Rainbow Cake

What you will need:

1 White Cake Mix

1 Can Clear Diet Soda (12 oz.)

Gel Food Coloring

Mix cake & diet soda together. Seperate into 5-6 different bowls, depending on how many colors you want (I forgot about purple).

Drop spoonfuls of each color into cupcake tins or cake pan. DO NOT MIX! Just drop one on top of the other.

Give baby another cookie so she will stop crying & let you finish your project.

Bake @ 350' (cupcakes not baby)

Let COOL & admire how COOL they look!

FROSTING: I used a small container of fat free coolwhip & a small package of vanilla pudding. Add a little FF milk if it's too lumpy. This pretty much makes the entire cupcake FAT FREE!!

Now, let your cute assistant frost his own cupcake.

ENJOY!

Pork Chop Barbecue

This one is for Crystal (well, really it's for Nick).

Ingredients:
1/2 cup water
3 Tbsp. vinegar (I use apple cider vinegar)
2 Tbsp. sugar
1 Tbsp. yellow mustard
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 to 1/2 tsp. black pepper
1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper (I leave this out)
1 slice lemon (I use lemon juice)
1 medium onion, cut into thin wedges
1/2 cup ketchup
2 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 to 2 tsp. liquid smoke
6 pork chops, cut 1/2 to 3/4 inch thick
1 to 2 Tbsp. cooking oil

Directions:
For sauce, in a small saucepan, combine water, vinegar, sugar, mustard, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper. Add lemon slice and onion wedges. Bring mixture to boil, reduce heat, and simmer (uncovered) for 20 minutes. Stir in ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, and liquid smoke. Return to boil, remove from heat, and discard lemon slice.

Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large skillet brown pork chops, half at a time, in hot oil over medium-high heat. Place pork chops in a 3-quart rectangular baking dish, & pour sauce over chops. Bake, uncovered, for 25 to 30 minutes or until meat juices run clear (160 degrees), turning chops once. Transfer to a serving dish. Pour sauce over all, & serve!