Fruity Chicken Salad

 Chop: apple celery dried cranberries mayo Pepper pecans 

 Bake chick breast sprinkled with 5 spice powder and pepper. mix w mayo and chopped ingredients. 

Very good on foccacia.

Pork with Apples and Sweet Potatoes

I had purchased a whole pork loin and froze 2/3 of it without cutting it first so then had to thaw all of and come up with several recipes to use it up. This was pretty easy and even tastier than I expected.

 

about 1 lb of pork loin

apple, chopped, not peeled

sweet potato, chopped

Orange wedges and juice

sprinkle brown sugar

drizzle of honey

crushed fennel seed

crushed rosemary

black pepper

garlic powder

water

The amounts will depend on how much meat you have and how many people you are feeding, and how much you like each seasoning. Go light on the brown sugar as this is meant to be a savory dish

Put chopped apples and sweet potatoes on bottom of 7x11 pyrex baking dish (or whatever) and rest roast in center sprinkle seasonings on vegetables and meat. 

Bake 40 -60 minutes depending on the size of the roast.

Note:

I like to crumble the fennel seeds and rosemary so you don't get to much in one bite...

I usually put a little water (or other liquid) in the bottom of the pan to keep things moist and prevent the juices from burning while baking.

I think I will try adding some chopped onions next time to give it a little more complexity.

Apple Betty for Jackie

Apple Betty

Serves 6

(BH&G New Cook Book- 1976 edition)

4 cups sliced, pared, apples
1/4 c orange juice
1 c sugar
3/4 c sifted all purpose flour
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4/tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 cup butter

Preheat over to 375 degrees.
Mound apples in a buttered 9 inch pie plate. Sprinkle with orange juice.
Combine sugar, flour, spices, and dash of salt. Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly.
Sprinkle over apples. Bake for 45 minutes or til apples are tender and topping is crisp.