Pork Chops with Mustard Bourbon Sauce

This is one of my favorite pork dishes and is from one of the old Food Network shows with Tyler Florence called "How to Boil Water". The show was a little irritating for me to watch, but Tyler always has great recipes. You can find this recipe here. The creamy mustard bourbon sauce is really good and takes "mashed potatoes and gravy" to a new level. I served this with some steamed broccoli and my last few fava beans from this week's AHO basket.

Tri-tip with sauteed greens & mashed potatoes

We love meat and potatoes and there's no meat that says "California" like tri-tip. I, like most people from the east coast, had never heard of it until I moved to California. It's a triangle-shaped cut of beef from the bottom of the sirloin that weighs 1.5 - 3 pounds and cooks great on the grill. For this one, we marinated it for 3 hours in cumin, grill seasoning, onion powder, garlic, red wine vinegar, hot sauce and a little A1, then grilled it until medium rare. I served it with a bunch swiss chard that I sauteed in 2 tbsp of garlic infused olive oil and yukon gold potatoes that I mashed with half and half, horseradish and butter. The plate was garnished with a few spring onion tops.