Baby, it’s cold outside! Every day we add a new icicle, and every day the older icicles get longer and longer.

Yep, winter is here. The snow that I was skeptically optimistic about amounted to less than one inch. Not even enough to be cost efficient to run Johnny. Now it will probably just turn into ice with the deep freeze weather pattern we are in for the next three or four days. Just look at our weather station statistics upon my getting up this morning:

Less than 1 degree. The dogs want to go in and out like they normally do, but I won’t let them. It’s just too darn cold. Opening and closing the door only lets cold air in and all that lovely warmth emanating from the wood stove is lost. (Our new stove works great by the way.)

Even the snow shovel is wearing a sheath of ice complete with its very own set of icicles.

In times like this, comfort food is called for. How about some [what we call around our house], pork chops & beans?

I’m not sure where the recipe started; either with my Mother or my Grandmother. But since I can’t ask either one of them I am going to assume my Grandmother started it. The recipe is simple. Take bone-in pork chops, rub them with salt, pepper and a little rubbed sage. Pan fry them to brown them. Open a can of your favorite baked beans, spread them in a baking dish and put the pork chops on top of the beans. Push the chops down into the beans so that they are mostly submerged. Bake at 375 F until done, but be careful not to overcook the chops. Serve with steamed/boiled potatoes.

And eggplant parmesan. Recipe here.

Here’s hoping you stay warm wherever you are today!

LOVE the icicle pics! And your dinner looks delicious. I was thinking this morning that your dogs are probably nice and warm. I get it, though about opening and closing the door.

Stay warm!

Lynn, Thanks for stopping by my blog. Yours is great, I was going to ask you how you got that beautiful contrasting shot of your Amerylis without catching the glare of the window…then I stopped looking at the pics and read!

now that really is Proper Weather! amazing icicles

have a good weekend!

The beans and pork chops look delish! I made chili for the first time in my new slow cooker - well, made chili for the first time ever, really.

The only downside is that I’ll be eating chili from now until Spring.