Patti LaBelle's lite cuisine: over 100 dishes with to-die-for taste made with to-live-for recipes by Patti LaBelle & Laura Randolph Lancaster

Author:Patti LaBelle & Laura Randolph Lancaster [Patti LaBelle & Laura Randolph Lancaster]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Food
ISBN: 9781592400041
Publisher: Gotham
Published: 2003-04-15T07:00:00+00:00

Per Serving: 310 calories, 33 g protein, 7 g carbohydrate, 17 g fat, 7 g saturated fat, 105 mg cholesterol, 1 g dietary fiber, 390 mg sodium

Diet Exchanges: 4 medium-fat meats, 1 vegetable, or ½ carbohydrate choice

“Barbecue” Pork Chops

You know the saying “sing for your supper”? Well, one night I did just that. I wanted to cook these pork chops for Sunday dinner but the market where I buy my meats closed a few minutes before I got there. I could see folks inside closing up so I just knocked on the window and, well, you know the famous Temptations song “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg”? Enough said. One of the employees took pity on me and unlocked the door. I was pretty sure he didn’t recognize me because I had on my disguise—big sunglasses and an even bigger hat. But my high-heeled pumps gave me away. (I don’t do flat shoes, even when I’m trying to be anonymous.) Boyfriend looked at them, then he looked at me. He looked at me, then he looked at them.

“Oh my God,” he whispered, “you’re Patti LaBelle.”

“Yeah, Sugar, it’s me,” I said, trying to get my chops and get out of there fast, quick, and in a hurry. “Don’t tell anybody. And thanks for letting me in.”

You can pretty much guess where this story is headed.

“Miss LaBelle,” he said as he was ringing up my chops, “I’m a big fan. A really big fan. Before you leave, would you mind singing just a little something?”

What could I say? The kid had let me in after closing time. So, right there at the cash register, I crooned a few bars of “When You’ve Been Blessed, Pass It On.” I thought that was the right note to leave on, don’t you?

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