Autumn Chops

• 6  pork chops (about 1/2 inch thick)
• 1  onion (sliced)
• 1  squash (cut into 6 rings and seeded)
• 2  apples (cut into wedges)
• 2  tablespoons  honey
• 2  tablespoons  butter
• 1/2  teaspoon  dried oregano
• 1/2  teaspoon  salt
• 1/8  teaspoon  pepper
• 2  tablespoons  water

Preheat oven to 375º.

Spread the squash out in ungreased rectangular baking dish.

In a skillet melt abt a tablespoon of the butter.  Cook the chops until just brown on the outside.  Once cooked, put the pork on top of squash and then sprinkle with the spices.  Layer the onion on top of the pork; and then the apple. Mix together the honey and water and then pour top. Dot the mess with the last bit of the butter.

Cover with foil and bake about an hour or until pork is no longer pink in the middle and squash n apples are tender.

Oven Fried Ranch Chicken

I make this chicken all the time, in one variation or another.  Im happy to say my littlest picky eater lurves it.  :)

Tonights recipe is the ranch version.  You can make it without the ranch dressing packet and it is just as good.

OVEN FRIED RANCH CHICKEN

the ingredients

• one package of boneless skinless chicken breasts (or breast tenderloins)
• 1 packet ranch dressing
• 1 cup parmesan cheese
• 1 sleeve Ritz Crackers
• 1 tsp garlic salt
• 1 egg
• 1 tbsp milk
• butter (as needed)

the prep

Preheat oven to 400.

In one bowl combine milk and egg.  Whisk with fork.
  Take the sleeve of ritz crackers and place them in a large baggy, then roll them with a rolling pin.   In another bowl, combine every thing else with your crushed crackers (except chicken.)   I like to use a pie plate.  You can use a large baggy too, but I have found you get a better coating if you use a bowl or pie plate.
Mix it up REAL GOOD.  

Make a little production line.  Egg mix, cracker mix, pan to cook in.  Coat the chicken in your egg mix, then coat it in the cracker mix. Then place it in your baking pan.  You do not want to squish the pieces too close together.  Leave a little room in between each piece.
 

Then you will need to put a dollop of butter in between all the pieces and around the outside.  This keeps the chicken from sticking and help make the Ritz crackers hold on to the chicken.
Bake 30-40 minutes or until chicken is done.  To check it, I always cut in half the center most piece of chicken.
  If it’s done all the others are too.

Good luck!
~Bunny