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New Zealand Rosemary Pork chops: Around the World in 12 Dishes

September 16, 2013 Ticia 8 Comments

 

 

We’ve been cooking around the world for quite a while now, and usually the recipes are okay, but not super popular, OR it’s cookies, and not something I’m going to cook all the time. However our New Zealand recipe of Rosemary pork chops was an amazing recipe for our homeschool geography lesson.

Rosemary pork chop recipe

(At this point Jeff would add it because here’s how the cooking goes:

  1. I print the recipe and start cooking.
  2. I realized I”m missing a major key ingredient (usually a spice)
  3. I decide to randomly substitute for that spice
  4. Chaos ensues and the recipe is forgotten
  5. We eat something really strange tasting and I get puppy dog eyes from the rest of the family.

thus ends Jeff’s comment, I would like to point out no one has gotten sick from my cooking)

 

Ingredients for Rosemary Pork Chops:

4-6 pork chops (we chose boneless because I prefer that)

2-3 Tablespoons butter

1/2 Cup of fresh Rosemary (1/4 Cup dried)

2-3 cloves of garlic minced

 

Directions for cooking Rosemary Pork Chops:

 

trim rosemary for rosemary pork chops

1.  Trim rosemary from stems.  Rosemary is one of the few plants I can grow, though only in my front yard, and it’s growing like crazy and is taking over the front flower area….  I want to attempt to grow it in my backyard.  Listen to your kids complain about the horrible smell as they trim it (while watching My Little Ponies).

Rosemary pork chops of yummyness so much fun

 

2.  Melt some butter, and grill up your pork chops.  Sprinkle some rosemary on top and garlic (I ended up using garlic powder, ummmm, I didn’t have garlic cloves).  Flip it and sprinkle some more on.

 

3.  We had curly pasta with butter alongside, but I think mashed potatoes would have worked better, but a certain 8 year old had just eaten 4 pounds of mashed potatoes recently, so we were out of them.

Verdict on Rosemary Pork Chops:

Verdict: EVERYONE loved this, we’ve made it twice more since originally making it, and both times there was not a bit left.  It’s our new favorite way to make pork chops.

 

Next month we’re heading off to Korea, and I’ve got some Beef Bulgogi planned, I can’t wait to try making that.  Incidentally, I’ve already checked and you have to marinate it for a day ahead of time (and then I spiked making that and just went with a random beef stir fry that night, which prompted Jeff to tease me about reading recipes ahead of time, see above commentary).

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Adventures In Mommydom, Afterschooling for Smarty Pants, All Done Monkey, Crafty Moms Share,Creative World of Varya, Glittering Muffins, Here Come The Girls,  Kid World Citizen, Kitchen Counter Chronicles, Maroc Mama, Mermaids’ Makings, The Educators’ Spin On It have come together to help you on your food journey and will each cook a dish with our children and post about it – to help inspire you to have a go! Then go out there, cook, blog, and join in the linky fun! ““

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Comments

  1. Natalie says

    September 16, 2013 at 2:38 pm

    I always love your cooking posts. This recipe looks pretty good – we should try it on the grill. I am off to share yours!

    Reply
  2. maryanne @ mama smiles says

    September 16, 2013 at 10:33 pm

    I planted rosemary this year, and Emma complained about how it smelled just standing by the garden! Of course, then I had to leave my rosemary behind before getting to try it in your lovely recipe…

    Reply
  3. Valerie @Glittering Muffins says

    September 27, 2013 at 2:33 pm

    Awesome! So glad you all have a new favorite thanks to this journey 😀
    Thanks for sticking with us and participating again!

    Reply
  4. Annette W {This Simple Home} says

    February 25, 2014 at 1:37 pm

    We’re having these tonight, but cooked inside. How long do you grill on each side?

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      February 25, 2014 at 1:41 pm

      3-4 minutes maybe? We cooked on each side until they were slightly brown on the edges.

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