Breakfast Pork?

Well, I hate to do this to you yet again Abigail, but I just have to raise the bar a bit higher. Today's meal is a delicious maple syrup glazed pork accompanied by maple-bacon brussel sprouts. Every little kid's dream! Its a pretty easy meal and the maple syrup sauce is amazing :)

Ingredients:

Pork chops

Maple syrup

Dijon mustard

Minced garlic

Salt and Pepper

Ginger

Brussel sprouts

Bacon

Olive oil

Directions:

Pork

1. Season both sides of the pork with salt and pepper

2. In a pan, heat up olive oil at medium-high temperature

3. Cook both sides of the pork for a few minutes until lightly browned

4. In another pan begin heating the sauce (1 cup syrup, 3 cloves minced garlic, 3 tablespoons dijon mustard, 2 teaspoons ginger)

5. When pork is lightly browned and sauce is simmering, combine the sauce and pork into one pan and cook covered for 5 minutes

6. Uncover and cook until done :)

Brussel Sprouts

1. I would suggest cooking your bacon bits first and add some maple syrup to add a sweet taste to the bacon.

2. When the bacon is cooked take it out of the pan and replace with the brussel sprouts, using the bacon grease.

3. When the sprouts are almost cooked you can add the bacon back in for flavor.

The maple syrup and dijon mustard sauce is awesome so give it a try :)

This Ones Gonna Hurt Abby

So it is time yet again for another delicious Pittsburgh meal, and unfortunately for you Abigail this one is one of my best so far. So sit back, relax, and be jealous that you cant be here tasting my handy work.

Tonight's meal is a delicious red wine vinegar and garlic braised steak with smashed potatoes and garlic bread. The red wine vinegar sauce is quite possibly one of the most delicious sauces I have ever had and it can go with chicken and fish.

Red Wine Vinegar Sauce

Ingredients:

Red wine Vinegar

Minced Garlic

Olive Oil

Dijon Mustard

Parsley

Salt and Pepper

The trick about this meal is mixing the sauce first, putting it in the pan, and then heating the pan. Don't heat it first or you will have a mess :)

When the sauce starts to boil just a little add whatever meat you want.

I chose steak this time! All you have to do is season the steak with salt and place it into the boiling sauce. It should't take too long and it makes a really juicy steak! I also added mushrooms, onions, and green peppers which all absorbed the taste really well!

Garlic Bread

Ingredients

Some type of bread (i used french baguette rolls)

Butter

Minced Garlic

Salt and Pepper

Italian Herbs

To make this awesome garlic bread just mix all of the ingredients and spread them inside the roll. The trick is to close the roll and wrap it in tin foil. This means that you can cook the bread for fifteen minutes directly in the oven without a pan. After that time open them up and put them back in to cook the inside face of each one a little more and make them crispy. I would suggest adding Parmesan cheese as well!