Frugal Foodie Mama: 12 Elegant & Impressive Pork Dinners

Wednesday, December 28, 2016

12 Elegant & Impressive Pork Dinners

Move over plain ole pork chops! Celebrate the holidays or that special occasion with one of these 12 Elegant & Impressive Pork Dinners...




Move over plain ole pork chops! Celebrate the holidays or that special occasion with one of these 12 Elegant & Impressive Pork Dinners.











Growing up, my mom always made pork chops with sauerkraut every single New Year's Day. Just simple fried pork chops with stove-top heated sauerkraut from a can. Nothing too fancy, but also not my idea of a tasty way to start the new year. 









I always ate most of my somewhat overcooked pork chop (love you, mom!) and forced down at least one bite of the sauerkraut because of that whole good luck thing. I mean, I wasn't about to chance an entire year of crappy luck because I couldn't eat just one teeny, tiny bite of fermented cabbage. ;)









Fast forward to 20-some years later, and I still serve a pork dish to my own family on the first day of the new year for luck. 









Usually, I serve cabbage of some sort (fried with a little bacon is my preference), but long gone are my days of tough, pan fried pork chops. Nowadays, I tend to slow cook a tender & flavorful pork loin roast or pan roast some thick & juicy pork chops. 









If you are ready to change up that usual New Year's Day pork chops & sauerkraut for a pork dish that is a little more ooooohhh & ahhhhhh-worthy, then you are going to love this collection of 12 Elegant & Impressive Pork Dinners that I am sharing with you all today...






































































































































Slow Cooker Apple-Cranberry Bourbon BBQ Pork Loin Roast

























Balsamic Roasted Pork Chops

from A Healthy Life for Me


























Quick Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Fig & Chili Sauce

from Iowa Girl Eats
























Pan Roast Pork Chops with Grapes

from Healthy Delicious


























Citrus Herb Crusted Pork Roast
from Nutmeg Nanny

























One-Pot BBQ Cherry Pork Chops

from Cotter Crunch






















Move over plain ole pork chops! Celebrate the holidays or that special occasion with one of these 12 Elegant & Impressive Pork Dinners.










Which of these 12 Elegant & Impressive Pork Dinners will you be serving up this coming New Year's weekend? :)









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Looking for even more festive ideas and recipes to ring in the New Year? Then be sure to check out my *~*Celebrating the New Year*~* board on Pinterest... :)