Cooking With Kendra: Pork Chop Dinner with Leftovers

Effortless Meal Prep for Two: Cook Once, Enjoy Twice with This Simple Technique

Grocery List and Total:

• 4 Pork Chops: $6.34

• 3 Ears of Corn: $0.99

• 1 Can of Green Beans: $0.97

• 4 Small Potatoes (about 1 pound): $0.63

• 3 Small Homegrown Onions: $0.25

Total: $9.18 (less than $2.50 per meal)

Optional items, common spices, butter, and oil are not included in price

Meal Preparation and Breakdown:

First Night's Dinner: I pan-cooked a small package of pork chops, seasoning them with an all-purpose blend. To enhance the flavor, I added a few small onions to the pan, which also served to flavor the green beans later.

I opted to bake the corn and took the opportunity to roast the 4 small potatoes at the same time, which I'll use for a future meal, minimizing oven use.

In a small pot, I heated the drained green beans with a touch of butter and mixed in the cooked onions from the pork chop pan.

Dinner Menu:

• Pork Chop

• Ear of Corn

• Green Beans with Sautéed Onions

  
  

Second Night's Dinner: We enjoyed the leftovers, which included:

• A Pork Chop, optionally topped with Lemon Rosemary Pear Jam

• Half an Ear of Corn per Person

• A Small Baked Potato with Butter, Salt, and Pepper

  
  

The remaining two small potatoes were used in breakfast scrambles throughout the week.