Pork with White Wine

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My daughter is such the food adventurer, but she tends to favor dishes with a bit more fat and calories than I can tolerate while trying to lose weight.  Thankfully, at my suggestion, she has been experimenting with some healthier fare, the latest on Monday:  pork tenderloin in mushroom sauce.  Miss Katherine served this with summer slaw and steamed asparagus, accompanied by a wonderfully smooth white wine from South Africa --- Diemersdal Unwooded Chardonnay 2011:

[This is] a concentrated wine with fresh fruit aromas.  The nose is elegant, with the richness of the fruit enhanced by apple and sweet melon aromas.  Nuance of limes on the palate combine to offer you a delicious, flavourful wine with a creamy taste and lingering aftertaste.

I highly recommend both the pork tenderloin and the wine.  Each has a distinct flavor that is at once tangy and velvety.  Very tasty.

Tasty Leftover Broth

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Dinner this evening consisted of rice boiled in a broth leftover from an interesting recipe that my daughter tried a few days ago, Sally's Chicken with Olives.  As an accompaniment to the grain, Katherine the Great added some chicken tenders and asparagus, along with a variety of dinner rolls --- pumpernickel, whole wheat, flax seed, etc.  The broth had some whole green olives in it as well, giving some contrast to the entire dish.

A Very Orange Supper

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Tonight, basking in the last throes of unseasonably warm weather, my husband harvested the final crop of carrots from the garden, much later than I ever thought possible.  I roasted them in the oven for a little more than an hour, with some rosemary and thyme, until they were optimally tender.  Katherine the Great paired the carrots with some pumpkin pasta from a local manufacturer, Pasta Vita.  A final garnish of carrot greens and we had a tasty, picturesque dinner...loaded with beta carotene and all manner of yummy goodness.  I hope your dinner was just as delicious and nutritious.