The Feeling - 'Strange'

heard in our kitchen....

Dave: (poking head around corner) Do I smell onions? You know how I feel about onions - they are an abomination...

Muffin: No honey - you are smelling leeks... don't worry

Dave: oh - okay. (leaves kitchen)

I didn't bother telling him that leeks are basically giant green onions.

I'm making a pork loin baked with leeks that were reduced in butter and white wine, a broccoli/bokchoy stir fry with sesame oil, corn drop biscuits, and a hearts of romaine salad.

Pork Loin with Bokchoy/Broccoli Stir Fry!

Wowsers did we eat like a pair of spoiled queens tonight!?

I baked a center cut pork loin smothered in red pepper sauce (3 large thick-fleshed red peppers, a tiny bit of dijon mustard, 1/2 cup sour cream combined in the blender till smooth) and leeks cooked down in butter and white wine. I served it with stirfried bokchoy and broccoli - fried in sesame oil, soy and a 1/2 tblspn of brown sugar and sprinkled generously with a little thyme.

I made drop biscuits with sweet corn and served it up with a hearts of romaine salad with nantes sweet carrots. Everything came out flavorful - and I served the leeks on the side. The sauce and leeks added a lovely flavor to the pork; and the onions browned in the oven and turned out amazingly rich and tasty.

We're both now resembling Macy's floats - but contented ones. :)