Savoury Pork Roast

So, in my weekly meal planning, I usually plan to do a meal with chicken one night, pork another night, beef another night, as so on. On Monday I wasn't sure what to make, but for some reason I was leaning towards pork, so I allrecipes.com'd "Pork", sorted it out by rating and chose this delightful recipe. It was ridiculously easy to put together and it tasted so good. So. Good. So, allow me to share:


Savoury Pork Roast
Serves: 4
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour & 25 minutes


1 garlic clove, minced
2 tsp dried marjoram
1 tsp salt
1 tsp rubbed sage
1 boneless pork loin roast


1. Combine the seasonings; rub over roast.
2. Place on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a meat thermometer reads 160 degrees F. 
3. Let stand for 10-15 minutes before slicing.


My Thoughts:
- It could probably have used even less salt
- I didn't have a rack that would have fit in one of my baking dishes, so I just put it straight in the glass baking dish and that was fine
- It cooked faster than I thought it would. When I do this again, I'll probably check it a bit earlier to keep it from overcooking (it didn't go really dry, but I could've safely gotten away with less time and thus a juicier roast)
- Marjoram and sage: I'd never used them before but OH. MAN > they are soo good. 


Star-Reviewer Tom gives this recipe 7/8 lip-smacks

What was THAT all about?

THAT previous post was about some 'squares' that I made for the youth group bake sale that evening. They were supposed to be "double brownies" meaning that they had a layer of chocolate brownie, followed by caramel brownie, followed by icing, following by chocolate drizzle. Also: chopped walnuts. They were supposed to be delicious.


However, somewhere along the way I forgot to read part of the directions. I suppose that since I was making 'squares', I automatically assumed that the pan I baked said squares in should also be square. I poured the batter into a 9x9 dish instead of the called-for 9x13. No wonder they didn't bake all the way through.


I'm willing to try this recipe again, though, since the taste there was good, just the appearances weren't exactly beautiful.

See: they LOOKED good in the pan....

 ...until I removed a square and you couldn't really tell that I'd taken one out....

Mmm - don't they look delicious?

So, I'm not going to post this recipe until I make it again and they turn out wonderfully. Because that's what this blog is all about: making you people think that everything I make is fantastic. Of course, these last two posts may have destroyed all your previous confidence in my abilities....we'll just have to work at restoring that lost faith then, yes? Yes. I think so.

Sneak Peek

"If it wasn't flowing all over the place, it would be great!"
or:
"If you put it in the freezer before people bought it, you'd be okay."

Star-Reviewer Tom gives this recipe a
9/10 for taste
and
a 
2/10 for appearance


Aren't you excited?!