Friday Dinner: Pork Chops, Veggies, and Rice Salad

Here's what we had last Friday. I just got the Brown rice salad recipe from Barefoot Contessa's show the other day to to go with the really simple pork chops and french beans I wanted to have for dinner.



Really Simple Pork Chops

Ingredients
1 Kilo of pork chops
About 1/3 cup dijon mustard
Salt
Pepper

Rub the chops with the mustard. Add salt and pepper to season them. Heat your grill (preferably cast iron!) and cook for 5-7 minutes on each side.

Brown Rice Salad

Ingredients
1 cup uncooked brown rice (preferably organic rice)
1/4 cup Champagne rice wine vinegar
1 Tbsp olive oil
2 tsp sugar
3 big tomatoes, diced
1 cup chopped basil
Salt
Pepper


Cook the rice. Whisk together the vinegar, olive oil, sugar, and salt and pepper to taste. Pour over the rice. Add the tomatoes and basil. Mix well.


French Beans

Ingredients
1/4 k French beans
1 Tbsp olive oil
3 cloves garlic, chopped

Heat pan, then add the oil. saute the garlic but don't let it brown. Add the beans. Cook until tender.