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Pampered Chef Bowl

I love love love Pampered Chef stoneware - and when I came across this baking bowl on sale recently I decided to get one.  So it arrived and I made the recipe (something like it) on the recipe card that came with the bowl.  Now…. it sits.  I have no idea what to bake or make in this bowl!

So… if you are reading and can tell me what you do with your bowl I will be forever grateful.  I just know it has some great potential!

Helen

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I love BBQ season but time is not always on my side. My father use to visit us several times a year and in the summer he would always bring fresh pork chops from his butcher. As we create our family recipe book we are naming each of our recipes because they all hold a special spot in our hearts. So this one is “Grampa’s Chops” - easy, pretty quick and sooooo tasty!

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This meal is a quick and easy dinner and one that the kids can help with. Here’s what you will need:

  • Porkchops (or any meat or meat alternative)
  • Carrots (Make lots because they taste extra good cooked this way) cut into pieces
  • Potatoes cut into chunks

While your grill is heating up cut your carrots and potatoes into pieces, I make the potatoes large chunks and the carrots smaller chunks. Make foil packets for the carrots and potatoes adding a little olive oil or butter (spray if you are using a standard foil and not the nonstick) and salt and pepper. You will be turning the packages over so be sure they are sealed well to hold up to moving around.

When the grill is hot place the potatoes on the grill with the carrots ontop of the potatoes. This lets the potatoes get a head start of the carrots but the carrots start cooking a little too. Potatoes take about 20 minutes to cook so about 10 minutes into cooking I put the carrots down on the grill and turn the potatoes over.

Now is the time to put your meat on the grill, depending on how long it will take to cook. Our “grampa chops” take about 8 minutes per side so I put them on now. Another 5 minutes and turn both packages over. When the meat is done the veggies should be too.

We serve this meal family style with everything on one large platter.

Enjoy!

 


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