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| Pork Tenderloin with Baked Apples and Barley |
I hate putting up holiday decorations. After this post I will probably get my Pinterest account revoked for lack of Christmas decoration enthusiasm, but I just don't have any. This anti-love of decorations was cultivated in the 80's. My mother had a basement cubby full of decorations for every holiday, and I do mean every (did you know that you can decorate for President's Day). While she loved the decorations it fell to my father and I to actually haul up all the boxes and do the decorating while she sat on the coach giving directions. One year my dad actually pulled the Christmas tree down after my mother had him re-do the lights again for the 12th time. After that we had pre-lit trees. When my mother passed away I was sent all her ornaments. She made most of them by hand and they are beautiful. I put them up for a few years, but ultimately decided that they are treasures that I would hate to have ruined. So they sit in a carefully done box in the closet and my kids picked out a table top artificial tree last year. It's white with blue lights and tacky, but they love it. They were fine with that being the only decoration and it took minutes to put away, my idea of the perfect Christmas decoration. So this year my house will not bleed Christmas cheer with decorations, but will be brimming with the love of family shown through togetherness and a big Christmas meal. For me that is a perfect Christmas.
One of my family's favorite foods is pork. My boys love it in any form, but especially as bacon or pork tenderloin. This week I tried a new recipe for Pork Tenderloin with Apples from the October 2013 issue of the Food Network Magazine.
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| Old Iron Furnace |
This recipe 11 ingredients. It takes 40 minutes of total time, 20 minutes of which is active and makes 4 servings. I only made a few changes to the original recipe. I used Gala apples for the apple variety since they were what was available in my area. My tenderloin took less than 25 minutes to cook, it temped at 145 degrees at 15 minutes of cooking time. Make sure to tent the tenderloin with foil for 10 minutes after baking. This allows the juices to stay in the pork and makes for a moister tenderloin.
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| Vesuvius Iron Furnace |
My two boys fell in love with the barley. They had never eaten it before since I can't have it and therefore I normally don't serve it for dinners. Both of them were determined it tasted like stuffing. The apples were okay, but honestly the pork was better. When taken in the same bite though the flavors complimented each other nicely. The pan sauce was delicious and perfect with the pork.
For the recipe go to Pork Tenderloin with Apples.
Pork Tenderloin with Apples and Shallots
Recipe Type: Main
Summary:
A perfect fall meal of pork tenderloin, baked apples and barley with parsley and shallots. A great complete meal!
Preparation Time: 0h, 20m
Total Time: 0h, 40m
Yield: Serves 4
look delicious sometimes we cook pork with apples too and others with pineapple!
ReplyDeletePork and pineapple work so well together I combine that frequently also.
DeleteThe meal looks delicious.... we still have a bushel full of apples to use up. I love my Food Network magazine but haven't even had a chance to look at the last two... I better get on that :)
ReplyDeleteI love the magazine too, but like you I have a huge stack of magazines to catch up on :) I also am busy using a huge box of apples, so there are a bunch of apple recipes in my future!
DeleteWonderful combination of tastes and textures! A very satisfying meal :)
ReplyDeleteAll the parts worked really well together. It's nice when a recipe is a full meal!
DeleteI do like decorating for Christmas, but I get less and less enthusiastic every year. My kids toys just clutter up my house so much that sometimes I think it's not even worth it.
ReplyDeleteI have the same problem the older I get :) Plus my kids break everything!!!
DeleteI love to cook a pork loin for Sunday dinner. It would make a great holiday meal too. I love to decorate for Christmas and we have a lot of fun decorating our tree together, but I don't have a lot of holiday decor. I like to keep it festive but simple. :)
ReplyDeleteI like to keep things simple too. Plus I hate having to put everything away :)
DeleteI love decorating. My husband is a mailman so he abhors the holiday spirit and all that goes with it until Christmas Eve. ;)
ReplyDeleteI don't blame your husband, I think the holidays can bring out the nasty in people :)
DeleteSounds delicious! I love to pair pork with fruit. Cranberries this time of year with pork and sweet potatoes is a regular meal! I might have to research the barley.. We haven't tried that.
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I like to pair pork with fruit too. Barley is a great grain if you want something quick. It takes less than 5 minutes for the quick cook kind. My kids like it. I can't have it since barley is a no-no for people with Celiacs, but the rest of my family loves it.
Deletehe pork tenderloin looks really good - my husband loves pork and he would really like this recipe! Will have to give this a try. As for decorations, I like Fall & Xmas decorations and love to put them up but hate hate taking them down and putting them away. I definitely don't go overboard because I don't like taking them down. Thank you for sharing on the Four Seasons Blog Hop!
ReplyDeleteMy husband and two boys love pork too. I agree about taking the decorations down, that is my least favorite part as well! Thanks for hosting the hop :)
DeleteOne of my favorite dishes is pork with apples- this dish sounds perfect for the fall/winter months. Thanks for sharing at the Foodies and Crafties Soiree!
ReplyDeleteI love pork with apples too, it's a great combination! Thanks for hosting the hop :)
DeleteLooks delicious!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing at Foodies & Crafties Soirée!
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ReplyDeleteThanks :) It turned out really well!
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