When I was growing up, we spent most of our weekends up north with the grandparents. Usually we had dinner at my dad’s parents’ house on Saturday and Sunday’s dinner was at my mom’s parents’ house. Both meals often (though not always) included some kind of roast dinner, something special compared to what you might normally eat during the week when you’re a bit more rushed.

I’ve never really done that myself. Our Sunday dinner never really differs that much from Tuesday’s dinner. If I feel like making a roast pork on Wednesday I go ahead and do it – part of the flexibility of working from home and all.

Still, tonight’s dinner reminded me just a little bit of weekend dinners when I was younger, even if part of it was grilled rather than roasted. I made grilled pork chops (which I just season with garlic and a generous shake of steak spice), some steamed broccoli and carrots, and a quick potato and onion dish that ended up being quite tasty. It still smells amazing in here, almost three hours after the fact.

When I mentioned the meal over on Twitter I immediately had two requests for the potato recipe. It’s so simple that I may make it for lunch some day when I’m having a carb fit. It would also be good at breakfast time instead of hash browns!

– 4 large potatoes, unpeeled, sliced
– 2 small onions, sliced and separated
– 2 tsp. butter
– 1/2 tsp. minced garlic
– 1/2 tsp. parsley
– Salt and pepper to taste

Combine everything in a microwave safe casserole dish and cover. Heat on high for 15 minutes, stirring halfway through. Let sit for five minutes and serve.

I didn’t have any fresh or bottled garlic so I used powdered garlic and used about 1 1/2 tsp. I don’t have any parsley and don’t much care for it beyond a garnish so I skipped that. When I served it, I added a little more butter on top of mine to melt and a bit more pepper since I like pepper more than the kids do.

It got a thumbs up from everyone and I’m amazed there was any left.

And now I am hungry again. Hmmmm…