I love pork. No seriously, like I REALLY love pork. It’s my favorite kind of meat. If I could eat only one kind of meat all day, every day, it’d be pork. And these pork chops I got from US Wellness Meats are ridiculous. They are so stupid good. It took a lot of self control to not eat the entire package I had bought. If you haven’t checked out their meats yet, do it. DO IT NOW.
So I tend to talk about myself a lot on this blog. But I actually really do like other people and other things!! So I wanted to share some of my favorite things out there, like some of my friends companies, blogs, and just some of the best websites out there! Sharings caring. Fact.
I have friends who have a lot of talent!!
- Check out my friend Tommy’s clothing line: Buckley Omega. Tommy is one of those people who has a lot of tattoos and is super good looking, but he still acts like I’m cool enough to hang out with him. Thanks Tommy. I appreciate your friendship. Check out his line of women’s AND men’s clothing!!
- My close friends own Renegade Fitness. They are the guys who make my shirts and headbands! So rad. Awesome people with awesome goals. Check them out!
CrossFitters are the best bloggers:
- So I met a girl named Michaela over the weekend at Regionals and I literally fell in love. Probably because she has the best legs on the entire planet, BUT I also found out she runs a blog called Hungry Fitness. She told me she updates her instagram more because she can show what she’s eating regularly and I LOVE her for that. I’m pretty much a pro now on instagram with 21 photos, so I’m catching up to her few hundreds rather quickly. Follow her on instagram @hungryfitness!
- I love this girl. Hands down, one of my favorite CrossFitters out there. Jaelyn is a phenomenal CrossFitter who talks about her experiences and beliefs on her website Where Wild Things Play. I get to train with her soon. NO BIG DEAL.
Who else looks for paleo blog daily? I do!! I like reading other people blogs. People come up with the coolest sh*t.
- So I’m sure all of your have read the Civilized Caveman by now or made one of his amazing recipes, BUT have you seen his $4,000 giveaway?! Say wha?! $4,000? I don’t even think I own $4,000 worth of things. Imagine if you won that giveaway! You’d be a millionaire. Fact.
- Health Habits
- 3.2.1 Paleo
- Elana’s Pantry
- Health-Bent
- Balanced Bites
- Inherent Appetite
- Paleo Pot
- Mark’s Daily Apple
And sometimes I’d rather just look at food porn than do anything else.
- What Katie Ate
- How Sweet It Is
- Food Porn Daily – thank you to the reader who introduced me to this wonderful food orgasm of a website
- Joy the Baker
- Edible Perspective – pretty epic. I love her.
That’s a lot of websites for you to check out. Looks like you’re not getting any work done today. My b.
Blackberry Glazed Grilled Pork Chops
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 14 mins
- Total Time: 24 minutes
- Yield: 2-4 1x
Ingredients
- 1–2lbs US Wellness Meats Pork Chops
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 12 ounces fresh blackberries
- 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
- 2 tablespoons water
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Turn your grill on!! If you don’t know how to light it, I can’t help you.
- Place pork chops on a plate and cover your pork chops in some cinnamon, thyme, salt and pepper on both side and press into the pork chop.
- While your grill heats up, place a small saucepan over medium heat on your stove top and add your blackberries, balsamic vinegar, water, and a pinch of salt.
- Let the sauce begin to mix together, stirring frequently to make sure it doesn’t burn on the bottom.
- Turn heat to low and let the sauce simmer for about 3-5 minutes.
- Then pour half of the sauce into a bowl (you can leave the blackberries in the saucepan because you’ll just use them to top your chops off later).
- Use a glazing brush to glaze one side of your pork chop then place that glazed side down onto your grill.
- Then glaze the other side, cover grill and let cook for 5-7 minutes per side. I glazed each side of my pork chop probably 3-4 times to make sure as much blackberry sauce as possible could be soaked up by the chop. Make sure your chop is cooked on both sides and cook completely through before removing from grill. (took me about 12-14 minutes total).
- Once your pork chops are all done cooking, add to plate and top with your leftover blackberry sauce that has been simmering and thickening up.
- Then eat until your cry. So delicious.
I have always enjoyed your posts, but as of today, I hate them. You introduced to me atleast six new links. Do you realize what this means? C’mon now, girl. Before going Paleo, (still transitioning) I spent undo hours looking at the Food Network site, Epicurious, Cooks Illustrated. But when I went Paleo, I got rid of all my food porn sites. It didn’t take long to replace them with new stuff (atleast its healthy stuff!!!) Or is it… those desserts on Health Habits? uhhh, that’s like the XXX of all food porn. So, I’m not really sure if I should hate you or love you.
This was great! Thanks Juli! I can’t wait to try it with huckleberries. Our whole crew will be in Puyallup as well.
thanks. two hours later, im still reading the blogs on your list when im supposed to be writing a research proposal on ballerinas/eating disorders!! Great blogs!
Made these tonight with the hubster. Holy Frick! These were A-W-E-S-O-M-E. Ate them with some sweet potato fries. Just started eating paleo two weeks ago; signed up at local crossfit box two weeks ago. Woo ha!
This looks FRACKING A-mazing! Thanks for all the great recipes and your awesome, funny, blunt blog! It makes my day! Def going to check your links out – always looking for more to read!
Hey Juli! 🙂
Great recipe! I LOVE pork too! What is your view on Pork Skins on the Paleo diet? Do you think they are okay on Paleo?
ily:)
I have no idea what pork skins are even like…I think usually they are deep friend which isn’t the best thing on paleo
We just made this and it is Awesome!
Wow!! You are the coolest! I don’t think I have ever ha someone give me a shutout on their blog, especially someone as amazing as you!! I’m SO glad I got to meet you at regionals!! 🙂 and I’m super frequent with posting to instagram, but I’ve been slacking a bit on my blog. I’ll be posting 2-3 recipes each week from here on out. Thanks for the love girl!! 🙂
Michaela Beth.
Hi Juli
I just found your blog today and made these porkchops. Oh yes. Ate until I cried! Congratulations on the epic weekend!! I cant even imagine!! Ive been CF for less than 3 months and it is changing my life! I’m an ultra runner and never thought I would want to try something new. Love love love it. I entered Murphy event at another box on Memorial Day. Cant wait to do the WOD-meet others involved in CF and enjoy a paleo potluck afterward. Ill have to use one of your recipies!
Made this for dinner tonight .. Totally awesome .. Left over sauce will work on my breakfast yogurt!!