Southern Special Dinner
by Mom w/Dad’s coaching on the pork chops and potatoes
This meal was so yummy that we want to make it again, so the short and sweet recipes for each are below! We had many random fresh garden vegetables to cook, and this worked!
Skillet Pork Chops
Heat a few tablespoons of canola oil in a skillet to medium-high heat. Rinse pork chops (boneless) and dip in a mixture of flour, salt, and pepper. Fry the chops in the skillet for about two minutes on each side. You might want to lower the temperature to medium for the second batch to avoid burning the flour. Set on a paper towel or paper bag to drain the grease.
Sauteed Okra n Squash
Heat a few tablespoons of butter and olive oil in a skillet on medium heat. Add chopped, fresh okra. As you saute the okra, slice and add a zucchini squash and a yellow squash to the mix. Sprinkle with garlic salt. This was our FAVORITE!
Boiled Radishes
Wash and trim edges off of fresh radishes (save the green tops to rinse and tear for the mixed greens side dish). Boil a couple of cups of chicken broth, salt to taste, lemon juice, and a couple of tablespoons of apple cider vinegar. Add whole radishes and boil for about 15-20 minutes. Turn off, cover and let sit until you’re ready to eat. This was also surprisingly delicious!!!
Mixed Greens
Boil chicken broth. Add greens of all types and a couple of fresh garlic cloves (thinly sliced or however). We had left over greens of every type - turnip, collard, arugula, spinach, and radish greens - including a bit of thinly sliced carrots! Mmm mmm!
Baked Sweet Potatoes/Potatoes
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Wash potatoes and pierce them several times with a fork.
Smother the sweet potatoes in coconut oil and then butter. Smother the russet potatoes in butter. Bake for one hour.
Tips: To make this run smoothly, I cooked these in this order - baked potatoes, started greens & turnips, then sauteed okra and squash - dumped it out of that skillet and used the same skillet for the pork chops. By the time the pork chops were done, everything else was all just finishing!
