My toes hurt really bad. That’s because minimus shoes should not be warn in the dead of winter, in 4 inches of snow. There are literally 2 feet long icicles hanging outside my building. If one of those falls, there is no way this piece of felt covering my foot is going to hold up against deathcicles. Seriously though, those things are Final Destination style.
I usually dress quite properly in winter. My proper attire includes spandex shorts, high socks, boots, 4 sweaters, a down jacket, and a scarf. Winter meets summer as Jason would like to say. I get a lot of stares, and dirty looks, and questions. “Aren’t you cold??” Well no sh*t my thigh region is cold. It’s literally 15 degrees out and I’m wearing spandex shorts. I’m not completely stupid you f*ck. Too much. At least my crotch is warm, spandex tend to be nice and snug if you haven’t noticed.
Oh and for all you ladies out there, I was being annoying and having a fat day, then my friend sent me this link. I think I sometimes just need to unf*ck my head. And stop being bat sh*t crazy. Sometimes when I see videos like THIS F*CKIN’ GUY, I get a little down and out, but then I remember that I can clean and jerk more than that p*ssy and I feel much better. Sorry, I’m really in a cursing mood today. But seriously check out the links, I don’t post many for a reason.
On a lighter note, I think I might have fallen in love….with pork. Of course I didn’t fall in love with a man. That would just be dumb. And irresponsible. For now, I just stick with my love for food. And apples, onions, pork and a hearty carb all together just make sense. It was an explosion of tear-jerking flavors in this meal. I could literally eat caramelized onions and burnt broccoli all day, errrrday and be happy as a clam.
Apple Onion Cinnamon Pork Chops over Crockpot Butternut Squash
Ingredients
For your crockpot butternut squash
- 1 medium butternut squash, peeled and diced
- 1/2 cup chicken or vegetable broth
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- dash of salt
For your pork chops
- 2 large pork chops, bone in
- 2 apples, sliced
- 1 sweet onion, thinly sliced
- 1 red onion, thinly sliced
- 4 tablespoons coconut oil
- 2 tablespoons raw honey
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon mustard powder
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Peel and dice your butternut squash.
- Throw it in your crockpot with other crockpot ingredients. Cover, turn on low for 2 hours or high for 1 hour.
- Now time to prepare everything else.
- Pull out 2 medium-large size skillets, put under medium heat.
- Add 2 tablespoons of coconut oil to each skillet, throw in your sliced onions in one and sliced apples in the other.
- Toss occasionally to help the onions and apples cook evenly.
- Once the onions and apples start to become translucent, add 1 tablespoon of honey to each skillet along with 1 teaspoon of cinnamon to and a pinch of salt.
- Mix together and let the onions and apples caramelize a bit.
- While they finish caramelizing, prepare your chops.
- Season the pork chops with a bit of salt, pepper, cinnamon, and mustard powder on both side.
- Once apples and onions are done caramelizing, remove apples from heat, and throw your onions in the apple skillet.
- Keep onion skillet over heat, and add seasoned pork chops to sear on both sides for about 3-4 minutes per side.
- Now throw your onion and apple mixture in a baking dish and place pork chops on top.
- Put the baking dish in the oven and good for 18-20 minutes (depending how thick your chops are) or until the internal temperature of the chops are around 145 degrees. Boom
- Check on your butternut squash, poke with a fork, if tender start your mashing!! I used a broken whisk, you don’t have to do that. A fork or potato masher with work just fine.
- Now plate your mashed butternut squash then a chop then apples and onions. Consume.
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I made these last night minus the apple but with balsamic mushrooms. My new love are infused balsamics. I used blackberry ginger balsamic so the mushrooms were like candy, and the pork chops cooked perfectly! And I think my massive tupperware of spag squash is going to transform itself into bacon alfredo in the morning.
Ooooo Let me know how it turns out!!
We made this last night and it was amazing. Everything came together quick but my only issue was the butternut squash. You really got that sucker cooked to perfection in an hour? After going on an hour and a half our poor squash cubes were still hard and we finished the job with the steamer. No complaints tho, the food was worth the wait just wondering what the heck with my crocker!
Try dicing up your butternut squash thinner and small next time Jenn. That might help!
This is amazing! Definitely one of my new favorites!
Glad you liked it Lisa!
I saw this, its 11.30pm, and I think I will be going to the store right now so I can get to making this tomorrow lol.
Hope you made it and loved it!
Just wanted to let you know how much I’ve been enjoying your blog, the ramblings :), and the recipes! My boyfriend and I have made the pork chops today and the date and shallot rosemary chicken on Monday and loved them both! We’re not eating completely paleo but trying to incorporate more into out diet and we’re feeling great! Thank you so much for such a great resource for recipes!
We’ll also be starting our Elements classes for Crossfit in 2 weeks, any suggestions or pointers? I’m so nervous I’ll make a total fool of myself! 🙂
You don’t need any pointers! You’re gonna do great!! Just smile and know that they will help you out!
Made this tonight for dinner….THIS WAS YUMMY!!!
I have the chops in the oven. Smells super Nice – maybe bit on the sweet side… And since I rarely have luck making pork chop come out good I have HIGH expectations with thiese;-)
I will let you know how we like them!
Think I will also need a green side dish of some ind to balance the heavy sweetness…. Hmmmmm… Will have to see what I have in the fridge!
I am having a hard time printing the recipes? This looks AHHHHHMAZINg and I can’t wait to try it.
Is there a reason why you cooked the apple and onion separately? Trying to figure out why you couldn’t just cook them together in the same skillet
Onions just take a bit longer to cook but you could cook them together too!
Swim goggles baby. You’ll never shed another tear with the onions!