Pork Chops Stuffed with Sun Dried Tomato, Spinach & Goat Cheese and a Fresh Spinach Salad

What do you do if you have pork chops, fresh spinach, a generous hunk of goat cheese and a new jar of tangy sun dried tomatoes? 

Make a Giada recipe of course!  I googled the ingredients I had and came across her recipe.  Imagine that!  One of my favorite Food TV stars.  I love her Everyday Italian show.  She uses fresh ingredients and tends to err on the lighter side but isn't afraid of a little Nutella splurge every now and then. 

Since I had some fresh spinach handy I said why not double up and make a spinach salad with goat cheese to mirror the pork?  It was so simple yet so pretty.  The color was just gorgeous!  See below.  Secretly, this was my favorite part of the meal.  I love the combination of nuts, goat cheese and spinach with just balsamic vinegar. 

Pork Chops Stuffed with Sun Dried Tomato, Spinach and Goat Cheese

Based on this recipe by Giada De Laurentis. I pretty much followed her recipe exactly so I won't reprint it. 

Fresh Spinach Salad

Ingredients

(Estimated)

4 cups fresh organic baby spinach

Slices of purple onion

1 ounce fresh goat cheese

Handful of walnuts

Drizzle of good quality fig balsamic vinegar

Directions

1. Mix everything together.