cooking with plums

since my parents visited last weekend and brought lots of fresh fruit (my dad is a horticulturist and breeds peaches and plums), we have been doing a good bit of cooking with fruit. we made one peach cobbler and have enough peaches saved to make another one. i also discovered that pork chops were on sale at publix this week. i do not know how to cook pork. we eat it maybe twice a year, but these chops seemed relatively lean and we have been heavy on the poultry lately. besides, nothing says "i love you" to adam better than cooking a new recipe....especially if it looks like this:


you can find the recipe here.

it was delicious! my mom also left some plum sauce/jelly in our fridge, so i made my mom's delicious plum spice cake, which i finished for breakfast today (why yes, i do have a degree in nutrition and occasionally eat dessert for breakfast. is that bad?)

want that recipe too?

Plum Cake
mix together in small bowl:
7/8 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup plum sauce (can also use apple sauce or babyfood plums)

set oven at 350, grease 9x9 pan (double for 9x13)

sift into medium bowl
1 3/4 cup flour (or flour and oat bran, wheat germ, whole wheat flour, whatever your favorite combo is, though ap flour will give you the most cakey result)
1t baking soda
1/2 t salt
1t cinnamon
1/2 t ground cloves (or allspice)
1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional, but i LOVE it with walnuts)

stir wet ingredients into dry and mix well, pour into pan. bake for 40 minutes or until center of cake springs back when touched gently.

goes really well with vanilla ice cream.
enjoy!