper! - LOL!

What I Made ForDinner - Garlic & Lemon Flavored Breaded Pork Chops With Rice!

Ahhhh! The joy of cooking! I usually like to bake my meat so that I can smell it cooking throughout the house. This particular time I made baked some pork chops - which was a real treat for me because I haven't bought pork chops in a loooonng while!

The garlic and lemon flavor idea I got from when I was baking my Thanksgiving turkey last year! What I did was finely chop up some onions and garlic and added that to the baking pan with the already breaded pork chops. I sliced a slice of lemon and also added it to the baking pan. Slowly cooked for about 2 and a half hours.

The rice was an additional side dish. It was the "healthy" portion of the meal!