Cooking Class - Healthy Eating for Kids

At the class today we had several new recipes that were designed to help kids eat more healthy, One of the recipes used baked strawberries to enhance a Spinach Salad.  You find the recipe on Williams Sonoma's website.  Very interesting!

Pork Chops and Spanish Rice Bake

This is a redo of a recipe in the cookbook.

3- 4 pork chops - bone in preferred
DAVIS DUST
Olive Oil
1/2 diced onion
1 cup of rice
1 can of diced tomatoes in juice
I small can diced Hatch Chillies
1 cup of water -/+

Season the chops with the DAVIS DUST.  Preheat a heavy pan that has a lid and add olive oil to coat the bottom. Brown the chops on both sides and remove to a plate while you prepare the rest of the recipe.  The Chops will not be done only browned.

Add the onions to the pan and saute until translucent. Add more oil if needed.  In a bowl combine the tomatoes and chilies and water. Stir to mix and add to the pan with the onions.  Deglaze the pan scraping up all the brown bits.  Add rice and stir.  Then add the chops - nestle them down in the rice, cover the pan and baked at 350 for one hour.   Check after 30 minutes and adjust the water if needed.  Once the rice is tender take the pan out and let it rest for 5 minutes.

The chops will be very tender and the rice will have a great flavor.

Chicken Wings

Some days are just too busy to fuss with making a proper dinner!!  Last night was one of those.  I had some frozen wings in the freezer that fit the bill for a good meal without a lot of preparation. Here is a quick and easy way to make them.  No frying - baked.

Preheat oven to 375

Take out as many frozen wings as you need and put the rest back for another meal.  Put the wings on a baking sheet and drizzle with Olive Oil. mix them around on the baking sheet to coat both sides.  Sprinkle on some DAVIS DUST.  Bake for 50 minutes..  Turn the wings over about half way through the baking time.  They should reach an internal temp of 18o.

Take them out and enjoy!