FOREMAN GRILL

PORK CHOPS

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Ingredients:

• 2 center cut boneless pork chops (1/2″ – 3/4″ thick)
• Kosher salt to taste
• Fresh ground pepper to taste
• 1 tsp olive oil

Total time: 17 min – Prep time: 10 min – Cook time: 7 min

Directions:

Brush pork chops with olive oil and season to taste with salt and pepper. Additional seasonings of your choice can be added at this point.

Preheat your George Foreman Grill for at least 5 minutes on high. Grill pork chops for 6-8 minutes (internal temperature of 145 F cooked to medium). When done, they should be slightly pink in the center.

However, they took much longer to cook, more like 20 minutes.  Of course, I am using parchment paper.  That may be the issue.

KETO PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 egg (or flax egg)
• 1 cup natural smooth peanut butter
• 1/2 teaspoon pure stevia extract (please note that if using any kind of "truvia" or "stevia for baking" you'll need about 1/2 cup)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS:

• Preheat oven to 350F
• In a bowl, whisk the egg. Add in the stevia and vanilla, and whisk again
• Stir in the peanut butter, stirring well. That's it! That's the dough! You can add anything else at this point (chocolate chips would be DIVINE) if you'd like
• Measure out 1  tablespoon of cookie dough, and roll into a ball. Place onto a greased cookie sheet, and create a crosshatch pattern with the back of a fork. Repeat for the entire batch of dough
• Bake for 12-13 minutes. They will be slightly underdone when coming out of the oven, but will harden up.
• Serve with a scoop of Vanilla Bean Wink!

NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION:

Serving size: 1 cookie with 1 scoop Vanilla Bean Wink. Recipe makes 12 servings

Calories - 158

Fat -10.4g

Carbs - 8.4g

Fiber - 5.0g

Sugar - 2.0g

BATTERED AND DEEP FRIED FISH

I like baked and microwaved fish,  but I'm hungry for some deep fried bits.
I bought some haddock.

At first I thought I might be able to use this left over beer, but to do that I need to buy non alcoholic beer.  In spite of the myths, alcohol does not go away when cooked, even when set on fire.

So, I'll use my almond milk, almond flour and perhaps some corn meal.
Here are some suggested spice.

For fish:

• 3/4 lb cod (white fish)
• Oil for frying
• 1/2 cup almond flour
• 1/4 tsp Onion Powder
• 1/2 tsp paprika powder
• 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese grated
• 1 egg
• salt and pepper to taste

But I think I'll skip the cheese and use perhaps the no salt Magic spice.  I'm liking smoked paprika now too.  And I'll use garlic powder...  However, although I don't use egg usually,  I will this time.

EGGPLANT SWISS CHEESE BAKE

You will need:

2 Tbsp. olive oil (for brushing)

2 eggplants (cut into 1/2-inch thick pieces)

1 chopped onion

1 Tbsp. of olive oil

1/4 lb. of mushrooms (sliced)

3/4 tsp. of dried basil

3 cloves of garlic (minced)

1 (15 oz.) can of tomato sauce

3/4 tsp. of dried oregano

salt and pepper to taste

2 c. of shredded mozzarella cheese

1/2 c. of grated Parmesan cheese

CHEESE DIFFERENCE    4-3-2019

I had lacey swiss sliced and some manchego shaved.  I used these.   I used garlic powder rather than fresh garlic.  I did not have enough eggplant for two layers.  Inadvertently, I forgot the mushrooms

Preheat the oven to 425 F (220 C). Brush eggplant pieces with olive oil. Add them to a baking dish (single layer). Bake for 20-25 min. until browned. Take out and decrease oven

temperature to 350 F (175 C). Then, add the 1 Tbsp. of olive oil to a skillet and set on medium heat. Add in garlic, onion and mushrooms. Cook for 5-10 min. until soft. Add in basil, oregano, and tomato sauce; let boil. Decrease heat and simmer until sauce is reduced some (approximately 10 min.). Then, season with pepper and salt. Add the cooked (1/2 of them) eggplant slices to a casserole dish (2 qt.) and add the sauce. Add ½ mozzarella cheese and ½ Parmesan cheese. Layer again with eggplant, sauce and cheese. Bake for 25 min. until bubbly and hot.

Cool for approximately 5 min. prior to serving

October 2019
Just put the eggplant on top of parchment paper in a casserole dish.  Added layers of home made tomato sauce, Lawry's garlic,  mushrooms and the three cheese, low salt mix.
Sprayed the top with olive oil
Baked for a bit at 400 until the eggplant was tender enough.

To my portions I added Italian spices.
And to some of them my own hot sauce.

Very good.

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Dewember 2020

I made it this way only at 425degrees as that is what was good for the butterflied lamb leg.  Put both in for twenty five minutes in a heated oven.  The lamb was not done, but the eggplant was just right.  A few minutes more and we ate lamb and eggplant.