I was in the mood for the other white meat this evening. Most people associate pork with fat and calories and virtually unhealthy food. This is NOT correct. Pork is a very lean meat depending on the cut that you buy. Pork Tenderloin is virtually fat free. The same remains true for pork chops, hence tonight’s meal. I decided to make grilled french cut white wine apple glazed pork chops with brown rice pilaf and red delicious apple white wine sauce (the red stuff). I started out by peeling and dicing roughly 1 1/2 cups of red delicious apples and reducing them in 1 1/2 cups of white wine. I added sugar to create the glaze. YES I know, sugar isn’t terribly good for you but its not bad either. Sugar is important because it (with the wine) creates the simple syrup that I needed i.e. glaze. No calorie sweetener would not give me the same effect without adding cornstarch.
The rice is a simple pilaf cooked in low sodium chicken broth with some sauted garlic, parsley and a small bit of kosher salt and ground pepper. The sauce is left over glaze a little more apple and other seasonings and 1/2 tsp of cornstarch to give me the shine and consistency I needed. The meal was service for two and was in total only 9 grams of fat!!!
DESSERT!!! 
Dessert was an off the top of my head type of deal but I must admit there was some inspiration from my wonderful new friend Chrystal of the Duo Dishes. She made an amazing cake with a whipped bailey’s filling that even gave you a little buzz. I decided to take her creation and make it my own. I decided to make what I call my espresso irish mint cream mousse. It’s simply that. I made a guiltless brownie flavored cookie topped with an espresso irish mint cream mousse. Garnish with a fresh mint leaf and cocoa powder dust and voila! This dessert was only 3GRAMS OF FAT!!! It’s not a secret but you can make cookies and brownies without using oil and eggs…i’ll clue you in on that later 
Every Sunday I entertain friends; usually a small dinner party of sorts. My original plan was to do an Italian theme. Appetizer was somewhat easy and the main course was planned out as well. Of course, I planned desert but as expected plans fell through. I planned to cheat and buy a premade tiramisu. There was not a single premade tiramisu to be found. The mozzarella sticks with sun-dried tomato basil pesto were done and the lasagna was in the oven. I had less than 10 minutes before guest arrived and NO desert!?! So I start thinking..”what can I do, what can I do?” so I decided on Bananas Foster. I absolutely love to make things with what I already have. Of course the golden rule of entertaining is to NEVER use your guests as guinea pigs to try out your experiments without testing it yourself. This however is NOT my rule at all. I love to experiment and test it out on my friends. They’re the people I can expect to be honest with me no matter what.
