Oh mi cher. In case you didn’t know, I’m a Texas born cajun child and i gots ta have my pork meat!
So… I do, on occasion buy pork products. Moderation is important, non?
Tonight I whipped up an easy and delicious meal of pork chops served with a lovely pasta dish:

The pork…

Heat up some olive oil in an iron skillet.

Sear the chops on each side. I seasoned them with a spice blend of black pepper and Italian herbs.

Pour on a small can of tomato sauce. Add half a can of water. Let it boil.

Add some onion ( I had half of one left over from breakfast) and fresh parsley.

Let it come to a boil. Cover it and turn down the heat to simmer.

While the pork is simmering, cook the pasta.

I bought some foglie di carciofo . That’s Italian for artichoke pasta. They are about an inch and a half long resembling little artichoke leaves.

Threw in some fresh snap beans at the very last minute to the boil…

I wanted to really bring out the artichoke flavor so I added some lemon zest (from my friend Gretchen’s lemon tree) tossed them with a little olive oil, added some fresh parsley, salt and voila!

The pork chops were very tender. Parmesean sprinkles. mmm.

Canon cleaned his plate and asked for seconds.

So yummy…

I saved some for my photographer.

goodnight.