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Pulled together a little kielbasa dish tonight for Jim and Brian, it was pretty darn tasty!

You will need:

- One Kielbasa

- One can of diced tomatoes

- Some pre-made tortellini

- A few cloves (about 3, use your good judgment) of garlic

- Sriracha Sauce, parsley flakes, basil, oregano, salt, pepper

Step One:  Cut up your kielbasa, slices about half an inch thick and coat your slices with parsley flakes.  Fry your slices up in some olive oil in a saucepan until they are nice and brown and set them aside between some paper towels to drain off some of that fat.

Step Two:  After you are done frying up the kielbasa, throw the garlic (p up real fine of grated), whole can of diced tomatoes (I ended up throwing in like a 1/4 cup of water too so everything could cook down a little more), basil, oregano, salt, pepper and a nice squirt of that sriracha sauce.  Let this cook down for 15 - 20 minutes.

Step Three:  Cook up your pre-made tortellini according to the directions on the package.

Serve it all up in a bowl (I tried to make it pretty like in the first picture) and chow down!  It has a nice kick to it so you can skip the sriracha sauce if you aren’t into that, I also put in a LOT of black pepper so that might have had something to do with it as well.  You can also use a different kind of sausage according to what you have on hand.  This is great with leftover Italian sausage and if you are looking for a more waist friendly option turkey kielbasa is delicious and way better for you.

Enjoy!

This pork chop recipe makes for a really tasty fall or winter meal but you can have it anytime (maybe its just me but I always want pig when it’s cold outside).

Step One:

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees and gather the following,

- two nice thick pork chops
- unsweetened or no sugar added applesauce
- red or white vinegar (whatever you have handy)
- salt & pepper
- garlic powder
- paprika
- cinnamon sugar (or cinnamon and sugar)
- parsley flakes
- 8 inch square glass baking dish

Step Two:

Take out your pork chops and sprinkle both sides of both chops with salt, pepper, parsley flakes, paprika and garlic powder on a plate or cutting board.

Step Three:

Pour some of your applesauce into the glass baking dish, the applesauce should be about half an inch deep.

Step Four:

Shake a some of that paprika, garlic powder, and cinnamon sugar into your applesauce. add a splash of vinegar and stir it all up.

Step Five:

Lay your seasoned pork chops in the seasoned applesauce. Cover your dish with foil and stick it in the preheated oven for 30 minutes, then take the foil off and shove it back in that hot oven for another 10 minutes.

Step Six:

After those last 10 minutes take your pork chops out of the oven, they will smell delicious and look like this! they are ready to eat. 

Serve up your tasty chops with some buttered egg noodles or garlic green beans (or BOTH).  I usually mix up the applesauce at the bottom of the dish after i have put the chops on plates and spoon it over the meat. Enjoy!