Bacon wrapped pork chops & butternut squash soup

[KristenBPS]

Well here you go, Minnie & I are bonded and she already needs a good cleaning.

The players:
Soup first:


Into the crockpot w chicken stock and Solileau's



Stuffing for Pork chops:
carmelized cashews (garlic EVOO & brown sugar)


Ready to go:


stuffed w bleu cheese & carmelized cashews & wrapped w bacon


Onto Minnie on Smoke for 30 minutes


Love to see this & it smells amazing:


Experiment w dessert on the MAK--keeping it simple


Plated pic, YUMMY!


Finally dessert:

 

[SmokinSteiny]

MAN OH MAN Kristen! You are knocking it out of the park!!!! I hope there are more cooks of yours to come on here!

 

[sparky]

oh boy. what a great meal. nice cook kristen.

 

[Harvison]

You got it all going on there. Very nice.

 

[Deb]

that looks great Kristen

I think we need one of our road trips to Kristen's. Who am i picking up on the way

 

[ACW3]

Deb,
Swing south to North Carolina and pick me up! We can head straight west on I-40.

Kristen,
You have obviously been paying attention to all the cooks here. Yours is top-notch!!

Art

 

[muebe]

Wow!

That looks fantastic! Stuffed chops wrapped in bacon! Outrageous!

 

[Salmonsmoker]

Wow Kristen, that is a worthy meal! You and your MAK are great partners already!

 

[KristenBPS]

that looks great Kristen

I think we need one of our road trips to Kristen's. Who am i picking up on the way

Sounds good, come on down to Sunny So Cal!

 

[KristenBPS]

Deb,
Swing south to North Carolina and pick me up! We can head straight west on I-40.

Kristen,
You have obviously been paying attention to all the cooks here. Yours is top-notch!!

Art

Thanks Art! After a year of looking at all the amazing cooks here I have learned so much, its fun to put it into practice.