Pesto Pork Tenderloin

Here is another recipe that I made last night that turned out soooo good!

Pesto Pork Tenderloin
1-2 cups homemade pesto (recipe below)
1 pork tenderloin (1 to 1.5 lbs)
olive oil
sea salt
fresh thyme
pepper

Preheat oven to 525 degrees and then prepare tenderloin by rubbing it with olive oil, sea salt, pepper and fresh thyme if you have some. Then cut tenderloin down the middle (almost all the way through) and stuff with half the pesto (reserve the other half). Close up the pork and close with kitchen twine or toothpicks. Place on rack in pan (i used my broiler pan) and place in hot oven. Cook the loin for 5 1/2 minuted for each pound then turn off oven and let it sit in the hot oven for about an hour (do not open the oven and let the heat out)! Remove, cover with foil and let sit for 10 min before slicing. While the pork is cooking place the other half of pesto on low heat and thin into a sauce, you can use milk or olive oil to thin, that you can pour over pork when finished

I served mine over brown rice with fresh green beans!

Pesto
2 cups chopped fresh basil
1/2 cup pine nuts
1/2 cup Parmesan
2 cloves of garlic chopped
olive oil

Place basil in food processor and chop finely add garlic, pine nuts and Parmesan, then thin with olive oil until desired consistency

BC I suck at posting, here is a fun recipe that I make for the boys:

Baked Oatmeal:
3 cups rolled oats
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 t baking powder
1/2t cinnamon
1/2t salt
1/2 cup real applesauce
1t vanilla
3 egg whites
1 cup milk (skim or whole)

Mix it all together, add raisins or blueberries then bake at 350 for 20-30 min. Serve warm with milk poured on top!!!!

We all love this recipe and eat it on Saturday mornings frequently!