I've been trying to use my crock pot more and more lately.
It really helps save my sanity on busy sports days like today.
We needed to leave our house by 7:00am for two football games, then come home for lunch, short rest period and we'll head right back out for baseball later!
After football, the boys are HUNGRY!
So this morning before breakfast, I made Ranch House Crock Pot Pork Chops & Parmesan Mashed Potatoes, pinned from my Stuff To Eat board.

I originally pinned this recipe from Real Mom Kitchen, which is one of my go-to sites for great recipes!



Ranch House Crock Pot Pork Chops with Parmesan Mashed Potatoes

6 pork chops, 1/2" thick
2 packets dry Ranch Dressing Seasoning*
2 10oz cans Cream of Chicken Soup*

4lb peeled, cubed potatoes
5 Tbl real butter
1 cup fresh grated Parmesan cheese
6 cloves roasted garlic (with directions below)
1-1 1/2 cups warm milk
1 Tbs salt, or to taste
1 tsp pepper, or to taste

Place pork chops, Ranch seasoning and soup into a crock pot over high heat for 4 hours or on low for 6 hours.

Place potatoes into a large pot of cold water.  Cook on stove top over high heat and bring to boil.  Once water is boiling, cook until potatoes are fork-tender.  Drain and transfer into a bowl of a stand or electric mixer.  Mix on low until potatoes are mashed, then add butter, Parmesan, garlic, milk, salt and pepper.  For thinner mashed potatoes, add more milk slowly.

Scoop mashed potatoes onto serving plates and top with pork chops and gravy from crock pot.

Roasted Garlic - 
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Place bulb of garlic with skins on, wrap lightly in tin foil and bake for 1 hour.  Remove from foil and let cool for 15 minutes.  Remove garlic from skins, place in a bowl and mash with a fork until completely mashed.  Set aside.  One garlic bulb will have around 12 cloves.


*The original recipe called for 1 packet of Ranch seasoning and 1 can of cream of chicken soup, but Laura said that the only thing she would change for next time would be to double these ingredients to make more gravy.  I went ahead and did that and it was the perfect amount of gravy!


We all loved this easy, hearty meal!!!  My husband actually had three helpings!
And you see that super yummy looking broccoli on the side?
Well, I'll be posting the recipe for that tomorrow - you will NOT want to miss it!