We have fallen into a dinner rut since we moved to Brooklyn last October. I think there are a few factors that have contributed. Our move coincided with the time our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farm share came to an end. The CSA delivery each week forced us to get creative to find new and delicious ways to eat up all of the vegetables. We also found out right before we moved that we were expecting our first child. Soon after, the fatigue and nausea of the first trimester set in and ruined most plans for dinner preparation. Finally, our commutes both got a little longer. It's amazing how getting home 30 minutes later can make such a difference. We arrive home tired and starving and it's hard to get motivated to make anything exciting for dinner. I keep telling myself that a meal plan and some slow cooker dinners will help, but I haven't been very good about following through on either front.
What to do? Well, we do have a very easy sauce that helps dress up our standard meat, vegetable and starch dinner. It's a delicious mustard sauce with only two ingredients. We tend to serve it over pork, but it would be great on chicken too.
We cooked our pork chops with some onions in a cast iron pan. Once they were done, we removed them from the pan and prepared the sauce in the same pan with the pork juices. We served it over some orzo with a side of broccoli and salad.
Mustard Sauce2 T butter
1 T Dijon mustard
1/4 C white wine (optional - we left this out)
Melt the butter over medium low heat and stir in the mustard (and wine if using it). Whisk until combined and then serve.
This post is part of Miz Helen's
Full Plate Thursday,
Pennywise Platter Thursday,
Alphabe-Thursday,
Tip Day Thursday Carnival,
Frugal Fridays,
Creative Girls Blog Hop,
Foodie Friday, and
I'm Lovin' It.
