Carnitas with Cauliflower Rice and Santa Fe Veggies

 

My local grocer had pork shoulder on sale.   I found a recipe for slow cooker carnitas that asked for some orange juice.  I already had some orange juice from a haul that I harvested from my parents garden and that was an ingredient so this was perfect.  I paired it with some cauliflower rice, mixed veggies, a sprinkle of cheese, and a spritz of lime.

Here is the link to to the original recipe I used for carnitas: https://www.recipetineats.com/pork-carnitas-mexican-slow-cooker-pulled-pork/

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French Onion Pork Chops with Steamed Broccoli

 

The pork chops were on sale at the market so I bought a pack.  I'm trying to eat low carb right now so I found a recipe online for a French Onion Pork Chop.  I had it with a side of steamed broccoli, which was also on sale. The flavor was good, but I overcooked it a bit.  So it was a little too dry.

Here's the link to the original recipe: https://cookathomemom.com/french-onion-pork-chops-whole30/

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Korean Style Soup

 

This is my take on a Korean Style Soup.  The tofu I used was soft, but not the tube-shaped style that is typically used in soondubu.  It came in a tray.  I don't have a special cooking stone bowl pot, so I had to cook the soup in a regular pot as well as the egg.  When this is served to me in the restaurant, they give the egg to you to crack into the soup yourself.

Ingredients:

• 2 Tablespoons canola oil
• 5 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1/2 cup green onions, chopped
  
• 1/2 yellow onion, chopped
• 3 ounces pork belly, chopped
• 4 Tablespoons Korean red pepper powder
• 2 Tablespoons sesame oil
• 2 Tablespoons oyster sauce
• 2 Tablespoons shoyu (soy sauce)
• 2 cups water
  
• 1/2 cup kim chee, chopped
• 3 ounces mushrooms
• 1 cup bok choy
• 2 eggs

Instructions:

1. Prepare ingredients as described above (chop)
2. Heat canola oil in pot.
   
3. Add garlic, green onions, and yellow onions to the oil and stir fry until fragrant.
4. Add pork belly, stir fry, and cook well.
5. Add Korean red pepper powder, sesame oil, oyster sauce, soy sauce and stir.  Let simmer for a few minutes to let the flavors come together.
6. Add water and bring to a boil.
7. Add kim chee and stir.
8. Add mushrooms and bok choy.  Push it under the soup and bring to boil.
9. Crack eggs directly into soup and let it sit until the whites of the egg turn white.
10. Serve immediately.
11. Enjoy!

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Air Fried Broccoli Romanesco and Pork Panko Turkey Burgers

 

This was my first time trying broccoli romanesco.  I didn't intentionally choose this.  I actually wanted broccolini, which was what I placed in my Amazon Prime Whole Foods order.  That was not available at the time, so it was replaced with the next bet substitute, which is this broccoli romanesco. 

The actual look of it resembles a cross between a head of cauliflower and a lighter color of green.  The texture is a bit harder and it doesn't crumble as easily as cauliflower does.  I cooked it in my air fryer with my go-to spices for vegetables, which consist of olive oil, garlic powder, onion  powder, salt, and black pepper. 

I had it with some pork panko turkey burgers.  Here's the recipe for them.

Ingredients:

• 1 package ground turkey (about 2 lbs.)
• 1/4 onion, chopped
• 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
• 1 Tablespoon garlic powder
• 1 Tablespoon onion powder
• dash of salt
• dash of ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 Tablespoon dried parsley
• pork panko to coat
  

Instructions:

1. Mix all ingredients above, except pork panko.
2. Press balls of turkey mixture onto pork panko.
3. Air fry for 20 minutes at 380 degrees.

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