Homemade Ranch and Cauliflower Poppers

I literally jumped down from the table, just so excited to write this post.  Tonight's dinner was so yummy.  You see, I love Ranch and I love Cauliflower. Mmmmm...And both include dill which I love as well.

I made Ranch Pork Chops using home made ranch seasoning, and Cauliflower Poppers.

Homemade Ranch Seasoning (Look - I figured out how to make the link look pretty)

I've been looking for Ranch Seasoning for a while, that is just the seasoning and not the dressing.  I really dislike the packets that you buy in the store - look at the list of ingredients and you'll find a long list of things that you can't pronounce.  That can't be good for you.  This is so simple that you most likely already have the ingredients without having to go to the store.  I doubled the recipe and will put it in my trusty Tupperware shaker container (when my husband gets home and finds them for me...).  Now, if you're too lazy to make this, then you are a very lazy person.  It's harder to walk the aisles in the grocery store to find the ranch packets, not to mention that it's a heck of a lot cheaper than buying it ready made.

I sprinkled it on both sides of boneless porkchops and threw them in the oven at 400F for 40 minutes, turning them over halfway.

I'm not kidding when I say this was delicious!

Cauliflower Poppers

I really love Cauliflower.  I could eat it everyday, and I never knew how versatile it is.  I usually eat a cauliflower version of rice instead of rice, but I'll get to that on another post when I make it next. But anyway, I was very excited to see this recipe which is simple and looked great.

The recipe called for the juice of one lemon. I didn't have one, but I did have one of those lemon juice containers which looks like a plastic lemon so I just eyeballed what seemed like the equivalent of the real thing.  I also didn't have garlic, so I used the powdered version.  And I didn't have dijon mustard, so I used yellow mustard.  And I have no clue what the yeast stuff is. I did google it and it says it has a nutty flavor.  I hate nuts of any kind so I just didn't put it in there.

Once again, it was so easy to put together and whisk up.  I just threw it onto a baking sheet and into the oven.  (400 F for 40 minutes, turning midway - exactly the same as the porkchops).

I'm telling you.  Delicious.  I think that had I used the correct ingredients  - the dijon in particular - it would have a little less of a tangy bite, but who cares.  I loved it and I'll most definitely make it again.