Lemon-Garlic Pork Medallions in White Wine-Butter Sauce

We’ve been eating a lot of pork lately. I’m not sure if it’s a phase or simply because pork is yummy. I had planned to test a new pork recipe for tonight – Pork Medallions in a Marsala Wine reduction sauce. However; the universe had other plans. When shopping for the pork filet, the meat case was empty – not a tenderloin to be had – unless I went with one of the Hormel “flavored” pork loins. There were three to choose from – Mesquite; Teriyaki or Lemon-Garlic. Hum, none of those would do – not in a Marsala Wine reduction sauce. Time to punt – with a few changes (change the wine; skip the dredging in flour step; add a little butter to the sauce) I adapted the Marsala recipe to create Lemon-Garlic Pork Medallions in a White Wine-Butter Sauce. The result was a hit with the family. Best of all; these flavorful medallions cooked up in no time at all, making this an easy week night meal.

Lemon-Garlic Pork Medallions in White Wine-Butter Sauce
1 lb Hormel Lemon-Garlic Pork Tenderloin
2 tablespoons Olive Oil
2 garlic cloves, pressed
2 garlic cloves, minced
3/4 cup White wine
1/4 Cup Red Onion, chopped
1 Tablespoon Butter

Slice pork filet into 1/2-inch thick medallions. Set aside until ready to cook.

Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add Pork Medallions and cook until nicely browned; about 3 minutes per side.

Remove pork from skillet. Reduce heat to medium. Press garlic into the now empty skillet, sauté about 30 seconds or just until fragrant.

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Add wine and onions to the pan. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Return pork to pan, cover and cook about 5 minutes. Turn pork, add butter, cover and continue to cook about 5 minutes longer or until no longer pink.

Transfer Medallions to plates, spoon sauce over pork and serve.

Please be kind, let me know if you “like” what you see – and your feedback is always welcome.

Happy cooking everyone!

Hamburger Helper Style Cheeseburger Macaroni

Here we go again – my 7th installment of Hamburger Helper Style one-skillet dinners. There isn’t a whole lot more to say about Hamburger Helper. I am surprised, considering when Hamburger Helper first hit the market place, that it wasn’t marketed with a subtitle of “Mother’s Little Helper”. Then again, the Rolling Stones were singing about “Mother’s Little Helper” in reference to Valium – so maybe they wanted to avoid any confusion between the two. Just kidding – a little.

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A Delightfully Lazy Dish – Slow Cooker Beef And Broccoli

If your house is like mine, there are all sorts of favorite cuisines gracing your dinner table. Hubby loves his Mexican Food, I’m a big fan of all things Italian and Kiddo – he likes just about everything from simple to gourmet. One thing we all agree on is Asian. Yum!

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CABG Times Four

To begin with I need to make a confession to everyone. In my spare time I write. I write a lot. Then I set everything up to post automatically at a later date. When I first retired, I went a little nuts. I didn’t know what to do with myself, so I wrote hundreds of future posts. I had been photographing my recipes for nearly four years, attaching photos to recipe cards. There was a wealth of recipes to pick from. One thing about writing so far in advance was that I had time. Tons of time for reads and rewrites and fact checking and research. By nature, I am a perfectionist. It is what drives me. It is also what makes those around me drive me crazy.

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One-Pot Cheesy Pasta with Sausage

Have you seen all these one-pot pasta dishes floating around the internet? Don’t you just love the idea of everything cooking up in one pot? The particular recipe I chose to inspire me came from The Slow Roasted Italian. It was simply too pretty to pass up. And I was a bit curious, too. Uncooked  pasta in the same pot as all the other ingredients, to be cooked together – how does that work?

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Mexican Style Chicken Lasagna

While I might not serve this “Lasagna” on Christmas Day, the garnish of green onions and chopped tomatoes do bring in that holiday colors.  This recipe could easily be doubled for large gatherings, perfect for pot-luck parties.

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Mesquite Pork Tenderloin with Roasted Potatoes

Today I thought I’d share a wonderful cheater’s way to a great supper.  While this particular meal takes a bit longer to cook than I’d like for a weekday supper, it is so easy that it makes the wait worthwhile.  Besides, that down time gives you a little more time to unwind from the day and enjoy the rest of the evening with your family.

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Creamy Dreamy Herb Risotto

I’ve always been a rice eater. With a Filipino Mom, we often had rice as a side when others had mashed potatoes. Roast beef and rice with gravy wasn’t uncommon. My dear brother loved Rice for breakfast, covered in chocolate. I liked rice with milk, butter and sugar for a hot “cereal” in the mornings. Rice was a staple in our house.

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Five Game Day Snacks for your Living Room Tailgate Party

Football season is in full swing. To me, the best part about game-day are all the yummy finger foods. You know what I’m talking about – Little Burger Sliders, Chicken Wings galore, plenty of chips and dips and all the other little bite-size flavor explosions to pop into our mouths as we cheer on our favorite team. I especially love tail-gating on the sofa – all the food of a tailgate party with all the comforts of home. If I had it my way, we’d be nibbling on Portobello Mushroom Napoleon or Pork Tenderloin Crostini with a Béarnaise Sauce but that’s just me.  I’m one of those crazy people who subscribes to the notion that “casual” entertaining need not mean “casual” food.

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Colorful Caprese Chicken with a Balsamic Glaze

Two years ago, Hubby, Kiddo and I spent a Saturday morning attending an Air Show is a nearby small town. This wasn’t one of those big Air Shows. It was small, just as the town hosting the show was small. Yet it was a fun way to spend the morning together. There were restored vintage planes and old classic cars to check out. A number of the planes were fighter planes, most from WWII and some from the Korean War. While Hubby and Kiddo enjoyed the beautifully restored cars and planes, I enjoyed people watching. The crowd consisted mainly of old-time veterans who had put whatever they could find from their days of service (mainly caps) as a way of identifying themselves. They walked among the planes, sometimes teary-eyed and spoke to one another in emotional tones, fondly recalling their reckless youth. Although these men were strangers and not old war-time buddies, there were bonds between them that civilians could not begin to comprehend. It was beautiful to watch.

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One-Dish Chicken Supper with Potatoes and Gravy

After Brother Dear’s passing in December 2014, his best friend from childhood created a group on Face Book for those of us that shared the same childhood memories, experiences and “rearing”. We all grew up in the same neighborhood, attended the same schools (for the most part) and shared the same childhood. I had always thought much of what I remembered about my childhood was viewed through Rose-colored glasses, and not necessarily the way it was. That is until this group began to share their memories. Now I realize there can be only two explanations – either we are all wearing the same Rose-Colored glasses or we had a wonderful childhood. I’d rather think it is the latter – that we truly had a magical childhood – one that allowed us to be children.

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Traveling Dinner Party – Part 7 – Fowl or Vegetable Entrées

Things are getting complicated, aren’t they? Yet here we are, at the seventh course in a full ten course feast, assuming you served before dinner drinks as a gathering point and appetizers once seated. For those of you serving an eight-course feast, we are now at the fifth course of the evening (the 2nd Entrée offering – the smaller portion of the Entrées offered). With a six-course supper, simply view this as further considerations for the Main Entrée .

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Quail Eggs and Country Sausage on an English Muffin

Have you ever wanted something but you didn’t know what? I wanted breakfast, but nothing too heavy. Something not too filling, but more than a quick bowl of cereal. Something that wasn’t going to turn my kitchen up-side-down. Something easy and cook friendly.

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Portuguese Scallops over Rice

Let’s start with this is not the post I intended to write. What I really wanted to write was a post about were Crawdads (aka crawfish). The truth of the matter is, I’ve never cooked crawdads. I’ve never even eaten crawdads despite the fact that there is a large festival in the delta every year on Father’s Day weekend. I’ve taken my guys there, wandered about looking at all the buckets of crawdads, but even with someone else doing the cooking, could not bring myself to eat something that requires you to suck out its head. So why the obsession with crawdads?

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Slow Cooker Ground Beef and Three-Bean Supreme

I will never forget the first time we tasted this wonderful slow cooker delight. Kiddo was enjoying a break from work, as business in the event industry tends to taper off in the winter. You would think Holidays would be a busy time. Perhaps in the past, that were true, when companies put on elaborate parties for their employees. These days, people would rather find a few extra dollars in their Christmas Stocking than to toast in the new year with the boss.

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