This Week's Menu

I'm pretty excited about our food this week:


I'm trying 3 new recipes, several featuring our brand new slow cooker (I thought the slow cooker would be great for when I went back to school). New recipes:

1. Rosemary Lemon-Pepper pork tenderloin from Rachael Ray.
2. Tomatillo-green chile chicken soft tacos from the lovely Lindsey.
3. Gorgonzola burgers from R.R. (I borrowed this cookbook from my mom---not a lot of figure-friendly food, as Rachael would say, but some great-looking recipes).
   

The tomato soup is an Ina Garten recipe, and can be found here. It is super-delicious, and quite easy. I'm also going to be making black beans in the slow-cooker for the first time. Fun!

Editor's note: the pork tenderloin was unbelievable! I also made the salad accompaniment that Rachael Ray suggested...perfect. I'm loving that cookbook. We bought a cool meat thermometer---definitely necessary for the cooking of the meat products. No more guessing and overcooking.

Jamie Oliver, I love you

image via Food Network

Try this Roast Carrot and Avocado Salad with Orange and Lemon Dressing from Jamie Cooks at Home (I love going for a run on my apt. building's treadmill. The gym has cable TV and I can watch Bravo and FoodTV!). It seems like a complicated recipe, but it just has lots of ingredients. It's a snap to put together. It is the MOST delicious salad ever.

I think roasted carrots are my third most favorite food (after eggs and strawberries).

Speaking of food, I have a huge crush on Cafe Johnsonia. It's a great blog.