Unfortunately I do not have a picture of this awesome meal, but it was good, I promise! Every other Monday night James and Echo come over to our house for supper and I get to cook! And I have a think for cooking pork.
I've found that if I go to Harris Teeter once a week, I can always find something on sale. I walked in a couple Monday's ago when I was shopping for one of my clients and found that marinated pork tenderloins were on sale with a $4.00 of sticker. I picked up two and they were only $4.99 each! This is seriously one of my favorite things to eat! It is this simple, put the pork loin in the center of a large baking dish, then put whatever vegetables or potatoes you want around it. I put the oven on 375 degrees and leave it all in the oven for about an hour. I know most recipes have you brown the pork or whatever roast you're using on each side, then stick it in the over with the veggies, but I don't do that. Why? Because I don't want to wash another dish that's why!
Baked Pork Tenderloin with Butternut Squash, Apples and Onions
Note: I do not really know what spices go with what, so I usually just use what I have. I had rosemary on hand so that's what I chopped up and used. I'm sure sage would be awesome though! I love that with pork and apples!
1 Pork Tenderloin in the package, marinated or not
Top half of butternut squash, peeled, and cut into 2in. by 1/2 inc strips
2 apples, peeled and chopped about 1in. pieces
2 onions, peeled and cut into quarters
Whatever herb you have on hand chopped
Olive oil
Salt and pepper
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Take baking dish and drizzle olive oil on the bottom. Place pork on top and sprinkle both sides with salt and pepper. Place veggies on all sides of the pork and drizzle with salt pepper and olive oil. Then sprinkle the herbs on top of the pork or all over, whatever. It will be good :-)
Bake for an hour. Check on everything about half way. Move the veggies around. At an hour of cooking time check the temperature of the pork. One good rule of thumb is to see if the juices are running clear. But if you have a meat thermometer, the internal temperature should be about 160 degrees for a nice juicy, just cooked through, pink. That's the way Jerod likes it.
Serve with some kind of carb if you didn't bake one with the pork. We like rice or crusty bread.
Enjoy!
dmj.
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