Gratuitous dinner post

One of the few sites that sends a really good newsletter is Real Simple. They’re good enough that I read every single one of them, even though I’m conditioned to delete as spam. The reason I keep reading them is that they send recipes like this Bacon Wrapped Pork Loin with Cherries. I am not generally a fan of pork but I’ve found a few recipes in the last year that have sounded tasty enough that I had to make them. This recipe was tonight’s dinner and it was AMAZING.

First, it used things I had on hand. A few weeks ago at the grocery store they were having a sale on pork tenderloin – the massive tube of pork loin kind. I figured I’d cut it in four, make one and freeze the rest. This recipe made me get the first piece out of the freezer. I already had the dried cherries from a previous recipe so the only things I had to buy were parsley and bacon. I didn’t have current preserves (and couldn’t see a need to EVER have them) so I used the apricot preserves I have on hand from another recipe. I totally forgot about the whole grain mustard, but used the dijon mustard already in the fridge. All the substitutions worked fantastically and the recipe got two thumbs up from Husband. Not only that, it was SUPER FAST and super easy to make.

I also made some refrigerated breadsticks I already had in the fridge and a microwave steamer bag of roast potatoes and green beans.