Lemon Parmesan Tilapia

Totally dreamed this up myself so I don't have any sort of measurements for you.  It will all depend on how much fish you are making.  Soak thawed tilapia fillet in low sodium chicken broth just briefly.  Coat with flour.  Dunk fillet in egg wash.  Coat with 50/50 Parmesan cheese/bread crumb mixture.  Put in sprayed baking pan.  Meanwhile, in small pan mix low sodium chicken broth and good squirt or two or three of lemon juice; add some flour and heat until thickish - similar to how you'd make a cheese sauce or gravy.  Dump lemony goodness over fish and bake at 350 for about 10 minutes.  Served with sweet potato crinkly cut fries. Yum!

Perfect Pork Chops

Best pork chops. Super easy.  Amazingly delicious.  Definite keeper recipe!

1 Tbsp olive oil

4 pork chops (about one pound)

 1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup

3/4 cup milk

1 (1 oz) package ranch salad dressing mix

paprika

Served over ranch style rice

Directions:

Heat oil in skillet on medium-high.  Add pork and cook until well browned on both sides.

Leave chops in pan and stir in soup, milk, and half of the package of ranch dressing mix and heat to boil.  Reduce heat to low; cover and cook for 10 minutes.  Sprinkle with paprika.

Ranch Style Rice:

Make as you would normally make rice only add the remaining half of the pack of ranch dressing mix.    I use a rice cooker and added the mix with the water before adding the rice.  Simple and adds that little bit of extra favor.  

Next time I'll add some mushrooms also.  The soup cooking with the pork chops mixes both flavors and is used as a gravy over the rice.  It's sooooooo yummy!  Only share with those you REALLY love a whole bunch...otherwise it's too good to go sharing with just anybody!  =)

Jalapeno Corn Bread

Not the greatest corn bread ever but super easy.  I'm still on the hunt for a great corn bread recipe.  My recipe is half size...
Dry:
1 cup whole grain cornmeal
1/2 Tbsp sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
Wet:
1/2 cup buttermilk (or milk with lemon juice)
1 egg
1/2 cup cream style corn
diced up 1/2 a jalapeno (or more or more dangerous a pepper if you are so inclined)

for skillet:
1 Tbsp olive/canola oil

Place 10" cast iron skillet in preheated 425 degree oven.  In small bowl combine dry ingredients.  In large bowl whisk your wet ingredients (minus the oil).  Add dry to wet and stir.  If it isn't pourable add more buttermilk.  Swirl the oil in the skillet to coat the bottom and edges.  Pour batter in the now lubed up cast iron skillet.  Bake until golden brown and springs back to touch.  Around 20 minutes.  

I halved the recipe but still baked around 20 minutes.  Don't think it was overdone and it was good - just not fabulous.  I'm looking for fabulous...still looking.  Liked that it used creamed corn and cornmeal rather than just cornmeal and I added the jalapeno on my own.  Originally a Food Channel person's recipe - Alton Brown maybe.  I expected more....Oh well, try try again.