at home with ann

We received some boneless pork loin chops along with a Christmas gift from Omaha Steaks.  My first attempt at cooking the pork yielded tasteless, dry hockey pucks, so the remaining two pieces stayed in the freezer for several months while I mustered the courage to try again.  Then one day while watching Giada, everyone's favorite perky Italian, she made sandwiches with grilled pork loin chops and they looked delicious.  Even so, I wasn't all that excited about this meal, but it turned out very well.  Jon was the grill master, and I handled the toppings.  Also, can we go ahead and ignore the ice cubes floating in my wine glass?  The wine wasn't chilled, and I'm not so secretly an 80 year old woman.   Grilled Pork Sandwich with Lemon Basil Mayo  original recipe from Giada De Laurentiis 2 boneless pork loin chops Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 teaspoons herbes de Provence 1/2 cup mayonnaise 1/4 cup packe...

I like to try cooking new things on Sunday nights.  I have the entire afternoon to work on it if I need to, and it's one of two nights a week we have dinner together, so I like to make it a little fancier than normal.  Many of the dinners I normally cook are one-dish meals, so this is a time when I can expand a bit.   I don't cook meat very often, but in my continuous efforts to improve my skills, I am trying.  This was my first time working with a pork tenderloin, and it was very easy.  I found the recipe on the Food Network, and it appealed because the glaze sounded good and was made up of all things I had in my pantry. Pork Mediallions with Balsamic-Honey Glaze adapted slightly from Food Network Ingredients For the balsamic-honey glaze: 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary, or 1 teaspoon dried 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar 3 tablespoons honey 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoons Dijon mustard Salt and freshly gro...