Jackpot Daddy: Spice-Rubbed Pork Tenderloin

Monday, March 4, 2013

Spice-Rubbed Pork Tenderloin

We had guests over for dinner tonight. This is a very rare event in our home. I really enjoy having dinner guests, and I wish I had more friends who I could invite over for dinner. A friend of mine from Germany, who I have not seen for 18 years visited us with his wife who I met for the first time tonight. It was really nice to see my friend again after so many years.

I had been planning to make an especially good dinner for them. I decided to make Spice-Rubbed Pork Tenderloin along with Lemon-Parmesan Broccoli and Roasted Potatoes with Parsley. Both the pork tenderloin and the broccoli are recipes from Cooking Light I found on myrecipes.com.

I have been making the pork tenderloin now for a four or five months and it consistently turns out great. Everything turned out great and it was a delicious meal. A bonus was that tonight my 9 year old daughter asked me for some pork with the spice rub on it. (I usually cut out outside of the pork off for her because she doesn't like bold or spicy flavors like the spice rub). Maybe her taste buds are starting to mature a little bit.

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Welcome to my cooking blog! :)

I didn't start this blog because I am a great cook... I am not.

I do "ok" in the kitchen. I can follow recipes. I have a sense of when things seem to be turning out or not. I can make adjustments on the fly sometimes to save a dish from turning into a bad meal. I do derive satisfaction from cooking a meal that turns out well and for me, a meal turns out well when its healthy and we enjoy eating the food and want more of it and it doesn't take me 3 hours to prepare.

I seem to be pretty lucky in picking dishes to make and having them turn out well and in being able to come up with things my 9 year old daughter will eat. That's how I earned the nickname, "Jackpot Daddy."

I started this blog because family dinners are important to me and making sure we have good food to eat and that we all sit down together for dinner at least four times per week is high on my list of priorities. This blog is a way to share that part of my life with people who know me and to help me keep track of what I have prepared for dinners in the past... very helpful when I am trying to think about what to make and when I made enchiladas last.

Family dinners were a part of my childhood. I think the family dinner is an important and valuable tradition. Its a regularly scheduled event in which we can be with each other as a family.

I generally cook 4 meals per week on Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday meals are designed to have leftovers for Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Sometimes we go out to dinner on Friday or Saturday but not often.