Day fifteen mission "Cabinet Dinner"

You ever notice how the grocery stores make things sooooo easy for us?  You can purchase what you need for a meal, pop it in the micro and be on your way!  Sorry, not for me :)  Nothing feels better than an accomplished meal made from scratch.  I know I know sometimes time is not in our favor and those types of products work.  I just have issues.

Off to the freezer!!  Pork Tenderloins, I have puchased these before, pre-soaked and ready to pop in the oven.  This one is from our pig last year!

Ingredients went as follows:

Pork Tenderloin
1 tsp chopped dried garlic
1 tsp thyme
1 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp salt
4 tbsp cream cheese
1 tsp chopped garlic

Did I mention I love my mortar and pestle!!  Put the dried garlic, thyme, oregano in and grind it up.  In a frying pan place a wee bit of oil and the moist garlic get that flavor going and add the ground herbs, plus the salt.  Once you can smell the flavors add that to your cream cheese in a seperate bowl.  Mix together well.  Leave the pan out, you'll need it again.  Slice open the tenderloin the length of it, stuff your cream cheese mixture in it and then use the remainder to coat the outside of the tenderloin.  In your frying pan, brown three sides of your tenderloin, not the cut open side.  Place this in a baking dish and bake at 450 degrees for 30 minutes or so.  You can cut open the pork and check for doneness.  Tonight we added mashed potatos and Broccoli Coleslaw.

Comments from family:

Daughter - Cleared the plate, didn't hear much from her!
Hubby - Good!
Me - I love the way the cream cheese gives the pork moisture and I love herbs so this was up my alley with the mashed potatos!!