Recipe: BBQ Pork chops

Cooking is such a fun area to experiment with, if you know what tastes good there is no telling what can be made. Tonight for dinner I made BBQ grilled pork chops, salad and grilled peppered zucchini. I hardly follow recipes, so when I make things I kind of just go for it.

Step 1: Meat Marinade 

I make my marinade using whatever is in the fridge at the time honestly. BBQ sauce, hot sauce, salad dressings, and spices are the normal ingredients.

Mix it all up and slather it on nice and thick! Don't be shy! 

What I Used: 1. Heinz BBQ Sauce (Garlic and Regular) 2. Sun Dried Tomato & Oregano salad dressing 3. Pepper 4. Basil 5. Oregano 6. "Tony Chacheries" Cajun spices 7. A couple dashes of Tabasco sauce

 Step 2: Grilling/Salad 

While the pork chops are grilling you can make the salad (I cheated and used a bagged salad) and set the table!

Step 3: Peppered zucchini marinade

For the zucchini I cut them into spears, mixed pepper and balsamic vinegar, drizzled it over before rubbing it in and putting more pepper on top. 

Step 4: Enjoy!

After grilling the chops and spears, we sat down and had a great meal! What a good way to celebrate the end of summer vacation! 

End result of the pork chops!

Not one of my most complicated creations but its definitely a start with good down to earth comfort food. 

What are some of your favourite comfort food meals?

Bon Appétit! 

xo Lousy

Beauty review: D.I.Y. Hair mask

Sometimes you just need to breathe life into your hair, and Pinterest is the place to find that breath. Searching hair masks comes up with all sorts of different things, I found a simple recipe that can be done at home using ingredients I had at hand and decided to give it a try. 

Recipe:

2 tbsp honey

1 tbsp olive oil

1 tbsp apple cider vinegar

1. Mix ingredients in a small bowl so that they are well combined.

2. On dry, unwashed hair, apply the mixture starting at the roots and combing  through hair to distribute evenly.

3. Clip your hair up and wait 30-60 minutes before rinsing the mixture out of your hair.

3. Shampoo well.

Thoughts:

1. The smell is interesting, to say the least. Next time I would decrease the amount of apple cider vinegar I was using.

2. I had to tripple all of the ingredients because of how thick and bushy my hair is. Also the honey I was using is organic, and crystallizes easier than a store bought kind which made for application problems.

3. The application was MESSY, I would recommend you use a set up the way you would set up your bathroom for a hair dye. The mixture will probably get everywhere.

End Results:

My hair is 100x softer than when I started! I could feel it as soon as I got out of the shower. As someone who hardly conditions this is amazing! I can see myself doing these kind of hair masks every month to deep condition my hair! 

Do you have any hair secrets you swear by? What about anythings you'd like to try out but have been chicken too? Feel free and send me a comment!

xo Lousy