Parmesan Crusted Pork Chops (seriously melt in your mouth!)

Tonight I had intended to make this Parmesan crusted chicken I saw on pinterest, but laid when I went to open the foil pack I laid out, it was pork chops and not chicken breasts. OH WAILS!

I altered the recipe quite a bit, and they were TO DIE FOR. Hubby was literally licking his plate. My recipe below is for TWO rather thick pork chops, so double it for every 2 you add. (pretty simple really)

What you need:
pork chops (bone out)
1/4 cup mayo
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons Kickin Chicken Seasoning (or seasoning of your choice)
Bread Crumbs (Italian)

In a small bowl, mix mayo, seasoning, and parm cheese together well.
Using a butter knife, coat both sides of your pork chop with the mayo mixture.
Coat both sides of the chop in the bread crumbs.

Bake in small dish, 12-14 minutes per side until bread crumbs are browned and crunchy and the juices run clear from the chops.

You could cook these on parchment paper to avoid the bottom crumbs sticking and coming off.
Enjoy!

*sidenote, these can also be pan fried with olive oil to get a crispier crunchy coating, but we try to bake as much as possible and not fry. :)

Alterations: several other recipes call for coating the chicken/chops in ranch dressing before coating in the bread crumbs. That would be a delicious alteration I think! The other coated the meat in egg, and I dont think it would have as much flavor or be near as moist that way. :)

Meatloaf Muffins

Since starting my Freezer Cooking group on Facebook, several people have asked for my meatloaf muffin recipe. Here you go! 

You can actually use ANY meatloaf recipe. I use my mama’s. :)  The only thing for sure is you have to make sure to buy the absolute BEST hamburger. Like 90/10, extra lean. Otherwise it will NOT cook solid. And you half the time for cooking, where a whole loaf takes about an hour, the muffins only take about 25-30 mins.

I use:

1 lb hamburger

1 onion, diced finely

1 egg

¼ cup shredded cheese (cheddar)

¼ cup BBQ Sauce ( I use KC masterpiece)

¼ cup ketchup

¼ cup Heinz57

1/8 cup mustard

1/2 cup brown sugar

Rolled oats or bread crumbs for thickening (last batch took me about 6 tablespoons of bread crumbs.

 Salt and pepper to taste

Topping is a little ketchup, heinz57, dab of mustard, and dab of BBQ sauce. Mix together. 

You want it to NOT be sloppy, almost where you could roll it into balls.

I just spoon it into the muffin pan (do NOT grease it first, but I do use a non stick pan)

You can totally use muffin liners if you want, the foil kind.

Spoon it to the top of the pans. Cover with a spoon of the topping and bake at 350 for about 30 mins.

You can totally make this with any meatloaf recipe, the cheeseburger kind, BBQ kind, etc. To freeze- just bake, then let cool completely and store. reheat in the microwave when ready!