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Grilled Pork Tenderloin w/Chipotle Cream Sauce

1 whole pork tenderloin
2 cups veg oil
1/3 c soy sauce
1/4 c honey
1 tsp each of lemon pepper and garlic pwdr
Pinch of salt and pepper

Mix all ingredients and pour over tenderloin and marinate in ziploc or covered bowl for 24 hrs. I have marinated it for just a couple of hours and its still very good. You can either grill it or bake it at 350 until no longer pink. Slice and serve.

Chipotle Cream Sauce

1 cup of heavy cream
Chipotle in adobo sauce
2 tsp of adobo sauce
1 lime for zesting and juice

Heat cream in skillet with adobo paste. Be careful, adobo and chipotle is very spicy. I just use the paste but if you want it spicy you can mash the actual pepper into a paste and put it in the cream. Zest the lime into the cream and squeeze the juice of the lime in the cream. Reduce for about 10 mins until thick. Season with salt.


Balsamic Chicken Pasta

3 cloves of garlic
2 oz of fresh basil
1/2 c of olive oil
1/2 c of balsamic vinegar
6 chicken breast
1 TB salt
1 1/2 TB pepper
1 lb of penne pasta
2 pints of grape tomatoes (halves)
1/4 c olive oil
1/4 c balsamic vinegar

Mince garlic in food processor. Add 1/3 of the basil and chop until fine. Add 1/2 cup of olive oil and process until yellow w/flecks of basil. Add 1/2 of balsamic and mix. Place chicken in lg bag with the salt and pepper and the olive oil mixture. Marinate for 3 or so hours. Preheat oven to 350. Brown chicken in lg skillet about 4-5 min on ea side. Place in lg baking dish and bake until done. Remove from baking dish and slice thin and return to dish. Keep warm. While chicken is baking cook pasta. Combine chicken and pasta in large bowl. Add tomatoes, remaining basil and toss with 1/4 cup of olive oil, 1/4 c of balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper. Toss to mix and top with parmesan.

Well, I've never done this before so here it goes! Lots of friends have asked me to start a recipe blog and I've decided to try it! I hope everyone finds it useful! I LOVE cooking and I LOVE trying new recipes! Here's one of my new favorites!

Carmelized Onion, Sausage and Basil Pizza
Pillsbury pizza crust
1 pkg of Italian sausage links - I use the mild sweet (casings removed)
Basil, fresh
Gorgonzola or blue cheese
1-2 med/large onions
Balsamic vinegar
Olive oil

Slice the onions into strips, I usually use 2 med onions, they cook down alot. Saute in a skillet with a little butter and a sprinkle of salt. Cook the onions until they are translucent and starting to brown. Crumble the sausage in with the onions and cook until done. While cooking the onions and sausage, I like to add a splash of balsamic. During this time roll out the pizza dough on a cookie sheet and sprikle olive oil onto dough and spread it around, bake according to directions, just remove about 5 mins before done. Pour sausage/onion mixture on dough and spread out. Sprinkle cheese on top and put back in oven for about 5-8 mins just to warm up/melt the cheese. Remove and sprinkle chopped, fresh basil and sprinkle woth olive oil and balsamic.