Mel's Meals - Cheesy Baked Mushroom Pork Cutlets

My long time friend Mel recently declared how much she misses my cooking. We used to live together and generally when I live with roommates, I naturally take on the "mother goose" role and cook up a storm for the house hold. I discovered my joy for cooking long before baking came into play. I've always been the type to create recipes rather than follow one out of a book! So to get to the point, Mel asked me if I would help her improve her cooking skills by adding a new recipe weekly, I said why not! This will actually help me document some of my recipes, because I almost never write them down.

So Mel, this week's recipe is an easy one that I've cooked for you I'm sure a handful of times. My mother introduced it to me and I'm 100% positive she didn't come up with it on her own, so I am not claiming any rights to creating this recipe! (for the record.)

Now I know how it is when you get home from work on a Monday night, or any week night for that matter, you're tired, hungry, and probably not in the mood to cook up a feast. This delicious dish is extremely easy and only requires a 15 minute preparation! It's funny as my friends know, I am not a mushroom girl at all, but I am in love with this dish!

Cheesy Baked Mushroom Pork Cutlets

Ingredients:

4 Pork Cutlets

1 Small Onion

1/4 Tsp ground Sage

1 Can low fat Cream of Mushroom Soup

1/2 Cup Cheddar Cheese

2 Cups of Minute rice (or whatever kind you have)

Salt & Pepper

Preheat Oven 350°

Step 1 - In a glass baking dish, place the 4 Pork Cutlets side by side leaving about half to a full inch a part. Sprinkle the cutlets with salt, pepper and the sage.

Step 2 - Dice up 1 small sized onion and leave a side, grate 1/2 cup cheese.

Step 3 - Empty can of soup into a mixing bowl or measuring cup. Add cheese and onion. Stir until all 3 ingredients are mixed together. Pour the sauce over the cutlets, with a spoon or fork make sure you cover all the cutlets evenly.

Step 4 - In a preheated 350° oven, bake for 35 minutes. While pork is baking, prepare rice on stove top or in the microwave.

Step 5 - Remove Pork Cutlets from oven and cover with tin foil for 5-10 minutes.

(By this time, your kitchen will be smelling delicious!)

Step 6 - Serve the Cutlet on a bed of rice, you can choose to slice the pork (which I prefer) and for sauce lovers, with a spoon add as much of the sauce to your plate as you desire.

ENJOY!

Tune back in next week Mel for another recipe, I'm thinking Italian!

Cheers!