Pod meal with pork

     Today pork tenderloin was on sale. So much meat but such a treat. So, of course, I brought the pork and divided it, wrapped and froze the portions.

My first pork meal was breaded pork cutlet. I took one of my pork portions out and tenderized it, breading it with flour, egg wash, and breadcrumbs. I threw that in an oven @350 and baked it for twenty minutes. While I was cooking the pork I checked out the freezer for my pod sides. I picked out sweet potatoes and asparagus taking them out of the freezer when I put the pork in the oven. 

Honey might be a good dipping sauce, right? 

       I defrosted my sweet potato, in the pod, for 30sec in the microwave and just put the asparagus on the plate. When the pork was ready I microwaved the entree plate for one minute, added the pork cutlet, and dinner was ready. The honey dip was a great choice. 

     Sometimes even this size portion of meat is too much. In those cases, I eat around the outside and save the center section for a mini sandwich, for another day.

   This minimalist eating is not only convenient

but is great for calorie counting if you are on a diet, and who isn't? Unfortunately, I like variety in my food selections. Sometimes that variety can be as simple as how I cook my protein. Sweet potatoes seem to compliment pork and the vegetable is whichever one I grab first. 

     This time I merely pan fried my pork cutlet with seasonings in one of my cast iron skillets. I paired it with honey bbq sauce and it was delicious. 

I also have a marsala sauce in a pod that would be a nice topping for a cutlet. I might go with mashed potato, rice or pasta pod with this protein choice. So you get the picture. I am having fun podding in the company of food and will have some more fun ideas for you in the post to follow. Pod On!