Apricot chops

These were really yummy and everyone in my family liked them.

4 (1 inch thick) pork chops (I did boneless)

1 C. apricot jam or preserves

1 C. catalina dressing (or see below)

1 pkt. italian dressing mix (the original recipe called for dry onion soup mix...but I substituted italian dressing pkt)

1 garlic clove, crushed (or use bottled)

I did not have catalina dressing...so I looked up a recipe on the internet...this is what I did in place of catalina dressing

3/4 C. brown sugar

1 tsp salt

1 dash paprika

1/4 tsp chili powder

1/4 tsp dry mustard

1/4 tsp onion powder

1/4 C. white vinegar

1/3 C. ketchup

(the original recipe for the catalina dressing also called for 1 C. vegetable oil and 1/4 tsp celery seed...but I didn't add either)

Place pork chops in a small pan (1 layer of pork chops) (I used a rectangle pan smaller than a 8 X 10). Mix all other ingredients together in a separate bowl. Pour sauce over chops. Bake at 400 degrees for 40 minutes.

I served with pears, watermelon, corn on the cob and green beans.

Weight Watchers points plus was 43 points for all of the sauce (as listed with the substitutions above...italian seasoning pkt and the homemade catalina without oil). So for example...I did 3 boneless chops and cut them in half. The chops were 4 points each (before cutting in half), so 2 points after cutting in half. And 1/6 of the sauce was a little over 7 points. But it really didn't need much extra sauce (I didn't use 1/6 of the sauce on my plate). So I only counted 4 or 5 points per 1/2 pork chop.