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Three is bouncing, climbing, sliding, and princess cake

 

Now they've both celebrated turning three at the inflatable party place. She did it her way -- with a princess cake. 

Project 365: Week 10

Last Friday as I unpacked the groceries, I did what I always do. I set the fruit that won't be refrigerated on the counter while I put away the perishable food. After some grocery trips, particularly in the early winter, there isn't much beyond bananas waiting to go into the fruit bowl. That day, there was a rainbow of fruit.

Today, a week later, in the sky beyond the playground where the kids played through a light rain shower, there was this. The real thing.

Find my Project 365 photos-to-date -- including another one from today's playground time -- on my Flickr photostream.

Life, March, Twenty Ten

We now know where Henry will go to kindergarten.

Harper is potty trained. Day, night, all the time.

Her third birthday is coming, and a pink princess bounce party is planned.

The master bathroom shower and tub renovation is coming along more slowly than we thought, but it is coming along.

My beloved, overworked canister vacuum has broken. Again.

What's your report?

Corn flake pork chops with seasoned cabbage

As grocery stores go, we're a Publix family. One of the things we like about the super market -- and our store in particular -- is the way it feeds us while we shop. There are cookies for kids at the bakery, meat and cheese samples at the deli, fruit samples in produce, and crackers and shrimp dip at the seafood counter. If you arrive at the right time, you even can luck into small helpings of the featured Publix Apron's meal.

I stopped by the Publix Apron's Simple Meals in-store display on Friday when I was shopping by myself (oh, the luxury!) and picked up a recipe card for Corn Flake Pork Chops With Seasoned Cabbage. The oversized, binder-ready recipe cards make things easy. They include a shopping list, a list of needed kitchenware, ideas for additional sides, and of course, the ingredients and directions. Corn Flake Pork Chops With Seasoned Cabbage caught my eye because I like pork chops but often haven't had good results cooking them, and because I like cabbage but don't know what to do with it besides boil it or turn it into slaw.

Apron's advice is to serve the pork chops and cabbage with macaroni and cheese, but I went with brown rice and I thought it was a perfect complement. As my  husband said, my picture doesn't do the Corn Flake Pork Chops justice. We agreed we'd both be happy to eat the delicious pork chops again, and I absolutely loved the Seasoned Cabbage. The kids mostly skipped the cabbage but ate the pork chops well. Henry said, "This pork chop looks sort of weird, but I sort of like it."

 

Corn Flake Pork Chops

Ingredients:

2 cups corn flakes cereal

1 egg, beaten (or 1/4 cup egg substitute)

4 boneless pork chops (1 1/2 lb)

1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt

4 tablespoons herb garlic butter*

*I used about 2 tablespoons plain butter.

 

Directions:

Place cereal in large zip-top bag and crush, using fingers.

Place egg in medium bowl.

Sprinkle pork chops with seasoned salt.

Preheat large saute pan on medium 2-3 minutes. Coat pork chops by dipping in egg; let excess drip off and add to zip-top bag. Seal bag; shake (or press with fingertips) to coat pork chops.

Place butter in pan and then add pork chops; cook 6-7 minutes on each side or until 160 degrees (for medium)*. Serve.

*After 7 minutes on each side, I thought my chops needed more time to cook through but my corn flakes were burning. I took the chops off the stove and popped them into the oven for about 10 minutes. You may not run into this problem, but if you do ...

Seasoned Cabbage

Ingredients:

1/2 cup roasted red peppers

2 tablespoons herb garlic butter*

1 cup pre-sliced green onions*

1 (10-ounce) bag shredded cabbage*

1/2 cup chicken broth

*I used about 1 tablespoon plain butter, sliced my own green onions, and shredded half a small head of cabbage myself.

 

Directions:

Preheat large saute pan on medium-high 2-3 minutes. Slice red peppers into thin strips.

Place butter in pan, then add peppers and onions; cook and stir 1-2 minutes or until onions are tender.

Add cabbage and broth; cook and stir 5-7 minutes or until cabbage is tender. Serve.

For more Mouthwatering Monday recipes, visit Rachel at A Southern Fairytale.

Project 365: Week 9

I'm another year closer to my "Lordy, Lordy, Look Who's Forty!" newspaper ad. 

In an expression of empathy for me showing my age, Toothwhale the blog had a little work done by design doctor Nap Warden. Among other nips and tucks, you'll now find a Flickr button at the top of the left column. One click takes you to my Project 365 photo set.

If you use Flickr, I hope you'll add me as a contact. I'd enjoy seeing a few of the moments of your life.