Golden Peach Pork Chops Recipe
(Bev's favorite Slow Cooker Dish)
Ingredients
1 can (29 ounces) peach halves
5 bone-in pork loin chops (1 inch thick)
1 tablespoon canola oil
Salt and pepper to taste
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
1/4 cup cider vinegar
1 can (29 ounces) peach halves
5 bone-in pork loin chops (1 inch thick)
1 tablespoon canola oil
Salt and pepper to taste
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
1/4 cup cider vinegar
Directions
Drain peaches, reserving 1/4 cup juice (discard remaining juice or save for another use); set fruit and juice aside. In a large skillet, brown pork chops on both sides in oil; transfer to a 3-qt. slow cooker. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, cinnamon and
cloves. Add the tomato sauce, vinegar and reserved peach juice. Pour over the
chops. Arrange peach halves over the top. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours
or until the meat is tender.
***I watched until they turned the
corner at Colburn Street. Then the energy vanished and a profound sadness
filled me. Even playing the piano held no joy that day. I have to
talk to her. But how? I gave up trying to contact the living years
ago. It became so tiresome – appearing in front of them, touching them,
talking to them, yet never being noticed. Until now. Every day, I
watch for her. Every day, I try to make contact. Every day I plead
for her to look up at my window again. Two weeks have passed now.
And every day, she hurries past; her gaze focused on the street ahead. I
must talk to her. Daira is the first person I’ve been able to communicate
with since the day I was murdered.***
Daria Brennan is your typical 15
year-old, or at least she thought she was until she discovered that she could
see ghosts. Her first sighting was of a young woman in the upstairs
window of an old house she passed every day going to school. At first she
thought it might be her imagination since the house was empty. The woman
who lived there had fallen and been taken away to recuperate in a rehab
center. Maybe someone had broken into the house. Whatever it was
she knew that every time she walked past the house she felt a chill.. [1] Then came the voices. Someone calling her name when
there was no one there. This became more frequent after she and some friends broke into the house to have a place to be together.
As the visits to the house grew
more frequent, so did the voice in her head begging for her help. The
ghost she was seeing and talking to turned out to be Amanda the daughter of the
old lady who owned the house. She had died 40 years earlier and Amanda
needed Daria’s help t her remember how and why. As Daria researched Amanda’s
death she found that the police had ruled it as a suicide. But as
Amanda’s memory started coming back she knew it wasn’t suicide but murder.
Daria was the only one to help her prove it and to help her put the person
responsible away.
Ghostly Justice was a really
enjoyable mystery. I had no problem coming up with who murdered Amanda
but I had a problem guessing how he would be caught. I also had a problem
guessing why Daria and Amanda looked so much alike. Daria was born 40
years after Amanda’s death but their birthdays were the same month and
day. Had to be a connection but what? I really enjoyed this book
and there are a couple cuss words, not really bad ones, but I can see this
being an enjoyable read for ages teen to 90. I loved it and hope to hear
there will be other chapters in Daria’s life that will be put to words.