Pork Dijon

Just thinking what I’d like to make for dinner tonight and decided to cook my Pork with Mustard dish. Now I love this because as meat gets more expensive pork seems to still be staying at a reasonable price. You can usually get a pack of pork loins for £4-5 and have enough to freeze some for another meal!

Serves 2

Ingredients:

2-4 pork loins depending on size
1 tbsp olive oil
15g/5oz shallots finely chopped (you can use onion but not as sweet0
30ml/1oz dry white wine
95ml/3oz chicken stock
1 tsp sugar or substitute
1 tbsp Dijon mustard
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

To cook:
Season pork with salt and pepper
Heat oil in a frying pan on medium heat
Fry pork until cooked and brown, then take out place on a plate and keep warm
Lower heat and cook shallots (or onions) for about 3 minutes
Pour in wine; simmer until reduced for about 2 minutes)
Add chicken stock and sugar and whisk until boils
Add pork and simmer for about 2 minutes
Put pork on serving dish
Whisk mustard into sauce, taste season and spoon over pork.

This is delicious with mashed potatoes and peas or broccoli!!

Enjoy!

Another tip is for mashed potatoes. Sometimes we really are under pressure with time so this may help! Now the recipe above only takes about 20 minutes but making mashed potato makes it a longer process. I know I said healthy eating, but I do believe some frozen vegetables are just as good as fresh and in this case frozen mash is the same!! Iceland do a fab frozen mash for only £1, it has no artificial colourings, flavouring and is GMC free. It is prepared with butter and milk and you can microwave this as your meal cooks. It really does save time and if you don’t tell anyone I doubt they would know the difference! To me it is a great option, healthy, inexpensive, tasty and quick!! Try it….