Honey Glazed Butterfly Chops with Nutty Greens and Apple Baked Potatoes

Dinner tonight.
Inspiration: Necessity

I hate to waste food. So, often I create recipes based on what needs to be used first. Tonight I discovered a bag of spinach that was on it's last leg. My first instinct was to turn it to soup, but after searching the freezer for protein, I had another idea. And here it is:



You'll Need

2 butterfly chops
1/2 lb baby spinach
onion
honey
cracked pepper
garlic
walnuts
coarse salt
1 beer*
lemon juice
olive oil/butter

THe ChOPs

• marinate the chops in the beer, 2 tbsp lemon juice and a teaspoon of coarse salt for 20 minutes
• remove from marinade, place in shallow baking dish and bake chops in a 375F oven for 30-40 minutes, depending on the size or thickness
  
• top chops with cracked pepper and drizzle with honey
• place under the broiler until honey begins to caramelize
• remove and serve against the greens
  

The GREENS

• dice 1/2 cup white or spanish onion, mince 3 cloves of garlic and caramelize them in 1 tbsp olive oil
  
• add spinach with a pinch of salt and pepper, cover and cook until bright green (about 2 minutes)
• in a separate pan, toast 4 tbsp chopped walnuts, then add them to the spinach

the apple-baked taters

• 4 large yukon gold potatoes cut into chunks and put in a baking dish
• in a small bowl place 1/4 cup applesauce, 1tbsp butter, 2 tbsp brown sugar, few dashes of allspice, dash of cayenne, salt and fresh cracked pepper
• heat in microwave until butter is softened (30-40 seconds)
• mix and pour over potatoes
• cook for 1 hour at 375F

*vinegar will substitute just fine for beer, preferably malt or cider.