Garret* was such a Jamaican JERK Pork Chops

*To protect the innocent I am leaving off Garret's last name. Okay so Garret wasn't really a jerk. But he was my first hardcore, fell for him big-time, thought I would be Mrs. Garret ______________ love. We dated for almost a year and you know how it goes, the bigger the relationship... the harder it falls. He really was a charming, fun guy to date, but he broke up with me and not in the most charming, fun way. So therefore he gets the honor of being named in a dish that has the word JERK in it. And by the way, he wasn't Jamaican in the least. In fact if I had become Mrs. Garret ___________ my kids would most likely be short and blonde. But these pork chops definitely have a Jamaican flare and they won't leave a bad taste in your mouth like my relationship with Garret did. They are pure, unadulterated tastiness from start to finish.

Garret was such a Jamaican Jerk Pork Chops

6 boneless pork chops

1 TBSP brown sugar

1/2 TBSP allspice

1 tsp. dried thyme

1/2 tsp. ginger

1/2 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. garlic powder

1/4 tsp. nutmeg

1/4 tsp. black pepper

1/4 tsp. red pepper flakes

2 cloves garlic, minced or pressed

Wedges of lime

In a small bowl mix together all above ingredients, except pork chops and limes. Then rub the mixture onto both sides of the pork chops. Refrigerate for an hour or up to overnight. Then grill on medium high heat for 4-6 minutes on each side, depending on how thick your pork chops are. Let rest for a few minutes then squeeze lime juice over right before serving.

Now I don't care what other sides you have with this dish, but the following two sides MUST be served with this meal. If you didn't serve these two sides along with these pork chops it would be like Harry Potter without Ron and Hermione or Bella without Edward and Jacob. In other words these supporting characters are a must.

Grilled Bananas and Sweet Potatoes

3 large sweet potatoes- Cut into 3/4 inch rounds with the skin left on

3 firm yellow bananas- skin off, cut in half then in half lengthwise again

Salt

2 TBSP melted butter

4 TBSP brown sugar

Put the sweet potatoes on a baking sheet and lightly salt them. Bake for 15 minutes at 400. Then spray partly cooked potatoes and sliced bananas with cooking spray on both sides. Grill both potatoes and bananas for about 2 minutes on each side until slightly golden in color. Mix butter and brown sugar and paint this over bananas and sweet potatoes. Serve with pork chops.