EASY TO MAKE CHEESE SAUCE

My daughter loves cheese. She's happy with plain pasta and cheese. This cheese sauce can be used in meat dishes too.

Ingredients
1 cup evaporated milk
4 slices processed cheddar cheese
Pinch cayenne pepper
Salt to taste
1/2 teaspoon mixed English mustard

Place evaporated milk and chopped cheese slices in a saucepan and stir over low heat until cheese melts.

Stir in cayenne, salt and mustard.

Option: If the kids don't like spices, you can take out the pepper or put less mustard.

The thickness of the sauce depends on the thickness of your cheese slices.

ITALIAN TOMATO SAUCE

Anybody can say it’s Italian, but we'll try to stick with vegetables that grow in Italy as much as we can. This Italian tomato sauce recipe is pretty easy to make.

Ingredients
1/2 cup chopped onion
2 large cloves garlic, crushed
1/4 cup safflower oil
1 can (810 g) peeled tomatoes, chopped (do not drain)
1 can (230 g) tomato paste
1 cup vegetable stock
Salt and pepper to taste
2 teaspoons sugar
1 tablespoon fresh oregano
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil

Sauté onion and garlic in the hot oil, until lightly browned.

Add all remaining ingredients and stir over low heat until boiling. Cover and simmer for 45 minutes.

Let it cool. Pack into a container, seal label and freeze.

My rule of thumb: If there's meat in the sauce then it’s probably an American recipe.

How to cook Spicy Barbeque Pork Chops

Cooking barbecues in the summer is very common. Growing up, my siblings and I always looked forward to weekend barbecues. One of the more common barbecues we had was Spicy Barbecue Pork Chops.

Spicy Barbecue Pork Chops use simple ingredients that are readily available all year round.

This Spicy Barbecue Pork Chops recipes serves 6 persons. The entire process takes 35-45 minutes. It is best to barbecue on the grid over medium coals.

Ingredients
6 pork loin chops 1" (2 1/2 cm) thick
2 tablespoons (40 g) butter, melted
salt and pepper

Ingredients for Spicy Sauce
3 tablespoons (60 ml) malt vinegar
1/2 cup (125 ml) tomato sauce
2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon mustard sauce
1/2 teaspoon ground bay leaves
salt and pepper

Making the Sauce
Combine the vinegar, tomato sauce, sugar, cloves, mustard, ground bay leaves, a dash of salt and pepper in a heavy based pan and place on the barbecue over low heat to simmer gently for 25-30 minutes.

Cooking the barbecue
While the sauce simmers, brush pork chop with butter and sprinkle with salt and pepper; set aside for 8-10 minutes.

Place the chops on the grid over medium coals and cook for 8 minutes, turn and brush with the spicy sauce, cook a further 8 minutes, turn and baste.

Turn the chops once or twice more, basting each time.

Serve your Spicy Barbecue Pork Chops while hot, with the remaining spicy sauce on the side.

Suggestions: Serve your Spicy Barbecue Pork Chop with salad and hot bread.