Pork Chops and Applesauce

My husband loves pork chops and applesauce.  Not my favorite thing to eat but eating chicken every night gets a bit old.  Last night when I asked him what he wanted to dinner you can guess what his response was.  I'm not a big fan of store-bought applesauce for many reasons, the taste is often to sweet without enough spiciness.  Then to add in the sugar usually high fructose corn syrup, preservatives and other crap, I pondered whether I could create my own and keeps it "semi" Paleo and I call it that because I did add some honey and apple juice.
This turned out to be a hit, with my husband and 2 of 3 kids.  That darn middle child is fighting this tooth and nail.  In the future I will use a different kind of apple I wasn't crazy about the way the Gala apples cooked down, maybe Fuji since it is a much firmer type apple.  I hope you enjoy this recipe, I served it with cauliflower "Fried" Rice you can find the recipe at http://everydaypaleo.com/2010/09/27/how-hot-is-your-kitchen-another-cooking-demo/
Here is what you need:
4 Pork chops bone in thin cut
2 tbsp olive oil
 lemon juice
sea salt & pepper
5 organic apples, I used Gala cored & cubed
2 tbsp coconut oil
2 tbsp cinnamon
2 tsp fresh ground nutmeg
2 tbsp coconut flour
1/2-1 tsp lemon juice
1/2 tbsp organic raw honey
1/2 cut 100% apple juice
1 cup water
Here's what you do:
Combine olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper with the pork chops and set aside.  I let mine sit for about an hour or so.  Meanwhile in a large saucepan, heat the coconut oil over medium high heat and add apples.  Saute for 3-4 minutes, you are just trying to bring out the natural sugars of the apples and get a little carmelization.  Add cinnamon, nutmeg and flour; combine well.  Add the apple and lemon juice, honey and water.  Bring to a boil and reduce to simmer.  I let mine simmer for about 1/2 an hour.  Just before serving, I mashed up half the apples to make give it the more traditional applesauce appearance.  For the pork chops I heated 1-2 tbsp of coconut oil in a large saute pan over med high heat, cooking about 7 minutes a side.  Pork chops were served with the applesauce on top and the cauliflower fried rice.  This was a hit with the kids and my husband.  As a side note, the applesauce is fabulous as a cold leftover, the kids and I even had some for breakfast the next day.  Enjoy!