CREOLE PORK CHOPS

CREOLE PORK CHOPS

Ingredients:
4 pork chops, ½-inch thick
Salt and pepper
1 T salad oil
½ cup chopped onions
¼ cup chopped green pepper
1 small clove garlic, minced
One 8-oz can tomato sauce
1 bay leaf

Directions:
Season chops; brown in oil. Remove from skillet. Add onion, green pepper and garlic;
cook until tender. Add remaining ingredients and chops. Cover and simmer 45 minutes or
until meat is tender. Serves 4.
Author’s Bio:
Kristie Leigh Maguire is the author of the ultra-sensual romance novel, Desert
Triangle – soon to be published with Southern Charm Press.
Visit Kristie at
Kristie and her husband have lived all over the United States and in many foreign
countries while following his career. While living in Japan, Kristie found it very difficult
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to find books to read that were written in English. This situation was intolerable, as she
was an avid reader. In desperation she began writing her own books just to have
something to read. She discovered a new passion in writing; thus her career as a romance
novelist was born.
Although Kristie is originally from the South and still remains Southern at heart,
she and her husband now reside in a small town in the high desert of Southern Nevada in
between international assignments.
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PEARL’S EASY SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN
Setting the Scene:
In A COWBOY’S WILL, Cody is a cowboy with a big appetite—for a lot of
things. Blair is a city girl who has stepped into his world uninvited. How can two people
with so little in common, and so much to fight each other about, find themselves falling
in love.
Excerpt from A Cowboy’s Will:
Cody couldn’t believe Blair had cooked supper. He picked up a golden-brown
chicken leg and took a bite. It actually tasted good! After about the third bite he paused in
mid-chew. There was something awful familiar about the flavor. He took another bite
before it came to him. Pearl’s! It was Pearl’s fried chicken from her restaurant. He
looked up from his plate. Blair was munching away. “You sure did surprise me,” he said.
“I never guessed you’d be a good cook. I’m down right floored that you, from the north
no less, know how to make good fried chicken.”
She smiled, but had the good grace to look uncomfortable. “I’m glad you like it.”
Cody started to burst her bubble, let on that he knew she didn’t cook this stuff.
Then changed his mind. He didn’t know what kept him from doing it. He took another
bite of the delicious chicken. It made him think of Grady. “Too bad Grady isn’t here. He
loved fried chicken. And he loved you and your mother.” Cody hadn’t meant to say that
last part, it just popped out.
Blair pushed the salad around on her plate with her fork, then nodded.
He swallowed a bite of potatoes and gravy. He realized he wanted to understand.
“Would it have been so hard for you to come see him from time to time? For your mother
to come?”
PEARL’S EASY SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN