Chicken & Stars Soup

This recipe is super easy and tasty! Depending on the amount of liquid and pasta you add, it can be more of a soup or a pasta dish.

Ingredients:
1 T olive oil
1 yellow onion, diced
1 C carrots, diced
1 C celery, diced
1 clove garlic, minced
8 C chicken stock (I use water + Better than Bullion)
3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1/2 tsp dried rosemary
1/2 tsp dried thyme
1/4 tsp black pepper
1 C star-shaped (or alphabet!) pasta

Directions:
1.) Place all ingredients (except pasta) in Crock Pot.
2.) Cook on low for 6+ hours or until chicken is tender.
3.) Shred chicken.
4.) Add stars and allow to cook on low for 30 minutes. Alternatively, you may transfer some soup into a pot, add the pasta, and boil on high for 8-10 minutes.

Serves 6.

Baked Pork Chops

Regrettably, there is no time for pictures these days, but I want to save the recipes anyway. These pork chops were delicious last night!

6 bone-in pork chops
1 T soy sauce
1 T lemon juice
1 T Worcestershire sauce
2 T brown sugar
2 T olive oil
2 T ketchup

1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2) Rinse and pat dry pork chops. Place in a baking dish.
3) Mix ingredients.
4) Brush half of sauce onto top side of pork chops.
5) Bake pork chops for 30 minutes.
6) Remove pork chops from oven and flip each pork chop.
7) Brush the pork chops with remaining sauce.
8) Bake an additional 20-30 minutes.

Enjoy!