One Dish Pork Chop Dinner

      8    Pork chops
           -(1/2 inch thick)
    1/3 c  All-purpose flour
    1/4 c  Butter or margarine
           Salt and pepper to taste
      2 c  Apple juice, divided
      2 lb Small red potatoes
      1 lb Small whole onions
           -=OR=-
      1 sm Jar whole onions,
           -drained (16 oz.)
      1 lb Carrots, peeled cut
           -into 3 inch pieces
      6 c  To 8 C Shredded cabbage

Coat pork chops in flour; reserve excess flour. In a large dutch oven melt butter over medium-high heat. Brown chops on both sides. Season with pepper and salt if desired. Remove and set aside. Stir reserved flour into pan; cook and stir until paste forms. Gradually wisk in 1 1/2 cups apple juice; blend until smooth. Return chops to dutch oven; cover and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Add potatoes, onions, carrots and remaining apple juice. Cover and bake 30 minutes longer. Top with cabbage; cover and bake 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until the pork chops are tender, basting occasionally with juices. Yield 8 . Diabetic Exchanges: One serving prepared with margarine and without additional salt equals: 2 meat, 2 starch, 2 vegetable, 2 1/2 fat,; also 464 calories, 333mg sodium, 56 mg cholesterol, 43 gm carbohydrate, 19 gm protein, 24 gm fat.


Yield: 8 Servings