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Creole Pork

Ingredients
  

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1/2 cup diced red bell pepper
  • 2 cloves garlic pressed
  • 4 6-oz. boneless pork chops trimmed of all visible fat
  • 1 cup pasta sauce without added sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
  • 1 pinch ground cinnamon

Instructions
 

  • COOKING INSTRUCTIONS: Heat the oil in a large skillet with a tight-fitting lid over medium-high heat. Add bell pepper and garlic and sauté until bell pepper is tender-crisp; remove from skillet and set aside.
  • Add pork chops to the skillet and thoroughly brown on both sides; drain fat. Return bell pepper and garlic to the skillet; add pasta sauce and seasonings.
  • Cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until pork chops are cooked through.
  • LC SERVING SUGGESTION: Steamed green beans and a big green salad.
  • SERVING SUGGESTION: Add baked sweet potatoes (“bake” the sweet potatoes in slow cooker to keep your kitchen cool).
  • KOSHER: Use boneless skinless chicken breast halves instead of pork.
  • GLUTEN FREE: Make sure pasta sauce is gluten free.
  • NUTRITION: per serving: 238 Calories; 9g Fat; 40g Protein; 7g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 83mg Cholesterol; 362mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain (Starch); 17 1/2 Lean Meat; 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Fat. Points: 7

Notes

LC SERVING SUGGESTION: Steamed green beans and a big green salad.
SERVING SUGGESTION: Add baked sweet potatoes (“bake” the sweet potatoes in slow cooker to keep your kitchen cool).
KOSHER: Use boneless skinless chicken breast halves instead of pork.
GLUTEN FREE: Make sure pasta sauce is gluten free.
NUTRITION: per serving: 238 Calories; 9g Fat; 40g Protein; 7g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 83mg Cholesterol; 362mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain (Starch); 17 1/2 Lean Meat; 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Fat. Points: 7
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