I want to thank all of you for your well wishes with this pregnancy and baby – and I’ve had a few people asking updates, so I thought I’d give you one! As of today, I am officially overdue. Yeah, not so fun when I was sure I’d have her early. But really, there is nothing much I can do about it to hurry her along. All is still well – we’re just patiently awaiting her arrival.
One good thing about her not being here yet is that I still get to post, although I’m quickly running out of recipes since there hasn’t been much cooking going on around here lately!! In my dream world, I would have had a lot of posts already written up and ready to go, but that hasn’t happened!!
I’ve been trying to clean out the pantry (maybe it’s nesting??!!) and I still have quite a few cans of condensed soups in my pantry that are quickly reaching their expiration dates. I know many of you aren’t fans, and really, I’m not usually a big fan either, but with the price of groceries today, I’m trying not to waste anything. Plus, this recipe sounded so easy that I just had to give it a try.
I was worth trying. Maybe not worth trying again, but it got dinner on the table and left us with full bellies. One thing I didn’t understand about this recipe is that the original has you baking the pork chops for 1 1/2 hours. Thank goodness I have my thermometer, because mine only took about half that long. I do need to mention the Brussels Sprouts side dish that was served along side, because they were really delicious. They were based on this recipe, and definitely worth making!!
Hopefully I’ll have news of a baby soon!
Baked Pork Chops
adapted from allrecipes
Serves 6
6 pork chops
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon seasoning salt
2 eggs, beaten
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 cups Italian-style seasoned bread crumbs
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup
1/2 cup milk
1/3 cup white wine
8 oz. sliced mushrooms
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Rinse pork chops, pat dry, and season with garlic powder and seasoning salt to taste. Place the beaten eggs in a small bowl. Dredge the pork chops lightly in flour, dip in the egg, and coat liberally with bread crumbs.
Heat the oil in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Fry the pork chops 5 minutes per side, or until the breading appears well browned. Transfer the chops to a 9×13 inch baking dish, and cover with foil.
Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. While baking, combine the cream of mushroom soup, milk, white wine and mushrooms in a medium bowl. After the pork chops have baked for 30 minutes, cover them with the soup mixture. Replace foil, and bake for another 20-30 minutes.
YUM! I have everything except the sliced mushroom… forsee baked pork chops in our near future!
Good luck with your little one… my little guy is officially 2 months as of yesterday!
Such an exciting time… trying to keep up with cooking, blogging and a newborn (not to mention, laundry, house cleaning, shopping, friends, etc.)! It’s great!
Best wishes… keep us posted!
All the best with the baby!
That dish looks really good! A wonderful idea…
Cheers,
Rosa
Best wishes with your baby!
I can’t believe you are still up and blogging! You are amazing! I hope the baby comes soon! Keep us updated and good luck!!
Wish you the best with the birth of your little one!
Oh that sounds good, especially this time of year!
Well, I’m soup girl so this sounds great to me! Cream of mushroom is pretty darn versatile, afterall, it’s needed for the Thanksgiving green bean casserole! I like how you used wine in this along with the other ingredients. I think it sounds really yummy.
Best wishes to you with the soon to arrive little one. Sending delivery wishes your way …
Oh the anticipation. Take it easy and sending you all lots of good wishes. xx
Good luck with the delivery Deborah! I’m so excited for you! The pork chops look divine. Can’t wait to hear the news and I hope that you won’t have to endure too much more! I don’t think anyone deserves to be overdue!
you must be so unbelievably excited–good luck!
great chops–cream of mushroom soup is such a useful and sneaky ingredient.
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I need to clean out my cupboards, if only I could come up with something as tasty as this with the ingredients. That’s so great that you’re still posting, I hope you have a speedy and peaceful delivery!
I certainly don't turn my nose up at canned soup, its a great time saver & your finished result looks great.
I hope you have your baby soon, too! Good luck!
Hope your little one arrives soon! My oldest was a week late, so I can imagine how you feel.
Those pork chops look really tasty… cream of mushroom is about the only condensed soup I keep on hand for a couple of “go to”, quick and easy recipes.
Oh counting the time to the baby’s birthday- best of luck and I’m so looking forward to your happy day. Baked porkchops actually do sound very comforting in this snowy weather.
xoxoxo
If you still have some condensed soup, some pork chops and a crock pot you should try my mushroom sauced pork chops. I think they’re similar (except I think you’ll want to make them more than once!)
Hopefully baby girl will come soon!
Crossing my fingers that you’ll have the baby soon (or maybe already when you read this?). I was only 2 days overdue when I had my little guy and that by itself was enough.
I love pork chops and mushrooms. Yum!
I hope baby makes 3 soon. Understandable why you’re not slaving over the stove:D
I’ve been wondering about that baby and how you’re doing. Figured you must be close. Can’t wait to hear! Best of luck w/ your delivery
I haven’t had a piece of pork since Christmas, now you have me craving some
Hope you’ve had the baby by now…or will soon. The reason that they used to cook pork so long was that it used to be MUCH fattier, so long cooking cooked the fat out. Also even further back pork was not always processed in a clean enviornment and the extra cooking killed any trichinosos organisms in the pork. Lucky that we now have lean pork and better processing plants.
Good luck with the baby!
PS. the chops look delish!
Little ones have their own schedules. I hope you are doing well.
Thank you for this wonderful pork chop recipe.
Hi Deborah! I was coming over to check on a baby update, so thanks for posting! Just wishing you all the best!
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Hey first of all Congratulations ! i had no clue … all this time i’ve been comin n visiting on n off, n i never knew ! Well, i’m so happy to hear this, n yeah best of luck, hope your little angel pops out soon
Those sound great!!! I also have a bunch of condensed soups that I need to get rid of–so thanks for sharing!
I was checking in. I have a feeling she may have arrived by now.
Given the time gone since this post, maybe the baby is here. I hope all is well!!!
Good luck with the baby!
Brussel sprouts made right are delicious! I love ‘em.
Made this last night….yuuumm!!! So tender and great flavor!
I made this tonight and sautéed the mushrooms I also did Marsala wine instead of white wine and it turned out Great!! Thanks for sharing!!
@Tiff, I’m so glad it was a hit!