Showing posts with label garlic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label garlic. Show all posts

Monday, August 15, 2011

An Easy dinner formula - Broiled Garlic Ginger Pork Tenderloin with Broiled Vegetables

This easy dinner formula is also an easy clean up. You need only a broiling pan and a cutting board to make the perfect meal. The menu features broiled pork tenderloin and broiled vegetables. Add a nice slice of bread to round out the meal. The vegetables are broiled right alongside the meat for a quick, easy dinner formula that is sure to please.

Garlic Ginger Pork Tenderloin Dinner

Meat Casseroles

3/4 pound pork tenderloin

1 Tablespoon garlic, minced

1 Tablespoon fresh ginger root, minced

seasoned salt

1 large onion, sliced thin

2 small yellow squash or zucchini squash

2 medium size tomatoes

1-2 Tablespoons olive oil

Few drops balsamic vinegar (optional)

kosher salt

Preheat the broilerCombine the ginger and garlic. Pierce the tenderloin all over the surface forming diminutive pockets. Rub the ginger and garlic mixture into these pockets. Season the surface well with seasoning salt. Place onto a broiler pan. Slice the onions, squash and tomatoes for broiling. Slice the squash in half lengthwise and the tomatoes crosswise. Slice the onion into slices and place on the broiler pan, cut side up, nearby the pork tenderloin.Brush the onions, squash and tomatoes with oil, then sprinkle with kosher salt. Optional: sprinkle the tomatoes with a diminutive balsamic vinegar.Broil 4 - 6 inches from the heat for 8 minutes. Turn the pork tenderloin over. Broil for another 6 minutes. When the pork is done, change to a cutting board and let rest for 5 minutes.Cut the pork into thin slices and dispose on dinner plates with the onion, squash and tomato. Enjoy! You can roast any other vegetables you desire with this easy dinner formula as well. Use sliced peppers, leftover boiled or baked potatoes or sweet potatoes.

This easy dinner formula for pork tenderloin prepared is very with garlic and ginger, but it is delicious! It is worth the endeavor to make the pockets for the ginger and garlic. The spiciness penetrates the meat. If you don't want to be bothered making the pockets, then coat the meat with the spices on the outside. I prefer Lawry's Seasoned Salt for coating the outside, give it a good sprinkle. The salty spiciness makes this dish.

You can get ready a pork loin this way as well, but it will need to cook much longer. Usually, when establishment a loin, I get ready it this way, then put it on the grill for about 30 - 45 minutes or until done.

I hope you enjoy this easy dinner formula and that it will inspire you to try broiling other vegetables and meats for an easy and quick meal.

An Easy dinner formula - Broiled Garlic Ginger Pork Tenderloin with Broiled Vegetables

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Friday, July 8, 2011

The Smelly Rose: The Garlic Herb

Garlic (Allium sativum) has been used for centuries for both cooking and medicinal purposes.  Known as the 'stinking rose' and Russian penicillin, its medicinal purposes have been documented for centuries and have always been a popular remedy for colds, coughs, and sore throats.  Garlic was used in World War I and World War II to cure many diseases and because it is a potent antiseptic.  Garlic is universally known for its health benefits.  It is an excellent source of phytochemicals and contains vitamins A, B1 (thiamine), B2 (riboflavin), C, iron, phosphorous, sulphur compounds, and calcium.  Medical studies have shown that it lowers blood pressure, reduces cholesterol and hypertension, prevents some cancerous tumours, protects against bacterial and fungal infections, and is good for the blood and heart.  It is useful as an expectorant in respiratory ailments, eliminates toxic metals, and supports the immune system.  Garlic may prove to be useful for diabetics, as it seems to regulate blood sugar levels.   
As a culinary spice, the Indians, Egyptians, and Europeans have appreciated garlic for thousands of years, and most notably the Italians and Chinese who have made extensive use of this much-loved plant.  There are records of garlic use dating back 3,000 years and botanists believe that garlic probably originated in central Asia thousands of years ago.  In North America, early colonists discovered that the First Nations people were using a native species of garlic to treat a variety of medical problems including snakebite and intestinal worms.   
Garlic is a moderately hardy herbaceous (herbaceous means a plant that lacks woody tissue and dies to the ground at the end of the growing season) perennial.  It grows from 2-3 feet (0.6-1m) tall and has flat, long, pointed green leaves extending from the base.  The young leaves grow 2 feet (0.6 m) tall and have a delicate chive-like flavour.  Garlic has erect, hollow, green stalks that support pink or whitish flowering clusters or bulbils that appear in mid-summer.  The leaves are organised into segments called cloves and may have anywhere from 4-15 cloves in a bulb.  Garlic does best in rich, well-drained, highly organic soils, prefers full sun, although it will grow in partial shade. Avoid over-watering or the bulbs will rot.  Garlic has white energy for chromotherapy purposes.
Garlic is available throughout the year but it is easy to grow your own.  To plant, separate cloves from the head and plant cloves with the pointed end up.  Garlic can be planted in early spring or late fall.  It is best to plant cloves or bulbils available from nurseries or garden catalogues as store bought garlic is often sprayed with a sprout and root inhibitor that confuses its natural growth cycle.  Fall plantings produce the best yields, as garlic needs a long growing period and a cool period below 10° C (50° F) for two months.  If over-wintering in zones 3 or 4, plant cloves at least 3 inches (8 cm) deep and mulch with leaves or straw; otherwise plant bulbs 2 inches (5 cm) deep and 6 inches (15 cm) apart.  (In the winter, I plant store-bought garlic in pots and snip the leaves to impart a fresh garlic flavour to salads and soups.)  Garlic is generally pest and disease free.  
Harvest garlic when the leaves die back and begin to turn brown and collapse.  Pull up the mature plants and dry in the sun for a week; then trim or braid the stalks and hang the garlic braids in the shade to dry further.  To store, keep in a dry, dark place with good air circulation.  Garlic will keep for up to 6 months if stored in temperatures no higher than 0° C (32° F).  Leaves, bulbs, and bulbils may all be eaten.  
In the garden, garlic helps protect plants from fungus and pests.  Scientists at New Castle University have shown that a barrier of garlic oil is an effective slug and snail repellent.  Planted near roses, it aids in fighting black spot.  Garlic spray is used to discourage many insects and combats various blights found on vegetables and flowers.  To make garlic spray, mince garlic and add water.  Some people add a few drops of vegetable oil to the spray to make it cling to flowers and foliage.  Garlic spray is a non-toxic alternative to using harmful chemicals in the garden.
In the kitchen, garlic can be used fresh, dried, or powdered.  Fresh is best.  To peel, place the garlic cloves on the work surface and whack with the flat edge of a knife.  The garlic will crack out of the skin making it easier to peel.  You can also put the garlic in boiling water for 30 seconds, drain, and then peel when cool.  Crush with the flat edge of a knife and slice or chop as necessary.  Garlic can be used to enhance the flavour of seafood, salad dressings, stews, casseroles, vegetables, soups, meat dishes, pasta, vegetables, and poultry.  When roasting meat, make slits in the meat, sliver garlic, and stuff into the slits.  Roast the meat as usual.  Roasting or baking garlic mellows the taste.  To eliminate garlic breath, chew the traditional breath fresheners: parsley, fenugreek, or fennel.




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Friday, January 14, 2011

Baked Eggplant With Garlic, Tomatoes, and Fresh Herbs

Home style eggplant and tomato casserole is wonderful as a main dish, and perfect as a side dish for your favorite vegetable, meat, poultry, or seafood entree. Sauteed eggplant topped with a tomato sauce featuring garlic, onion, herbs, and dry white wine. The sauce is topped with cheese and baked until golden brown and the eggplant is tender.

Eggplant is plentiful throughout the year, and the American purple variety found in most supermarkets and farmers markets are especially nice during peak harvest from late summer through early fall. Slicing the eggplant crosswise into slices makes it an easy task to remove excess liquid. Draining off the liquid from the eggplant slices, and then patting dry is worth the time and effort. The taste and texture are both improved noticeably.

Cook's Notes:
If you need or want to, you can substitute chicken broth for the dry white wine.

Baked Eggplant with Garlic, Tomatoes and Fresh Herbs

Ingredients:

1 Large Eggplant, cut crosswise into 1/2" thick slices
Coarse Salt
1/2 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 large White Onion, finely chopped
1 Garlic Clove, minced or crushed
1/2 cup Dry White Wine
6 medium Vine Ripened Tomatoes, chopped
2 tablespoons Tomato Paste
1/2 cup chopped Fresh Parsley
2 teaspoons Dried Basil Leaves
1/4 teaspoon Dried Oregano
1/4 teaspoon Dried Thyme
1/2 cup shredded Monterrey Jack Cheese

Preparation:

1. Add eggplant to colander. Salt moderately, toss to coat.
2. Let stand 30 minutes.
3. Pat dry.
4. Add 1/2 the olive oil to large skillet. Heat over medium high heat.
5. Sauté eggplant slices in a few small batches. Brown on both sides lightly. Add additional olive oil as necessary.
6. Remove sauteed eggplant slices to platter.
7. Add onion and sauté until soft.
8. Stir in minced garlic, dry white wine, 5 of the vine-ripened tomatoes (chopped), tomato paste, parsley (reserve 1-tablespoon), basil, oregano, thyme.
9. Bring to a boil. Cover. Reduce heat to low. Simmer 15 minutes.
10. Uncover, and cook additional 10 minutes. Season with salt to taste.
11. Preheat oven to 350 F.
12. Spoon 1/2 the tomato sauce into shallow 2 quart casserole dish.
13. Place 1/2 the eggplant slices over tomato sauce. Repeat layers.
14. Top with remaining chopped tomato.
15. Cover with foil. Bake in preheated oven 30 minutes.
16. Remove cover. Sprinkle cheese over casserole.
17. Bake 15 minutes, uncovered, or until cheese melts.
18. Garnish with reserved parsley.




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Friday, July 23, 2010

Baked penne with sausage recipe: garlic and onions in the oven recipe for Penne

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