Pork Medallions with Sage and Marsala

Pork tenderloin medallions are great weeknight dinner.  They are an easy to cook light meal.  These medallions have sage leaves pressed onto the meat and they are finished with marsala wine for a sweet sauce.  I served this with a asparagus and cannellini bean salad for lighter Spring dinner. Recipe: Pork Medallions with Sage and … Continue reading

Lamb with Mint Gastrique and Root Vegetable Hash

A mint gastrique makes a sweet and tangy pan sauce for organic lamb chops from the market.  The sweetness of the lamb and gastric is offset by the rich earthy and spicy root vegetable hash.    The two together make a really wonderful dinner.  The hash would be great with eggs for brunch or dinner. … Continue reading

Sirloin Tip – 3 more meals

One of the things I preach and practice is “cook once, eat many times”.  This doesn’t mean the same leftovers, night after night, all week long.  It does mean many different meals that follow on from the first dish.  Last weekend, we made the slow grilled sirloin tip roast.   During the week, we used … Continue reading

Slow grilled Sirloin Tip Roast

John Priske of Fountain Prairie Farms talked me into buying a sirloin tip roast.   It is a beautiful cut of meat that I hadn’t cooked before.  He showed me other steaks from the same spot.  They had gorgeous marbling so I thought it would be a good cut served rare to medium-rare off the … Continue reading