Balsamic-Maple Glazed Pork Chop

I had made these pork chops before with my sister, but because of me we messed up. We wanted to marinate the pork chops (Not needed, fyi. These pork chops are FULL of flavour) so I just put all the ingredients in a bowl, which is not what you're supposed to do. If you do this the maple syrup will burn while frying. We ended up saving it, but tonight I made it properly! Yay me!

I tossed some 1/4 of a small onion and 1/2 a clove of garlic into the glaze, just because. I don't think it particularly added anything, but it certainly didn't take anything away!

I sided it with a little quinoa salad. After I cooked 1/4 of a cup of quinoa in water I cooled it down and tossed it with some cucumber, arugula and goat's cheese. I didn't put any dressing onto it because I wanted to mix it a little with the glaze. The glaze was very sweet and when it mixed with the bitterness of the arugula and goat's cheese and the freshness of the cucumber I think it tasted really good. I was unsure on how it would turn out at first when I mixed them together, but I'm happy I did.

Careful: when making the glaze it did smoke/steam a little so open a window and watch out for the fire detector! Also maybe don't have your computer near where you are cooking (as I did to follow the recipe) because it spits a little.