Bekki Shanklin

Robin, my sister Heidi & my late brother, J. Martin, grew up with a fabulous cook. Mom cooked for us & it was always meat, potatoes & dessert & iced tea for a drink.

While growing up, some of her dishes were, uh.. not our favorite. You know how kids are, well, we learned quickly to fill our mouths, motion that we had to go to the bathroom & flush the offending food down the toto.. we also learned that stuff like corned beef, stuff like the large sausage things (no idea what they were, but they were like bologna tied in a circle.. uh), & liver & onions.. float. No matter how many times we flushed the toto.. it wouldn't go away. So, defeated, we learned to like a lot of stuff..

Here is one of my personal favorites for the flavor alone. Mom's fabulous Pork Chop & Peas Casserole...

Here are the ingredients: the plate has flour & seasoned salt on it.

I'm using 3 thick porkchops.

cut & cube the chops..

flour them well ..

brown the floured cubes of pork with onions ..

while the pork cubes are browning, put a layer of peas & some of the fluid on the bottom of a casserole dish..

add a layer of the browned pork/onion mixture..

add another layer of the peas & juice

3rd layer, always top with some of the flour mixture from the plate to make the pea juice thicker, like a gravy!

put in microwave for 20 minutes...

done!

This is what it looks like when finished. Serve with baked potatoes.. the blended flavors are fabulous! Enjoy!