Baking is yoru freind. Just make sure that the ribs are not overcooked, or they will be dry and tough, not something that the kids will want to eat. A simple seasoning of salt, a bit of pepper, and maybe a touch of sage will make the chops taste great. Bone-in make better chops than boneless, if you have the choice. The trick is cooking time.
Don't time your chops. Rather, bake them on cookie sheets, with sides, as suggested, multiple trays at a time if possible, and after thirty minutes at 350' F., check them with a meat thermometer. They should be pulled when the internal temp reaches about 150' F. Let them rest in a hotel pan covered with foil.
You night want to make or have on hand some good barbecue sauce, something with brown sugar, chili powder, and a little tomato sauce. This can be slathered over the ribs after they are removed from the oven, and before they are put into the hotel pans.
Equally good is to make a fruit based sweet and sour sauce. Pineapple, peaches, apricots, orange juice, Lime juice, they all make a wonderful sauce or glaze.
Serve with wholesome and great tasting veggies, such as hubbard squash, seasoned to taste like pumpkin pie filling, or fried cabbage with finely diced onion. Bread, or rice dressing, seasoned with sage, can hide onions, celery, grated carrots, etc., and who doesn't love a bit of good bread dressing on a pork chop. Sliced carrots, glazed with honey butter can change a kid who hates carrots into a kid who loves carrots.
Don't forget the legume group, beans, peas, lentils, etc, when seasoned and prepared properly don't take a lot of time to make, are delicious, very nutritious, and cheap. Now who doesn't like baked beans? And they are an absolute natural with the pork chops.
If you have the time, and the breadcrumbs, season the bread crumbs with salt, sage, black pepper, and chicken bullion. Dredge the pork chops in flour, then a vat of egg wash, , then the bread crumbs. Bake as directed above. Again test for temperature with a meat thermometer before serving.
Brown rice is much heathier than is white rice. But it takes longer to cook. Potatoes are just not a very healthy food, in any form. Choose other fresh veggies, or whole grains such as soba noodles, whole wheat noodles, steel cut oats, or rolled oats (for cookies and such, whole grain breads, etc.
I and a friend cooked for two weeks for 200 girs at a church girls camp. One favorite was taco salad, with home made refried beans on the side, and good salad dressing. The girls loved it. Your chops could be cut into strips and used in this fassion as well.
I hope I've given you some ideas you can use.
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