Pan Seared Chops with Roasted Garlic Asparagus, Mash & East Texas Tomato Gravy

This dinner menu evolved from my spouse volunteering to cook a Master Chef inspired one-pan dinner to leaving her supply run with a several skillet menu and me cooking. Ha! Pan Seared Chop Ingredients 2 bone-in pork chops, 1/4 to 1/2″ thick 2 tabs of butter 3 sprigs of fresh rosemary 4-6 fresh sage leaves…

Tomato Soup with Bacon Wrapped Aspargus

This past summer I canned my first batch of fresh-from-the-garden tomatoes and have been patiently waiting to pop a jar open this winter and make a pot of soup with it. Canning fresh tomatoes for the winter is definitely something I intend to do every year from now on. The flavor was phenomenal! I served…