quick and easy meals for 1 or 2

Pork chops with sauce and wine

Gammy is still up in Texas and I’m all alone here. Well,, not all alone,,,Stella is a very demanding presence. I got some thin cut pork chops on the way home. When I hit the casa I got some of the sauce that we keep frozen out and put about a cup and a half (it’s frozen of course so I had to “eyeball”)in a sauce pan with a little water on the bottom and put the heat to it. Or,,you could do the butoni thing. Started the water for the pasta and did the pasta while I was tending to the pork chops. Heated up a frying pan with a little olive oil in it. Sprinkled the chops with a little garlic powder and black pepper. Fried them up. When the second side was about half done I put the sauce in the pan. and about a half cup of red wine. Cooked them the rest of the way. The wine reduced and thickened up. The pasta was done. Used the sauce right from the pan for the pasta and a little bit on the chops. I had a little tomato and onion salad and some of popop’s homemade bread. And some of that red wine!

Stella and I enjoyed it!! Stella helped me with some of the scraps from the pork and a little of the pasta. She also likes a little of the bread dipped in some olive oil. She’s an Italian dog you know.