Moroccan Spice Rubbed Pork Chops

Ingredients:

• 2 garlic cloves, minced or 2 tsp minced garlic
• 1 tsp extra-virgin olive oil
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ground coriander
• 1/2 tsp ground cumin
• 1/2 tsp paprika
• 4 (6 oz.) center rib pork chops, about 1/2-inch thick
• 1/2 tsp salt (optional)
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 4 lemon wedges or 1-2 tbsp lemon juice

Makes 4 Servings

1. In a small bowl, combine garlic, oil, cinnamon, coriander, cumin and paprika to form a rough paste. Press spice mixture onto both sides of each pork chop.
2. Lightly coat a grill or grill pan witht cooking spray and heat to medium-high. Grill pork until there is no trace of pink at all, 6 to 8  minutes per side. Sprinkle with salt and season with pepper to taste. Divide among 4 plates and serve hot with lemon wedges.

WW Points Value: 5pts

Note: This recipe appears in the South Beach Diet Taste of Summer Cookbook. I cooked this recipe earlier this evening and this dish was HOT!! I highly recommend drinking plenty of water. If you don't have any lemon wedges, lemon juice will work just was well to cool off the heat. I didn't have any coriander so I used cardomom for a substitute. I'm sure the taste made the difference. Cinnamon, coriander and cumin are the main ingredients for Moroccan Cuisine. With these spices, you can quickly create a fantastic pork chop that's also good on chicken, tuna, swordfish, cod or sea bass.