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Tasty Pork Roast

May 18, 2010
Tasty Pork Roast

I’d been searching high and low for a good pork roast recipe for a long time. As always, I want something that uses ingredients that I tend to have on hand. Nothing peeves me more than a recipe being listed as “easy” or “simple” when you have to run out to the store for a specialty ingredient. I found a few recipes that sounded good but each had something listed that I don’t keep around. I swapped the spices that I don’t have with those in other recipes that sounded yummy. After a couple of attempts, I came up with this tasty concoction… 1) Combine the following into a loose paste: 1 Tbl. cumin 1 Tbl. paprika 1 tsp. dried rosemary 1 tsp. chili powder 1/2 tsp. ground ginger 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper 1/4 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. black pepper 1 Tbl. lemon juice 4 cloves minced garlic 1/4 cup oil (olive, canola, or vegetable are all fine) 2) Take a beautiful pork roast like this one and slather it with the seasoned-up oil/paste. 3) Let it rest in the refrigerator for an hour or two to let the oil and seasonings seep into the meat. The paste will...

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Orange Chicken

June 23, 2009
Orange Chicken

Last night I pulled together and made a truly amazing main course. I hadn’t realized how quickly it would be ready, so I completely forgot to make the side dish of veggie fried rice. Oops! Well, before I could even get two bites into my own mouth, Jason was nearly finished with his plate. I asked if he wanted me to make some Minute Rice, and he replied “Nope, I’m very content. This was really good.” I beamed. Here is my recipe for Orange Chicken. I was browsing through a few highly-ranked recipes online and read through some of the most helpful of the comments. I sorted through it all in my head, implemented some of the suggested changes, and made a couple of changes of my own (because I didn’t have a couple of the ingredients that I didn’t realize I’d need). As I said, it turned out fabulous, but I’ll tell you what changes I made so that you can switch it back if you’d like. Step 1: Heat about 2 tablespoons of cooking oil in a large pan. Saute 4-6 chicken breasts in the oil until cooked through. Step 2: Combine the following into a medium-sized...

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