I pulled out a small pork loin from the freezer. I really wanted to replicate on of my mom's easy but, one of my favorite meals.. just a pork loin with roasted potatoes and carrots in the same pan.. I even found one of my mom's old black with spots roaster..
With it being a small pork loin, just over 2 lbs..(boneless), I got some baby red potatoes, cutting them in half, and small chunks of carrots..
I guess I misjudged the cooking times on all.. The pork did come out dry.. the veggies cooked very fast.. I took them out. When the pork was cooked, I turned the broiler on, uncovered the pork loin, put the veggies back in, getting a nice brownness; however, the pork was overcooked... drat!!!
But it is ok.. I will have some tomorrow. I may just roast some more veggies for tomorrow.. and just eat the pork cold..
The rest of the pork will be for salads.. and then, depending on how tired I am of it, I will either freeze some or trash it..
I do not know what is wrong with me. When my dad was alive, I was always cooking, and it came out really good.. now that it is just me, I have lost my touch... sigh.... buying things for one person does not work.. trying to cut my recipes in 1/3 or 1/4 do not help..
My freezer is not large enough to freeze everything I would cook.. I need a small separate freezer.. frost free.. hard to find.. I would not tempt the wiring in this building with that heavy an additional appliance...
With it being a small pork loin, just over 2 lbs..(boneless), I got some baby red potatoes, cutting them in half, and small chunks of carrots..
I guess I misjudged the cooking times on all.. The pork did come out dry.. the veggies cooked very fast.. I took them out. When the pork was cooked, I turned the broiler on, uncovered the pork loin, put the veggies back in, getting a nice brownness; however, the pork was overcooked... drat!!!
But it is ok.. I will have some tomorrow. I may just roast some more veggies for tomorrow.. and just eat the pork cold..
The rest of the pork will be for salads.. and then, depending on how tired I am of it, I will either freeze some or trash it..
I do not know what is wrong with me. When my dad was alive, I was always cooking, and it came out really good.. now that it is just me, I have lost my touch... sigh.... buying things for one person does not work.. trying to cut my recipes in 1/3 or 1/4 do not help..
My freezer is not large enough to freeze everything I would cook.. I need a small separate freezer.. frost free.. hard to find.. I would not tempt the wiring in this building with that heavy an additional appliance...