Gravy Sauce
I didn't get to do much cooking over the weekend because Gentleman Caller and I went to Nashville to meet our new 2-week-old identical twin nieces. I did get to help with Easter brunch, though. I made Maple-Pecan Pork Chops. It's rather nerve-wracking to try a new recipe for a big group of people, but if something goes wrong, I always blame the recipe. Nothing went wrong and the chops were pretty good. Gentleman Caller's grandfather is a picky eater; he doesn't like "sauce", but he does like "gravy." We called the apple juice-maple syrup-walnut sauce "gravy" so he would try it. He did, and he liked it. It's all semantics. He also isn't fond of casseroles, so the squash casserole, potato casserole and corn casserole became simply squash, potatoes and corn.
Gentleman Caller and I went to the Fresh Market in Brentwood to get some flowers for his mother. I wandered through the store and picked up some treasures in the bulk snacks aisle. We sampled a few treats and discovered chocolate-covered apricots. I thought they sounded unusual, so filled half a bag. Yum! I should have filled a gallon-size ziploc bag with these treats, because we're already almost out. I wish there were a Fresh Market here. Gentleman Caller wants to order more online, they're that good.
Dinner tonight: Diner Meat Loaf Muffins; Morningstar Farms spinach artichoke veggie nuggets
You might have noticed that I've been making meat loaf an awful lot lately. I've been doing an unofficial meatloaf snackdown; now it's official. Sunday night is meat loaf night (I know; today is Monday, but we were out of town, so this is a make-up Sunday night meat loaf). So far, there are two meat loaves that are worth repeating. I'm surprised at how many stinkers I have in my recipe collection. I still have many to go, though.