Applesauce Pork Chops

Prep time: 15 minutes

Cook time: 45 minutes

Total cooking time: 1 hour

Serves: 6

Ingredients:

6 bone-in pork chops

2 tbsp. olive oil

1 (16 oz) jar applesauce

1 tbsp cinnamon

Preparation:

Season pork chops with salt and pepper. In a frying pan brown pork chops in olive oil. While the first side is browning, season the up side with salt and pepper. Flip and brown the other side. Drain oil. Cover bottom of pan with 1/2 of the applesauce. Put chops on applesauce and put remainder of applesauce on chops. Cover and simmer for 45 minutes. Uncover and sprinkle with cinnamon.

Cheese Quesadillas

This is my version of my friend Raygon's recipe found here.

This is a 30 minute meal. I'll admit though, that it is a bit caotic to do it. I ususally get my kids involved in the process because it's all pretty easy, I just don't have 5 arms. This version is vegetarian, but you could add any meat you'd like.

Ingredients:
cilantro (cheap item and makes a BIG difference)
2 cans of beans (I usually mix black & pinto)
1 can of salsa
grated cheddar or jack
tortillas
sour cream

Directions:
1. Rinse and drain beans and add them to a medium sized pan. Dump in the entire can of salsa. Pick all the cilantro leaves off of the stem, chop them, and add them to the salsa and beans. Get a kid to stir it as it warms on medium-low heat.

2. Get a kid to grate the cheese, while you butter one side of each tortilla so they can get crispy on the griddle.

3. On one tortillas spoon the bean mixture while the cheese is melting on the other one. Once they've browned enough marry them together. And cut into pizza slices. Top with sour cream and what ever else you fancy.

Simple Crock Pot Beef Stroganoff

Ingredients:
2-3 small cans of cream of mushroom soup
1-2 lbs of cubed stew meat
1 packet of Lipton's Onion Soup Mix
Small tub of sour cream

Directions:
Add everything but the sour cream to the crock pot. Cook on low for about 10 hours or high for about 6 hours. Right before serving stir in about a cup of sour cream. Serve over potatoes or egg noodles.