A Cake With Only Two Ingredients??? AYKM???

The pumpkin farms are open. It's that time of year again, and really, is anything better than fall cooking? Pumpkins, apples, peaches, turnips...all of these good things come into season and give us plenty of opportunity to play in the kitchen.

One of my favorite cakes for this time of year, believe it or not, is a recipe that makes its way around the Weight Watcher circuit, and yes, it really is only two ingredients in the bowl. Now, given, one of those ingredients is a boxed cake mix, but for our purposes, you can count them...One, Two.

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No Guilt Super Moist Pumpkin Cake

1 Box Spice Cake Mix
1 15 oz can of 100% Pure Pumpkin

That's it! Pour your dry cake mix in a bowl, open the can of pumpkin and plop it in the mix, then stir both ingredients together. DON'T put any eggs in it (Mom). DON'T put any oil in it (Mom). DON'T put any additional water in it (Mom). It's just Cake Mix and Pumpkin.

Grease and flour your 13 x 9 cake pan, and spread the batter. Bake at 350* for 30-35 minutes. It's fantastic unadorned, but you can fancy it up with Cool Whip. In the picture, I drizzled the plate with caramel which is a natural compliment to the flavors.

**Note, if chocolate cake is your thing, there's good news for you. You can substitute a chocolate cake mix and get a wonderful "No Guilt Super Moist Chocolate Cake".

Italian Pork Chops

Well, we just returned from another dream vacation in Mexico. It's always hard to get up on that last day and wheel your luggage down, but somehow, it's always nice to be home. Much can be said for sleeping in your own bed.

We went to Puerto Morales and stayed at Iberostar Paraiso Lindo Resort. Beautiful white sand beaches, breathtaking sunrises, Wave pool, lazy river...Tropical Storm Karl!! I can't say I was disappointed in anything, and the food was OK, but honestly, I can probably say I like my own cooking just as well.

I'm sharing with you today one of my oldest and most trusted recipes. It's actually not a "Quitsch Kitch" recipe, as I created this one way back in my college days. Back then, my ititials were PAN, and my big dream was to own my own shop and call it either "PANcakes" or "Out of the PAN". Cheesy, I know.

Anyway, I don't even know where I came up with the idea for this recipe...Food Network wasn't around. I just remember being in my apartment and piddling in the kitchen all the time. Sometimes things turned out right, and sometimes things were a disaster. This is one of those recipes that just came together. Hope you enjoy it!

Italian Pork Chops

2 Butterfly Pork Chops
2 Cups Italian Dressing (I use the "lite")
1/2 onion, sliced into rings
1 C fresh mushrooms, sliced
1 C Mozzarella Cheese

Marinate chops in 1 Cup of the Italian Dressing for 1 hour. Drain.

In small baking dish, place chops, onion and mushrooms. Pour remaining 1 cup of Italian Dressing on top and bake at 350 for 40 - 45 minutes (or until done). Remove from oven, sprinkle with mozzarella cheese and put them back in the oven for about 5 minutes or until cheese melts. Really easy, and soooo good.