The end of the day Monday rolled around, and we went for a 2-mile walk at a botanical garden and park and came back close to 7:00 -- no time for a roast. So we cut the roast into five chops (or cutlets, if you prefer). Monday night we each had a slab o' pork, a boiled potato, and steamed broccoli. I am constantly amazed at how good steamed broccoli is. I actually don't want a single thing interfering with the taste, not even salt and pepper. Who knew that properly cooked broccoli is so sweet?
Last night I thought it might be time to finish up the beans that I had defrosted a few days ago, along with a few other things. So we cut up the three remaining chops into cubes. Here's a recipe for the stuff we made:
About 2" worth of pork loin, cut into 1" cubes (I'm guessing 3/4 lb to 1 lb)
One medium onion, coarsely chopped
One T olive oil
One carrot, coarsely chopped
2 stalks celery, ditto
2 T tomato paste
1-1/2 cups beans
water for consistency
1 T currants (what was left in the container)
Really really good curry powder from the Essene
Cayenne and black pepper to taste
Pre-cooked brown rice
Sauté the pork and the onions in the olive oil until the pork is brown and the onions translucent. Add everything else but the curry powder and cook, covered, over extremely low heat for a little while (20 min, we think -- we were drinking tea and fulminating about the current political scene). Add the curry powder and turn off heat.
Reheat brown rice in the microwave. Serve mixture over rice.
Yield: dinner for two, two lunches for me
I awarded myself a full cup of brown rice and 1-1/2 cups of the pork stuff on the theory that I'd been good and deserved it. I was startled to discover, about 3/4 of the way through dinner, that I was starting to feel full and unwilling to feel stuffed. I gave the rest of my dinner to my husband. Go me!
Pride goeth before a fall, of course, but I can't help preening over the fact that I've gone almost 3 weeks without a misstep.
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