Balsamic Pork Chops

Happy Monday!

To continue our health month I have a delicious recipe to share today. We made these last night and everyone loved them! And the best part they were part of clean eating diet that we have been trying to follow for a month now.

Thank you The Gracious Pantry for posting this recipe.

Don't let the vinegar in this recipe scare you. When it cooks with the oil it creates a nice glaze on the pork chops that isn't a potent vinegar flavor. That was my husbands fear when I told him what we were having for dinner. But when he was eating it he was surprised at how well it was. The best part about this recipe my whole dinner was ready in one Doc McStuffins (30 minutes)!!!

Clean eating Balsamic Pork Chops

Ingredients:

2 breakfast-cut pork chops (about a scant 1/2 inch thick)

2 teaspoons olive oil

6 cloves garlic, chopped fine

1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar

Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Heat the oil and add the garlic first, then the pork chops.
2. Brown the pork chops on both sides, then add the balsamic vinegar.
3. Continue to cook until the pork chops are done (at least 165 F.).
4. Serve with a veggie and grain of your choice.

Hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we did! 

For more yummy healthy recipes check out last weeks recipe Skinny Stuffed Peppers or my Pinterest board. And remember to check in next week for a new recipe.

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Skinny Stuffed Peppers

Happy August everyone sorry I'm a couple days late. For this month I'm doing something different we are going to make August Family health month. I have noticed that a lot of my blog traffic came from the Ab Challenge post that I did a couple weeks ago. Make sure to check into the blog for more exciting tips:

Monday: Healthy family recipes

Tuesday: Activities to get up and moving with your kids during play time

Wednesday: Mommy health/beauty tips (cause we all need some mommy time!)

Thursday: New workouts to tryout during the week

Friday: Healthy drinks

Hope everyone enjoys this new month! Let's get started with our first healthy recipe that is super delicious. This stuffed pepper recipe comes from Gina's skinny  recipes. This is a family favorite in our household. For my kids they love the feeling more then anything so I leave the peppers out of theirs!

Skinny Stuffed Peppers

Ingredients: 

• 1 lb lean chopped turkey meat
• 1 garlic, minced
• 1/4 onion, minced
• 1 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro or parsley
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp cumin powder
• salt to taste
• 3 large sweet red bell peppers, washed
• 1 cup fat free chicken broth
• 1/4 cup tomato sauce
• 1 1/2 cups cooked rice
• Olive oil spray
• 1/4 cup reduced fat shredded cheese

Directions:

1.) Heat oven to 400°. 
2.) Spray a little olive oil spray in a medium size saute pan and heat on a medium flame. Add onion, garlic and cilantro to the pan. Saute about 2 minutes and add ground turkey. Season with salt and garlic powder, and cumin and brown meat for several minutes until meat is completely cooked through. 
3.) Add 1/4 cup of tomato sauce and 1/2 cup of chicken broth, mix well and simmer on low for about 5 minutes. Combine cooked rice and meat together.

4.) Cut the bell peppers in half lengthwise, and remove all seeds.

5.) Place in a baking dish.Spoon the meat mixture into each pepper half and fill it with as much as you can.Place all stuffed pepper halves on the baking dish and pour the remainder of the chicken broth on the bottom of the pan. 

6.) Cover tight with aluminum foil and bake for about 35 minutes. 

7.)Top with shredded cheddar cheese and enjoy.

Hope you guys enjoy this recipe as much as we have for the past couple of months.

For more yummy recipes check out the above tab or check out my Pinterest page!

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