Adventure One: THE RECIPES

Cooking with Mama Blom

Girls Cooking Meat – Adventure One – May 16^th, 2011

 

Latin Spiced Boneless Pork Tenderloin

(Recipe serves 4 - 5)

Ingredients:

1 lb. 4 oz. Pork Loin, Boneless

1 Tbsp. Olive Oil

Spice Rub Mix:

1/2 tsp. Chili Powder, mild

1/2 clove Garlic

1/2 tsp. Thyme

1/4 tsp. Black Pepper

1/4 tsp. Cumin, ground

1/4 tsp. Salt

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 400 degrees. 

2. Rinse meat and pat dry with a paper towel.

3. Combine all ingredients for the spice rub in a small bowl.

4. First, rub olive oil all over meat. Then sprinkle rub on meat, rubbing in with your fingers.

5. Place meat on a rack in a shallow pan* and roast for 25-35 minutes or until when tested with a thermometer reads at least 145 degrees for 15 seconds.

6. Once meat registers 145 degrees, remove from the oven, cover and set aside for at least 15 minutes before slicing.

Nutrition Facts: Per 4 oz. serving - Approximately 137 calories, 3 g total fat, 1 g saturated fat

 *If you do not have a roasting pan and rack, use any pan you have with sides and take heavy duty foil and fold ridges to cook meat on.

Mango-Pineapple Salsa

(Recipe Serves 4 - 5)

Ingredients:

1/4 cup Mango, peeled and diced

1/4 cup Fresh Pineapple, peeled and diced

2 Tbsp. Red Bell Pepper, diced

2 Tbsp. Poblano Chile Pepper, diced finely

2 Tbsp. Red Onion, finely diced

1 Tbsp. Lime Juice

2 tsp. Olive Oil

1 tsp. White Wine Vinegar

Salt to taste

Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl.

2. Cover and chill for 15 minutes or up to 24 hours before serving.

Great with pork or chicken!

*Green bell pepper may be used instead of Poblano chile pepper.

Oven Roasted Sweet Potatoes

(Recipe serves 4 - 5)

Ingredients:

1 lb. Sweet Potatoes, fresh

1 Tbsp. Olive Oil

1/2 tsp. Cinnamon, ground

Salt and Pepper

Directions:

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare sheet pan by lining with foil, parchment or by spraying pan well with non-stick cooking spray.

2. Peel and cube sweet potatoes into approximately 1 inch cubes.

3. Toss cubed sweet potatoes in olive oil, cinnamon. Salt and pepper to taste.

4. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until potatoes are browned and tender.

Alternative: Add some sugar to preference instead of salt and pepper.

Smoky Black Beans

(Recipe serves 4 – 6)

Ingredients:

1 small onion
1 chipotle chile (either canned in adobo or dried)
Two 15- to 16-ounce cans black beans
2 teaspoons olive oil
3/4 cup fresh orange juice

1 cup water
Salt to taste

Directions:

1. Mince onion.

2. If using a dried chipotle chile, place it in a bowl soak in boiling-hot water to cover 5 minutes and drain. Wearing protective gloves, mince soaked or canned chipotle.

3. In a colander rinse black beans well and drain.
4. In a 2- to 3-quart heavy saucepan cook onion in oil over moderately low heat, stirring, until softened. Add chipotle chile and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes.

5. Add beans, 1 cup water, and orange juice and simmer, mashing mixture 3 or 4 times with a potato masher, until slightly thickened, for about 15 minutes. Season beans with salt.