Pork Chops with Peach-Ginger Chutney

Oh, Peter Brady.  Thanks to my deeply embedded (or “annoying”, if you’re talking to my husband) love of pop culture references and all things “sitcom”, I can’t think of pork chops and applesauce without thinking of you.

I agree with Peter.  I think pork chops and applesauce are, indeed, “swell” in the crisp and cool days of fall.  Right now, though, it’s July, and things are far from cool and crisp.  I’m in Georgia, it’s 100+ degrees outside and I’m surrounded by peaches instead of apples.  The heat is a little extreme, but being surrounded by peaches isn’t a bad thing.

Almond Crusted Chicken and Peach Salad with Buttermilk-Balsamic Dressing

It’s already hot here…and it’s only June 1.  In all honesty, I’m really scared of August.

When summer hits and it’s crazy hot, I just don’t feel like eating anything heavy.  I need crisp and cool.  Salads are perfect, but my family would probably be pretty frustrated if I just served up salad for dinner every night of the week.  I’ve found that there are a few salads I can bring to the table that the whole family enjoys, though, and this is one of them.