Cooking from My Freezer – Baked Pork Chops

I have always been the one that stops by the grocery store almost daily to pick-up what we needed that day. If you had told me I would be limiting my trips to once or twice a month, I would have rolled my eyes in disbelief. Well, the time is now and I haven’t been to a store for over two weeks. I must say my last trip was quite substantial but like all of us, we are making do with what we have. I have always had a well stocked pantry, I think this rubbed off on me from my mom. I grew up in the snow-belt where it was common to have over 250 inches of snow each year. She always had a stocked pantry in case we could not get to the store. Well, into my freezer I go – this time I found a package of boneless pork loin chops. I thawed the chops and decided to bake them since the weather was looking like a storm was brewing. I made a tangy tomato barbecue sauce, placed the chops in my cast iron skillet, topped them with the sauce and baked them for 30 minutes. I have to say they were some of the best pork chops I have made. As they say, necessity is the mother of invention!