Pork Chops With Basil

Yummy Yams OR Baked Yams

Pecan Pie

Temperature: 350 degrees

Time: 1 hour

(Complete the meal with a Lettuce and Tomato Salad, bread and beverage.)

PORK CHOPS WITH BASIL

½ C. all-purpose flour

½ tsp. salt

1 tsp. garlic salt

8 loin pork chops, trimmed

1 Tbsp. olive oil

½ tsp. dried basil

½ C. apricot nectar

Combine flour, salt, and garlic salt in a paper bag, add the chops and toss lightly until they are thoroughly coated. Heat oil in skillet on thermostatic top burner at 325 degrees; add pork chops and brown. Arrange the chops in a shallow ungreased baking dish without letting them overlap. Sprinkle with basil. Pour apricot nectar around chops. Cover the dish closely with aluminum foil. Bake in Gas oven at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Makes 8 servings.

YUMMY YAMS

3 9½-oz. cans baby yams

½ tsp. salt

1 lemon

1 tart apple, unpeeled

¼ C. honey

½ C. brown sugar, packed

1 Tbsp. butter or margarine

Drain yams; sprinkle with salt. Cut lemon in very thin crosswise slices. Quarter and core apple; slice into ¼-inch slices. Arrange in two rows lengthwise in 10 x 6 x 2-inch baking dish alternating yams, lemon and apple slices. Place skin side of apple slice up. Combine honey and brown sugar; mix well. Spoon over yam mixture. Dot with butter. Bake in Gas oven at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Makes 8 servings.