Quick and Delicious

Trader Joe's Jasmine Rice (when it is in the freezer) makes a 3-4 minute starch for your plate that cannot be beat. No disrespect to the 8 times washed first harvest jasmine rice in a fuzzy-logic cooker with a little saffron, sea salt and Columela EVOO. Sometimes dinner can be ready in an hour or so , and sometimes dinner needs to be ready right now.

Back to Trader Joe and this time for some frozen peas. A teaspoon of water in a small bowl under a few tablespoons of frozen peas with some perforated Saran wrap on top in a microwave for two minutes...so far, we are using 5 minutes of microwave.

During the microwave minutes we make a rue: equal amounts of fat(butter or oil) and flour in a skillet. Once browned to taste, remove from skillet and add thin sliced pork chops with a little more oil or butter. Brown on both sides and remove at temperature. Return rue to skillet and add 1 cup chicken stock. Whisk until it is working and return pork chops for a minute. Add chopped parsley. Toast points are good if time permits.

Plate and serve. This is a balanced meal and fast to the table with visual appear and flavors not usually found with fast-food.