The Great Menu Exchange: Tuesday's Recipe- Orange Wine Chops!

I am participating in the Great Menu Exchange, and online collaboration of tried and true recipes! I will be submitting a full week's worth of my yummy recipes and in return will receive an online cookbook of all our the collaborators recipes! (I hope this will help my great cooking dilemma of trying to come up with ideas of what to cook. I am sure I lost a few brain cells delivering my twins!!)

My Menu:

Monday: BBQ Chicken Pizza

Tuesday: Orange Wine Pork Chops- Crock Pot Style

Wednesday: Southern Chicken Broccoli Casserole

Thursday: Grandma's Triple Meat Spaghetti Sauce

Friday: Spicy Veggie Beef Soup

Saturday: Pulled Pork Sandwiches a la Crock Pot

Sunday: Spicy Mexican Chicken Tacos

**All of these recipes will be added to the "recipe" tab on my blog! Enjoy!!

Tuesday's Recipe: Orange Wine Pork Chops- CP Style!

Shopping List:

4 center cut pork chops cut 1 inch thick

1 jar (16 oz) of your favorite orange marmalade

1 small white onion

1/4 cup of Chardonnay or your favorite white wine (I love a good Sauvignon Blanc for this!)

2 sticks of cinnamon

a dash of cinnamon

salt and pepper to taste

Make it:

1. Turn on your crock-pot to the lowest setting

2. Chop your white onion into strips and place in the bottom of the CP

3. Salt and pepper both sides of the pork chops and place on top of the onion in the CP

4. Spoon the marmalade on top of the chops

5. Pour the wine over everything and sprinkle with cinnamon and add the cinnamon sticks

6. Cover and cook on low heat for 4 1/2 hours to 6 hours. Discard cinnamon sticks

7. Serve over steamed white rice with steamed broccoli and orange slices (optional)

8. Enjoy the rest of the bottle of wine!! (also optional!)


**Recipe courtesy of Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade slow cooker recipes