This one is for anyone new to the kitchen who needs the easiest healthy dinner ever. Below is your grocery list. If you need more meals, just double the list below (the photo above is five "man-size" servings made with a double batch of the below ingredients.
Shopping List:
One pre-seasoned pork loin (our favorite flavor is Peppercorn from Hormel - see right)
One bag of baby carrots
One bag of baby red bliss potatoes
Butter (if you don't have it)
Pam Spray (if you don't have it)
Onion Powder (if you don't have it)
Italian Seasoning (if you don't have it)
Salt
Pepper
Equipment you need:
A glass baking dish (A 9 x 9 will do for one loin. A 9 x 13 dish for two loins)A large baking sheet
A large pot
Cutting Board
Aluminum foil
Steps:
1. Preheat oven to 425.
2. Spray glass baking dish with Pam. Unwrap pork and place in glass dish.
3. Cover baking sheet with aluminum foil (so no clean up). Spray aluminum foil with Pam.
4. Dump bag of carrots on foil lined sheet. Spray top of carrots with Pam. Sprinkle salt, pepper and onion powder on wet carrots. Use hands to roll around carrots to spread seasoning.
5. Put carrots and pork in oven at 425 for 45 minutes.
6. While carrots and pork are in oven, cut baby potatoes in half.
7. Put potatoes into pot and cover with water, so water is about 1-2" above top of potatoes.
8. Boil potatoes on high heat until tender when stuck with a fork. About 30 minutes or so.
9. When potatoes are done, drain them.
10. Add about a half stick of butter to potatoes. Add salt, pepper and Italian seasoning to taste. Mix with spoon. They should look like this:
11. When timer goes off, remove carrots and pork from oven at the same time. Carrots should be slightly browned. See below.
12. Allow pork to sit about 5 minutes before slicing (or juice will run out).
13. Divide up your meal into plastic containers, seal them and put them right into the fridge to keep fresh up to 5 days (if you don't package them individually, will be exposed to air each time you go for a serving and will go bad faster).
DONE. Seriously easy, right?
