| Pork Chops | | | | and mix into the onion thoroughly. Add the sugar and |
| · 1/3 cup whiskey | | | | mix again. |
| | | | Add the vinegar to the entire mixture and keep |
| · 3 tbsp Brown sugar | | | | stirring over the heat until all the ingredients have |
| · 2 tbsp cider vinegar | | | | melded together. Allow the mixture to cook until hot |
| · 3 cloves garlic | | | | and bubbly. When the sauce has thickened, remove |
| · 1 tsp black pepper | | | | from the heat. |
| · 1 tsp red pepper flakes | | | | Cook the green beans and potatoes together until |
| · 1 tbsp cornstarch | | | | both are tender. Rinse and drain in a colander. |
| Mix first seven ingredients together. Save ¼ | | | | Place the beans and potatoes into a serving dish. |
| cup of the mixture. Pour the remaining marinade over | | | | Pour the warm sauce over the beans and potatoes. |
| the pork chops in a sealed plastic bag. Refrigerate | | | | Sprinkle the finely chopped onion on top along with |
| the pork chops overnight. | | | | the crispy bacon bits. |
| Before grilling the chops, mix cornstarch into the | | | | Low-Budget Tips: This is a great summer dish |
| ¼ cup of unused marinade. Gently heat until | | | | because it can be made with your home-grown |
| bubbly and thickened into a golden sauce. | | | | green beans. I prefer to nip the bean ends and keep |
| Serve the grilled pork chops with a spoonful of the | | | | the beans whole. If fresh market beans are not |
| sauce over the top. | | | | available, frozen green beans will work well, too. |
| Hot Green Bean Salad With Potatoes | | | | Some stores also have whole frozen green beans. |
| 2 tbsp olive oil | | | | Pick the beans when mature, but still thin. The beans |
| 1 small or ½ medium onion, chopped | | | | get tough when their seeds get too fat. Cook the |
| 1 slice onion finely chopped | | | | beans until tender. Make sure they are no longer |
| 1/8 tsp salt | | | | crisp. For variation you can also use fresh yellow |
| 1/8 tsp black pepper | | | | beans. I prefer the color contrast of the green beans |
| 2 tbsp corn starch | | | | and white potatoes. |
| 1 to 1 ¼ cup sugar | | | | Lean and Healthy Tips: This dish can be made with |
| 1 cup white vinegar | | | | the bacon fat instead of the olive oil. This will produce |
| 32 oz Green beans, cooked | | | | a stronger bacon flavor. I replace the bacon fat with |
| 2 to 4 medium potatoes, diced and cooked | | | | olive oil to keep the calories and fat to a minimum. |
| 4 slices of bacon, crumbled | | | | White flour will also work in place of the corn starch. |
| Cut bacon into small pieces with a kitchen shears. Fry | | | | This will give the sauce a milky appearance. The corn |
| the bacon until crispy. Place the bacon on a paper | | | | starch creates a clear or translucent appearance. I |
| towel to drain the bacon fat. | | | | find that many prepared bean salads are too sour. |
| In a clean deep fry pan add olive oil, small chopped | | | | You can add more or less sugar to the sauce to suit |
| onion, salt and pepper. Cook over medium heat until | | | | your personal taste. (Kids will like this better with |
| the onion has a slightly golden color. | | | | more sugar. |
| Continue cooking the onion and add the corn starch | | | | |