Apple & Sage Pork Chops {Giveaway}

Do you ever have one of those weeks where you and your family just can't decide what to have for supper for the coming week?
You're sitting there at your table, trying to come up with a list of dinner ideas, so you can go 
to the grocery store to pick up what you need and all you are hearing from your family is, "I don't know".
And you are thinking about your usual rotation of meals and nothing is really sounding great.

And then you realize that you might be in a bit of a cooking rut and at this point you want
 something new and not just the same ole thing.

Yep, that's what you need. Something new but easy and tasty.

Enter McCormick Recipe Inspirations.

 
 Here you have nearly everything you need to make a new and tasty meal.

You've got all your spices all in one place and already pre-measured.

And McCormick provides you with a handy dandy recipe card on the back that easily 
detaches and tells you what other items you need to have to make this meal happen.

Maybe you are new to cooking or you just don't cook very often so you don't have a variety of spices in your pantry. 

This package takes care of all that for you. 

You add a lot of flavor with these spice combinations and it helps you easily make a meal that 

will really impress you and your family and maybe help you get out of that dinner rut.

Thanks to McCormick and Dailybuzz Food, I was recently able to get my hands on one of these Recipe Inspiration packets.

The Apple & Sage Pork Chops to be specific.

Now, I'll be perfectly honest. I love to eat apples with pork.

But I usually eat them separate. I've made fried apples many times to eat with pork loin or pork chops.

But I've never actually combined the two for one dish.

So I eyed this packet a bit skeptically but I was up for the challenge.

I bought my pork chops and my apples and I was on my way.

Let's just say that as soon as I started opening those little seasoning packets, I knew this was 
going to be something special and unlike anything I had ever made before.

Ingredients:
(1) McCormick Recipe Inspirations packet for Apple & Sage Pork Chops
4 boneless pork chops (about 1-inch thick)
1 medium onion, thinly sliced
2 red apples, thinly sliced
2 tbsp. olive oil
1 tbsp. flour
1 tsp. salt
1/2 cup apple juice
1 tbsp. brown sugar

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Note: I thought half of an onion and one apple were plenty for this dish.
But if you like lots of onion and apple, please go exactly by the written recipe.

 This really could not be any easier to get started.

All the spices are in these individual packets.
They are easy to open and you are going to love the smells that start happening when you open them.

Directions:
Prepare your apples and onions by thinly slicing them.
Leave the skin on for the apples.

 Add 2 tbsp. olive oil to a large skillet.
Begin preheating your oil on medium high heat.

In a bowl, combine all your packets of spices along with 1 tbsp. flour and 1 tsp. salt.

 Sprinkle 1 tbsp. of this seasoned flour mixture onto both sides of your pork chops.

 Place pork chops into the hot oil. Brown both sides of the pork chops.
You'll probably only need a minute or two to brown each side.
Take pork chops out and set them aside.
They won't be fully cooked at this point but that's ok, they will finish cooking with the sauce.

 Add in the thinly sliced onions to the skillet and stir for about 3 minutes or until tender.

 Then add in thinly sliced apples, cook and stir for 2 minutes.

 Stir in juice, sugar and remaining seasoned flour.

Mix well.  

Then return pork chops to the skillet.

Bring to a boil.  Then reduce heat to low and then cover and cook for another 5 minutes or until desired doneness.

 
I served it with a crisp green salad and some sliced french bread.

We really enjoyed this meal. It definitely makes your house smell amazing while it is cooking.
Even my 6 year old commented, "What are you making? It smells so good!"
So there you go, even my picky eaters approved.
So if you want to try something new or maybe want to get out of the dinner rut, try picking up one of these little packets of inspiration.
There are lots of flavors to enjoy like Garlic Lime Chicken Fajitas or Caribbean Grilled Steak and many more.

Enjoy!

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**GIVEAWAY**(CLOSED)

Dailybuzz Food and McCormick were very generous in providing me with extra packets of 
the Apple & Sage Pork Chop Recipe Inspirations.
So now, I want to pass on some for you to try!

I have (5) packets to give away to (5) Country Cook readers!!

How to Enter:
1. Go check out all the varieties of McCormick Recipe Inspirations, 
then come back here and tell me which one(s) you'd love to try.

2. "Like" McCormick Spice on facebook and be sure to tell them 
The Country Cook sent ya!
Then leave me a comment here telling me you've done so.

3. "Follow" McCormick Spice on Twitter.
Then leave me a comment here telling me you've done so.

That is 3 chances to win! 
Make sure you leave me your email address so I can contact you if you win!

Giveaway ends at midnight on Saturday, October 13th 2012.

Good Luck!!

This contest is closed. The winners were:
Tiffany P.
Misty
Karen
Tamra
Terri

Thank you to all who entered!! The winners have all been contacted via email.




As part of the DailyBuzz Food Tastemaker Program, I received free samples of the McCormick's Recipe Inspiration packets. 
All above opinions about this product are my own and have not been influenced in any way by Dailybuzz Food or McCormick.