Herb Crusted Pork Tenderloin w/ Sliced New Potatoes and Boiled Mini Carrots

Dinner Tonight: Herb Crusted Pork Tenderloin w/ Sliced New Potatoes and Boiled Mini Carrots

Myself and a couple of friends visited the new Horseshoe Casino in Cincinnati today. They did an amazing job, it's a beautiful Casino. I got registered for the Million Dollar Give Away, to be drawn later today. Their giving away 1 Million Dollars on 4 drawings throughout the Summer, I believe this is the third drawing. Besides the Casino they have a wide assortment of restaurants, Steak and Seafood to BBQ and Booby Flay's Burger Palace. Beautiful job Cincinnati! For dinner tonight I prepared a Herb Crusted Pork Tenderloin w/ Sliced New Potatoes and Boiled Mini Carrots also a little side of some fresh sliced Peaches.





I used my favorite Pork Loin Roast recipe, Herb Crusted Pork Roast. Preheat your oven at 400 degrees. Then combine 2 tablespoons olive oil, 4 cloves garlic, minced, 1 teaspoon dried thyme or 2 teaspoons minced fresh thyme leaves, 1 teaspoon dried basil or 2 teaspoons fresh basil leaves, 1 teaspoon dried rosemary or 2 teaspoons minced fresh rosemary, with Sea Salt and Ground Black Pepper for seasoning. You combine all the ingredients except the Salt and Pepper in a bowl and stir until well mixed. You then rub into your Pork Roast which will create the Herb Crust as it bakes. Roast the pork for 15 minutes, then reduce the heat to 350 degrees F and roast for an additional 30 minutes or until done. Test for doneness using an instant-read thermometer. When the internal temperature reaches 155 degrees F, remove the roast from the oven. Allow it to sit for about 20 minutes before carving. It will continue to cook while it rests. The Pork comes out perfect! The Herb Crust gives that extra taste to make it one delicious Roast! Love this recipe.

For side dishes I heated up a can of Del Monte Sliced New Potatoes. Just seasoned and boiled in it's own juices until heated through. I also boiled some Mini Carrots. In addition to those I had a few slices of some fresh sliced Peaches. My Mom had purchased them from Jungle Jim's Market, they were from South Carolina and delicious! For desert/snack later a 100 Calorie Mini Bag of Jolly Time Pop Corn.





Herb Crusted Pork Tenderloin

Ingredients

1 (4-pound) boneless pork loin, with fat left on
1 tablespoon sea salt
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon dried thyme or 2 teaspoons minced fresh thyme leaves
1 teaspoon dried basil or 2 teaspoons fresh basil leaves
1 teaspoon dried rosemary or 2 teaspoons minced fresh rosemary


Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

Place the pork loin on a rack in a roasting pan. Combine the remaining ingredients in a small bowl. With your fingers, massage the mixture onto the pork loin, covering all of the meat and fat.

Roast the pork for 15 minutes, then reduce the heat to 375 degrees F and roast for an additional 30 minutes or until done. Test for doneness using an instant-read thermometer. When the internal temperature reaches 155 degrees F, remove the roast from the oven. Allow it to sit for about 20 minutes before carving. It will continue to cook while it rests.