Thursday, August 7, 2014

Spicy Pork Tenderloin with Summer Peach Salsa

Y'all. It's August 7. Which means in exactly one week I'm back to work. Summer time with the little has been a blast. Her little personality is just hilarious. She is currently obsessed with:

 -Standing. Like whoa.
-The red bars at Little Gym. Don't you DARE try and suggest any other activity.
-Poking the dog in the eye.
-Eating. All. The. Things.
-Her daddy :) She gets so excited when she hears the gate open in the evening.
-Scooting. She crawled for approximately five hot minutes and then switched to scooting on her bum. It's my fave.
-Barking. Usually when she sees the dog; sometimes when she sees something she likes. Whatev.

Anyway, with all the summer fun, we've really been trying to soak up all the delicious fruits and veggies that come with summertime as well. C loves zucchini, so I will definitely plant a zucchini plant next spring to keep up with her demands. She's really loved watermelon and peaches as well. We had some peaches on their last day, so I whipped up a "cheater's" peach salsa to serve with this yummy pork tenderloin. Hubby approved, so here's the recipe!

Spicy Pork Tenderloin with Summer Peach Salsa 



Ingredients:
1 lb pork tenderloin
1 tspn garlic powder
1 tspn chile powder
1 tspn cumin
¼ tspn salt
1/4 cup peaches, skins removed and diced
½ cup pico de gallo (store bought or homemade!)
2 tbsp cilantro, finely chopped
Lime, halved
1 tbsp honey
½ tspn sriracha

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 375. Line baking sheet with foil, and set baking rack on top of baking sheet. While oven warms, mix peaches with pico de gallo so the flavors can combine. In a small bowl, combine spices. Rub over the entire pork tenderloin. Set meat on the rack, and bake for 40-45 minutes (New pork guidelines allow pork to cook to 145°, if you prefer it cooked well, cook it until the internal temp reads is 160° with a meat thermometer). While pork roasts, mix together 1/2 lime juice, honey, and sriracha. Brush over pork during last ten minutes of roasting.

We served this alongside a brown rice/black bean mix that I jazzed up with HEB's "That Green Sauce" (I would take a bath in that stuff it is SO good!).