Seasons greetings! It's been a while since my last post, but I wanted to quickly share this easy, low-cal way to jazz up a pork tenderloin.
Things at work have been a bit crazy for the past couple months, so our dinners have basically been your standard meat, veggies, bread, and maybe potatoes (if we're lucky). Every night. But as long as it's healthy, balanced, and has some kind of taste, I'm happy with it. Anyway, I've been grilling pork tenderloin on the George Foreman every week or so, and decided to see if I could dress it up a bit last week. There are tons of recipes out there for fancy stuffed pork tenderloin, but I've been in one of those phases where I walk in the door from work and want to spend no more than 10 minutes prepping dinner. So I found some fat free feta cheese in the fridge, and in about 3 minutes was able to butterfly it open, spread the cheese inside, close it back up, and throw it on the grill.
Here's a pic of a couple slices of the finished product (served with sauteed spinach and spaghetti squash):
The feta added a nice, subtle flavor...nothing super-fancy, but a small step above the standard pork tenderloin with little effort, and no more than an extra 50 calories per serving. Next time I might throw in some chopped spinach for a little color.
Our basic meat/veggies dinners will likely continue for the next 2 months, as we dive into the lovely task of studying for the February bar exam (b/c taking the California exam a few years ago just wasn't enough fun for us!). I'm looking forward to March, when I can get back into creating new healthy recipes and sharing them on here.
Best wishes for a healthy and happy 2009!
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