Pork Loin Half Centre and Sirloin

My back has recovered from its muscle pull a week ago thanks for all your well wishes. In fact I shovelled a small path (maybe 3 feet) to our community mailbox yesterday as there was a foot of snow blocking my way.

Pork Sirloin

Pork Loin

It's been awhile since I made Pork Sirloin and Pork Loin.  The Pork Loin half centre and Sirloin goes on sale sometimes for maybe $1.99 per pound.  So an 8 pound roast is very economical.  So you separate the 2 cuts of meat and cook them separately.  Pork Loin is roasted and the Sirloin end is braised.  In fact, I braised the sirloin in my pressure cooker this time for about 15 minutes and it was delicious!  I made a jerk pork loin using this recipe on my blog.

Pork Sirloin Braise Recipe:

4 lbs pork sirloin

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

3 tbs dark soy sauce

1 tsp dried thyme

2 tbs Worcestershire sauce

onion chopped

2 cloves garlic minced

1 tomato chopped

carrots chopped

celery chopped

1 c  port wine

1 bouillon cube dissolved in a bit of water

2 c water to just cover the roast and ingredients

Mix together all ingredients and cook in your pressure cooker for 15 minutes.

Friday Art - Trumpet Vine Faces

 Welcome to Friday Art!  These are my trumpet vines Friday 'Faces' ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2").  It is done in watercolour pencil.

Linking to Nicole's Friday Face Off and to Gillena's Art For Fun Friday.

Bean Sprout stir fry with Cubanelle Peppers

 

I made this bean sprout stir fry with cubanelle peppers.  It did not last long!

Did I mention Grandson C just started crawling?  Scream!  Think it was Jan 11th.  I haven't seen him do it in person yet.

Wednesday Memes and subscription service

 I think I will be cancelling my subscription service on my blog before Feb 17th as Mailchimp reduced their free plan limits and I wanted something free.  I may look for another free subscription service.

Meatloaf for Baby

 

I made these meatloaves for Grandson C inspired by an Instagram video.  I used ground up rice crackers instead of breadcrumbs although breadcrumbs are probably fine for him  now.  Wait for the meatloaves to cool before removing from the baking tray sprayed with (Pam floured baking spray) else they might break up.

1 carrot grated

1/2 lb lean ground beef

1/2 tsp Italian seasoning 

1 egg

1/4 c formula

4 rice crackers ground up in a mortar and pestle

Mix all ingredients and fill a mini loaf pan sprayed with Pam floured spray.

Bake in a pre heated 350F oven for 25-30 mins.  When cooled, removed the loaves.  Serve in breadstick sized (finger sized) portions.

Egg White Omelette with feta and mozzarella

 

I made these egg white omelettes and they were quite good.

2/3 c of a box of liquid egg whites is equivalent to 4 egg whites. So I used 1 1/3c cups.

1/2 tsp onion powder

1/2 tsp garlic powder

salt, pepper

handful of shredded mozzarella cheese

handful of crumbled feta cheese

1 tbs unsalted butter olive oil or both

Add seasonings, whisk egg white mixture with a fork until fluffy. Heat butter and/or olive oil pour in the whisked egg white mix.  When almost cooked, top on half with cheeses, flip the other half over top and you are done.  They are great on  toasted buttered bagels.

Sunday Smiles and Sunday in the Art Room

 

I did some wild mushrooms and ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") in acrylic. Ananka inspired this piece recently with her own mushroom post .

Linking to Gillena's Sunday Smiles and to Nicole's Sunday in the Art Room, her new art challenge where it is all about art.

Well I stepped out of the shower on Friday and pulled a muscle in my back while putting my underwear on. I hope I recover in a week sheesh. It is laughable and yet not funny at the same time. I can still function, it just slowed me down considerably.