The tale of the burritas...

Well. I suppose I will now state that not all of my recipes are, well...my recipes. Last night's entree was a recipe supplied by someone on Michael's mission. He served a Spanish speaking mission in Eastern LA. I guess you could say he ate a lot of Mexican food, and that would be an understatement. I think he probably consumed more Mexican food in those two years than most Mexicans consume in their whole lives. With that said, I am not at all responsible for the outcome of last night's supper.

 

I cooked it. Yes. But you can only do so much with a recipe that looks like this:

 

 

Okay, so it's really not that bad. But how can you make a sauce when you have no idea how much garlic or chicken boullion to put in it? Either way, I managed.

 

I must admit, it wasn't inedible. But it wasn't amazing. According to Michael's "palate rating system", it was not a mouthgasm. But I suppose when the last time he ate it, it was cooked by the woman who invented the recipe, it probably tasted A LOT better. Either way it was....alright. If you really want the recipe, in legible print, let me know and I'll post it :)

 

Since I'm such a nice guy, I will leave you with a recipe that has gotten a 5 Mouthgasm award from my husband. He has requested that we eat this dish at least once a month. This is neither my recipe, nor my photo. For full recipe information, please visit:

 http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Aloha-Pork-Chops

 

 

Let's face it. First off, I could never make my food look that good, no matter how delicious it is. Secondly, this was really freaking amazing. And super easy to make. I think it took me maybe an hour altogether, and that time includes the 15-20 minutes of wrangling a hyperactive one year old.

 

Ingredients

• 4 boneless pork loin chops (3/4 inch thick)
• 1 tablespoon lemon-pepper seasoning
• 1 teaspoon plus 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
• 1 cup sweet-and-sour sauce
• 1 can (20 ounces) pineapple chunks, drained
• 1/2 medium green pepper, julienned
• 1/2 cup chopped red onion
• 6 cups cold cooked rice
• 1/4 cup stir-fry sauce

Directions

• Sprinkle pork chops with lemon-pepper. In a large skillet, brown chops on both sides in 1 teaspoon oil over medium-high heat; remove and set aside. Drain skillet; add sweet-and-sour sauce and pineapple chunks. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; return chops to skillet. Simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes or until meat juices run clear.
• Meanwhile, in another skillet, saute the green pepper and onion in remaining oil for 2 minutes. Add rice and stir-fry sauce; cook and stir for 4 minutes or until lightly browned. Transfer to a serving platter; top with pork chops. Yield: 4 servings.

And Presto Chango! Mouth-watering goodness on a plate.

 

 

Now for the rest of today's shananigans. For those of you who haven't already been on Facebook umpteen-million times today, this is what I got to do today:

 

 

 

 

In case you have never been to the south, or you don't watch Animal Planet, that is an

ALL-I-GAT-OR. I was over at my friend Tamra's house, and as the little chillun's were soundly sleeping in their carseats, the grounds keeper for Tamra's apartment complexes caught a little guy out of the pond. This was actually a gator he had caught a little earlier, the second one was much smaller. So to show off my brute strength and daring bravery, I opted to hold the bigger one. As you can see, he's not really all that big, maybe 5 feet. Oh you don't think that's a big alligator? How about compared to this 10 1/2 foot beast that Tamra's husband caught last night:

 

 

 

 

 

Or this guy we saw on Saturday at Cypress Gardens:

 

 

 

Okay I shouldn't assume that these alligators are all male. That's sexist and I don't really care haha. I have no idea how to tell what kind of reproductive organs these reptiles have, and honestly I don't think it matters.

 

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Back to gators. Nope. Actually I said all I had to say about that. Nuff said.