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Baked Pork with Pasta and Salad

A tasty, hearty meal for everyday cooking! It's good to eat meat a few times a week — it supplies nutrients you won't find in other foods, ones your body needs to run smoothly. Meat can be cooked all sorts of ways: pan-fried, boiled, braised, or baked. Baking is one of the tastiest and most wholesome methods, since it preserves so much of the goodness. Pair the baked meat with a side — pasta and a fresh vegetable salad — and you've got a complete, delicious, nourishing dinner.

Snezhana

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Pork tenderloin

300

Salt

Ground black pepper

Paprika

Olive oil

Salt

Ground black pepper

Pasta

300

Cucumbers

Tomatoes

Radishes

Bell pepper

Green onion

Fresh herbs

Sour cream

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 25 % 8 g

Fats 16 % 5 g

Carbohydrates 59 % 19 g

177 kcal

GI: 11 / 89 / 0

Cooking method

Step 1:

Gather your ingredients. Use whatever meat you like and have on hand — here we're going with pork, which, though on the fatty side, turns out wonderfully tasty, juicy, and filling once baked. A treat like this is fine now and then. Rinse the pork, cut it into steaks about 3/4 inch (2 cm) thick, then rinse again and pat dry with paper towels.
Step 2:

Rub the meat with seasonings to taste — salt, ground black pepper, and a pinch of paprika are plenty.
Step 3:

Set the meat on a piece of foil greased with olive oil and crimp the edges closed, leaving some space above the meat. Place the foil packet in a baking dish and bake in an oven preheated to 350°F (180°C) for half an hour.
Step 4:

After that time, take the dish out, open up the foil, and return the meat to the oven for another 5–10 minutes to brown lightly, if you like. While the meat bakes, prepare the sides: a fresh vegetable salad and some boiled pasta.
Step 5:

Bring a pot of water to a boil with a pinch of salt, then add the pasta. Once it returns to a boil, reduce to medium heat and cook the pasta for about 10 minutes. Drain, rinse with cold water, add a pat of butter, and toss.
Step 6:

Wash the vegetables. Slice the cucumbers into rounds or cubes.
Step 7:

Cut the tomatoes into wedges, half-wedges, or cubes. Core and seed the bell pepper and cut the flesh into thin strips.
Step 8:

Slice the radishes into rounds.
Step 9:

Wash the green onion and chop it with a knife.
Step 10:

Wash the fresh herbs, pat them dry with paper towels, and finely chop them.
Step 11:

Put all the vegetables in a large bowl. Add a pinch of salt and ground black pepper, then dress with sour cream or mayonnaise to taste. Toss to combine — the salad is ready.
Step 12:

Serve the meat with the pasta and fresh vegetable salad. Bon appétit!