Recipes for the week
Pasta, shrimp, and an autumnal pork tenderloin 🌞
Happy Monday. Today, I’m in your inbox with new recipes after taking a mini vacation. It’s been over two years since my last trip, so it was really wonderful to disconnect for a few days. I visited my girlfriend, who recently moved to the Hudson Valley region.
She is one of my favorite people to cook and eat with, and she lives in this dreamy cabin in the woods with a gorgeous kitchen designed by her father. I told her she needed to write a cookbook so I could photograph all her meals in her beautiful space.
When I arrived on Friday night, she whipped up a few cocktails from a darling vintage cocktail recipe book she thrifted. P.S., this girl can sniff out the most amazing vintage finds; her house is filled to the brim with vintage furniture and amazing little vintage details!
Then, she prepared a gorgeous and GIANT pork chop–based on my pork chop and pears recipe–with braised red cabbage and fantastic mashed potatoes. The next day, I made us a quick lunch of sweet chili chicken bowls with shredded cabbage. I've eaten this for lunch every single day for the past week, and I’ll be sharing my recipe on the blog soon!
She took me to her favorite grocery store, Uncle Giuseppe’s, and I immediately fell in love. Their case of prepared food was stunning, and the gigantic pile of chicken cutlets almost made me shed tears of joy. I bought lots of olive oil and a fancy ricotta salata with black pepper. From there, we ducked into Hudson and shopped til we dropped. We rounded out the evening with a dinner at Feast & Floret. I didn’t get pictures of everything, but we did have a beautiful fluke crudo shown below.
The next morning, she effortlessly whipped up the most stunning meatloaf sandwich. And yes, there was a meatloaf sandwich for breakfast. If there isn’t a diner specializing in breakfast meatloaf and meatloaf sandwiches, there should be.
Needless to say, I’m feeling reenergized and ready to cook now that I got a much-needed break. I’m on PTO this week, so I’ll be making lots of tasty meals.
For now, I’m sharing three new recipes with you. The first is a pork tenderloin recipe. I loosely based it on my pork tenderloin from my first cookbook, but for a more autumnal and zingy take, I added fresh ginger to the sauce. It gives it a nice kick that tastes perfect on a chilly night. I also have a shrimp in coconut broth recipe and a beef and spinach orzo recipe. I hope you try them and love them as much as I did!
This Week’s Recipes:
Ginger & Maple-Dijon Pork Tenderloin
This ginger and maple-Dijon pork tenderloin is the perfect way to welcome crisp autumn weather. Combining ginger, maple, and mustard makes this pork tenderloin completely irresistible.
Shrimp in Coconut Broth
This recipe is one of those lazy meals you can throw together even when you don’t feel like cooking. You only need to prep a handful of ingredients, but the soup still delivers big flavor and comfort.
Beef and Spinach Orzo
This hearty, healthy pasta recipe loads up on lean ground beef and mushrooms. The finishing touch of chopped spinach makes this a well-balanced, comforting dinner.
I hope you all have a great week filled with lots of tasty food! If you make one of my recipes, drop me a line to let me know how it turned out. I’d love to hear from you.
-kylie
Delicious!