Sweet BBQ Chops

BBQ pork chops and pasta salad...a meal which takes 30 to prepare and ten minutes to cook.


BBQ sauce
1/2 cup ketchup
1/4 soya sauce
1/4 worchershire sauce
3 tblsp honey mustard
4 tblsp brown sugar
8 1 inch prk chops
Place all ingredients in glass baking dish and mix well...adding pork chops and let sit for 1/2...or longer if you want more flavor.
Heat BBQ to 400 and grease with olive oil..cooking each side for 4 minutes while glazing with sauce

Pasta Salad
1/2 mayonaise
1 diced red and green pepper
1 bag macaroni noodles
salt
pepper

Cook noodles and rinse under cold water
Dice peppers
Add peppers and cold noodles, mayonnaise, salt and pepper

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