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Pork Chops w/ Tzatziki

This is so fresh tasting and a light meal. Perfect for a late lunch or when you're saving your stomach for a heavier keto meal for later.

INGREDIENTS:

2 5oz boneless pork chops

0.5 tsp ground fennel

0.5 tsp orange spice or fresh orange zest

0.25 cup Tzatziki-style sauce

4 oz grape tomatoes

0.25 oz garlic

3.5 oz green chard

1.25 oz artichoke hearts

2 oz feta cheese

0.5 oz sunflower seeds

0.25 cup garlic-herb lemon vinaigrette


DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

2. Halve grape tomatoes. R

3. Roughly chop garlic.

4. Place tomatoes and garlic in the center of a rectangular piece of foil. Drizzle with 1.5 tbsp cooking oil. Season with salt & pepper to taste. Stir to cat.

5. Transfer foil with the garlic & tomatoes to baking sheet. Fold edges of foil together to enclose tomatoes and garlic.

6. Transfer the baking sheet to the oven. Roast for 20-22 minutes, or until tomatoes start to blister. Stir halfway.

7. Remove thick center stems from green chard. Roughly chop leaves into bite-size pieces.

8. Roughly chop artichoke hearts.

9. Pat boneless pork chops dry with paper towels. Place pork in a medium bowl. Season both sides with the fennel & orange spice blend, salt, and pepper. Drizzle with 1.5 tbsp of cooking oil and mix well to cat.

10. Heat 1.5 tbsp of cooking oil in a medium oven-safe saute pan over high heat. Add pork to hot pan, searing for 3 minutes.

11. Flip pork and transfer the pan to the oven. Roast for 5-7 minutes or until pork is full cooked (internal temperature of 145 degrees).

12. Transfer pork to a cutting board and allow to rest at least 3 minutes.

13. Place chard in large bowl. Drizzle with 1 tbsp of the garlic-herb lemon vinaigrette. Massage until leaves soften.

14. Add artichokes, sunflower seed, and half of the feta cheese to the bowl. Drizzle with remaining vinaigrette to taste. Salt & pepper to taste. Toss to combine.

15. Cut pork into 5-7 slices.

16. Divide roasted pork chops between plates. Drizzle with tzatziki-style sauce to taste. Top with roasted garlicky tomatoes, and serve with chard salad to the side. Garnish with remaining feta cheese.


This recipe serves two.


MACRO INFO:

750 Calories, 60g Fat, 14g Net Carbs, 41g Protein


KETO TZATZIKI-STYLE SAUCE

Ingredients

0.5 cup Greek yogurt

0.5 medium cucumber

1 garlic clove, minced

1 tbsp olive oil

2 tsp finely chopped fresh dill

1 tsp lemon juice

0.5 tsp finely chopped fresh mint

0.25 tsp salt

Directions:

1. Slice cucumber in half and lengthwise. De-seed the cucumber using a spoon. Then grate the cucumber and transfer to a cheesecloth and squeeze out/discard fluid.

2. Transfer grated cucumber to a mixing bowl. Add remaining ingredients and mix well.

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