This is my Foodie Friday!

So, I know that I haven't even really blogged about the girls' birth, but I promise I will do that today as well.
I think I will start posting a new recipe every Friday. I will have either cooked it Thursday night or Friday during the day. So here is my first one!

Corie's Smothered Pork Chops

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 50 minutes
Ready in about 1 hour.

Ingredients:
4 pork chops
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
half bag of frozen grean beans
1 small onion
1 packet onion soup mix
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1 tbsp minced garlic
1 1/2 cup french fried onions
Noodles or rice to serve over

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Place the pork chops in a glass 13x9 pan.
Round slice the onion and place evenly over the pork chops.
Sprinkle 1/2 tbsp minced garlic evenly over the pork chops.
In a medium mixing bowl, mix the green beans, 2 cans cream of mushroom soup, salt, pepper, the remaining minced garlic and the packet of onion soup mix. Spread evenly over the pork chops.
Bake for 40 minutes.
Spread the french fried onions over the dish and return to oven.
Bake for another 10 minutes.
Serve over rice or noodles.


And here are the pictures.
In the pan:

All ready to NOM:

Stir-fry shrimp

Yesterday I made this dish. It was pretty good, though I think next time I will get better shrimp. These were good but they could have been better.

Enough shrimp for however many people serving. I go by 3-5 shrimp per person. I got fresh shell-on shrimp.
3 small-medium zucchini
1 summer squash (I would have used two but Mishu isn't hot on it)
1/4-1/3 cup sliced onion
whatever spices you want (I used a couple garlic mixes)
Teriyaki sauce to taste
1/4 cup water
olive oil
(you can also add water chestnuts and snap peas, carrots and whatever else, this is just what I had in the fridge)

Coat the bottom of the fry pan or wok in the olive oil. Start with the zucchini and as it starts to soften, add the onions and a little bit of the water. As the onions start to become clear, add the summer squash. A couple minutes later, add the shrimp and the teriyaki sauce. Cook for no more than 5-7 minutes more based on the size of the shrimp.
The last minute, I drained most of the liquid off and used it to garnish once on the plates.

Margie's Meatloaf

-2 lbs ground anything (preferable beef extra lean)
-one egg
-one package onion soup
-four slices of bread (broken up into approx. 1x1 pieces)
-one can whole tomatoes or stewed tomatoes.

Glaze: 2 parts ketchup, one part Karo syrup.

Mix ground beef (or turkey or tofu or veggie burger or whatever), egg, onion soup mix, bread and the can whole or stewed tomatoes. Don't mash, just mix. Put into loaf pan. Just before putting into oven, poke several holes with your finger, at least 2" deep with your finger. Mix the glaze. Brush glaze over meatloaf, making sure that the holes get filled.
Bake at 350° for 45 minutes.