Tomato-Topped Italian Pork Chops Recipe

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Get out the slow cooker: You’re only seven ingredients away from a saucy, delicious meal. —Krystie Chasse, Radium Hot Springs, British Columbia

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Tomato-Topped Italian Pork Chops Recipe

Prep: 25 min. Cook: 8 hours

Yield: 6 Servings

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Ingredients

6 bone-in pork loin chops (7 ounces each)
1 tablespoon canola oil
1 small onion, chopped
1/2 cup chopped carrot
1 can (14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, drained
1/4 cup reduced-fat balsamic vinaigrette
2 teaspoons dried oregano

Directions

In a large skillet, brown chops in oil in batches. Transfer to a 4- or 5-qt. slow cooker coated with cooking spray. Saute onion and carrot in drippings until tender. Stir in the tomatoes, vinaigrette and oregano; pour over chops.
Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours or until meat is tender. Yield: 6 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 pork chop equals 267 calories, 12 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 86 mg cholesterol, 234 mg sodium, 7 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 31 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 4 lean meat, 1 vegetable, 1 fat.

Originally published as Tomato-Topped Italian Pork Chops in Healthy Cooking April/May 2012, p55