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Glorious One-Pot Meal Recipe: Honey and Spice Pork

Elizabeth — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:35:32 +0000

Today I was invited to perform a cooking demonstration on KNBC’s Colorado & Company, one of my favorite shows to visit. I was thrilled to use the opportunity to help promote the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Colorado Chapter and several upcoming efforts to raise funds and awareness for MS.

I selected a recipe from my current cookbook, Honey and Spice Pork, because the combination of cinnamon and honey is thought to reduce inflammation, a primary issue in multiple sclerosis and other auto-immune diseases.

However many health benefits this recipe may offer, this recipe is mostly just a crowd-pleasing meal that offers a multitude of variations (swap out the pork for chicken or salmon… mmmm! or make it vegetarian with seitan (a wheat gluten meat-substitute product found in the refrigerated section of a health food store, near the tofu).

Find the recipe for Honey and Spice Pork below.

Honey and Spice Pork
Serves 2

My kids love the sweet and spicy flavors of this meal. The pork together with the potatoes, carrots, and green beans offers a kid-friendly, well-rounded dinner loaded with nutrients and low in fat. Look for boneless center-cut pork loin, 1/2-inch thick. Or substitute a turkey tenderloin, a salmon fillet, or even chicken for the pork.

1/2 to 3/4 pound pork tenderloin
sea salt and ground black pepper
1/4 cup honey
3 tablespoons Dijon or Cajun/Creole-style mustard
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
6 to 8 small new potatoes, scrubbed
2 carrots, sliced in coins
15 to 20 green beans, trimmed, or 2 cups frozen

- Preheat the oven to 450° F.
- Spray the inside of a cast iron Dutch oven and lid with canola oil.
- Put the pork in the pot and lightly season with salt and pepper.
- In a small bowl, mix together the honey, mustard, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves and pour over the pork.
- Slice the potatoes in half and add to the pot, then scatter the carrots and green beans over the potatoes.
- Cover and bake for 45 minutes, or until 3 minutes after the aroma of a fully cooked meal escapes the oven. Serve immediately.

Glorious One-Pot Meal recipe: Dill Salmon

Elizabeth — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:00:56 +0000

This morning I demonstrated a quick and easy one-pot dinner recipe for Dill Salmon to help raise awareness of multiple sclerosis and the Walk MS events coming this month around the country. In Colorado, I will be hosting the “Land of Nutrition” in the Wellness Tent at the Denver, Colorado Springs, and Boulder events in May.

Salmon is a desirable food to eat for those living with multiple sclerosis because it is full of omega-3 fatty acids to help maintain and repair the nervous system.

Of course, this recipe is delicious for those not living with MS, too! Find the recipe on page 28 of the 2009 Glorious One-Pot Meals cookbook, or below.

Dill Salmon Serves 2
This is a great, light summer meal and is particularly great for filling your diet with omega 3s! Adding a thin coating of olive oil on top of the fish will result in a less-dense fillet. For an even richer flavor, place several pats of butter on the fish.

Olive oil spray
2 scallions, white and green parts, chopped
1/2 to 3/4 pound salmon fillet
1 teaspoon olive oil
Salt and freshly ground white or black pepper
3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
1/2 lemon, thinly sliced
5 to 7 whole dill sprigs
5 or 6 red potatoes, thickly sliced
2 large carrots, cut into long strips
1/2 medium zucchini, cut into sticks
1 celery stalk, sliced
1/2 medium cucumber, cut into sticks

1.   Preheat the oven to 450F.
2.   Spray the inside and lid of a cast iron Dutch oven with olive oil.
3.   Scatter the scallions in the pot. Set the salmon on top of the scallions, skin-side down if not skinned, and drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, followed by the garlic.
4.   Top fillets with the lemon slices and half the dill sprigs. Scatter potatoes around the fish. Add the carrots, zucchini, celery, and cucumber. Tuck more dill sprigs into crevices and lightly season again with salt and white pepper.
5.   Cover and bake for about 43 minutes, or until 3 minutes after the aroma of a fully cooked meal escapes the oven. Serve immediately.

Glorious One-Pot MEals cooking demonstration video: Farmhouse Pasta

Elizabeth — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:21:29 +0000

Feeling weighted down by holiday cheer already? I feel like I’ve been eating chocolate non-stop since Halloween, I don’t know about you! Not to mention all the heavy, hearty meals we’ve been eating during our recent sub-zero weather.

Take a break from rich and heavy foods with this quick, easy, and delicious vegetarian one-pot meal: Farmhouse Pasta.

Mmmmm…. Creamy chevre goat cheese, lightly coating al dente noodles complimented by crisp-tender vegetables to make a colorful and addictive meal.

Make it a meat-lover’s dish by adding 1/2 lb. chorizo or other ground beef or turkey over the pasta when you load the pot.

Happy cooking!

PS: You’ll find this recipe in the current edition of Glorious One-Pot Meals. Get your autographed copy for that hard-to-shop-for person on your list!

Popular Glorious One-Pot Meal Recipes

Elizabeth — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:00:13 +0000

Here’s a note from a Glorious One-Pot Meals reader to share today:

I saw you do a cooking demonstration in a cookware store last month. I am having trouble trying to choose some recipes to get started with the One Pot Meals. My kids are back home from college, living here while they look for jobs, so I am cooking for four now. My family likes everything, so could you give me a few suggestions -like your most popular recipes – that will help me get going? Thanks!! – Cissy K, Englewood, CO

Hi Cissy,

I’m sorry to hear you’re having trouble selecting recipes but glad to know you feel there is a large selection in the book (more than 100 recipes!).

Here are a few recipes that fans have told me are their favorites. I would suggest you look at the ingredients and see if they are flavors that your family likes, and then go from there.

Remember: everything in a GOPM is substitutable. That means that any protein can be substituted for any protein, any carb for any carb, and any veggie for any other veggie. Feel free to mix an match fresh and frozen ingredients within a recipe, and swap out ingredients your family doesn’t like for ones they do.

Honey and Spice Pork (page 97)
Bahamian Chicken (page 118)
Rosemary Chicken (page 150)
African Peanut Butter Stew (page 116)
Chicken Cacciatore (page 122)
Scallops and Sweet Potatoes (page 74)
Thai Curry with Tufu (page 200)
Cajun Fish (page 26)

Be sure you are using a cast iron Dutch oven and that your oven is at the right temp (450F) and I’m sure you’ll enjoy whatever recipe you choose to make!

Check out some of my streaming video recipe demonstrations here and here, too, for more ideas. I like to make the most delicious meals on camera!

Happy cooking!

PS: You might enjoy a GOPM cooking class on DVD — they are 50% off this month and, along with autographed cookbooks, are available over at the Glorious One-Pot Meals store!

Glorious One-Pot Meal recipe: Feta Shrimp

Elizabeth — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:46:38 +0000

Is is safe to say we’re all sick of turkey by the first week of December?

For a change, check out this Glorious One-Pot Meal recipe for Feta Shrimp! A delightfully surprising meal of tangy feta with smoky roasted tomatoes and succulent shrimp. Yum!

I’ve finally gotten around to uploading some of my televised appearances this year — yes, you’re allowed to say, “Took you long enough!” I know, I know. I haven’t posted a new video in quite some time. My only excuse is that I could really use an assistant or two!

Thanksgiving in One Pot Holiday Recipe

Elizabeth — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:45:52 +0000

Are you dreading eating turkey for the next month? Check out my Thanksgiving holiday recipe in a Glorious One-Pot Meal! It’s infusion cooking at its best, giving you an entire traditional meal — the turkey, cranberry-walnut dressing, sweet potatoes, pearl onions, and even the green beans — cooked all in one pot. Pretty neat, I must say.

Watch my Glorious One-Pot Meal video demonstration of this quick and easy Thanksgiving turkey dinner below, and then head over to the Glorious One-Pot Meals website for the holiday turkey recipe.

Have a wonderful and healthy holiday!

Fighting Cancer With Food

Elizabeth — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:37:04 +0000

While I feel like I’ve dodged a bullet now that the biopsy from my breast came back benign, surviving cancer is still on my mind and in my circle of relationships.

I wrote recently of oxygenating your cells as a way to make the body environment inhospitable to cancer growth, and today I want to peek at how you can manage illness through diet and lifestyle changes.

In particular, were I battling cancer, I would switch to a Perfectly Whole Foods Diet, such as the one outlined by Dr. Walt Stoll and Jan DeCourtney in Recapture Your Health.

Together with cellular-level skilled relaxation (deep breathing) and the right exercise, a Perfectly Whole Foods diet can help the body reclaim the rogue cells and make the body’s environment inhospitable to cancerous growths.

Dr. Stoll himself told of how he eliminated a tumor from his own body with intensive relaxation techniques.

Truth told, when facing my own potential bout with cancer last month the last thing I believed was that I could “relax” it away, but I do strongly believe in Dr. Stoll’s “3-legged stool” of health. Besides, choosing to improve your health through self-care and a healthy lifestyle can be done congruently with modern medical treatments, if you so choose. It’s not one or the other, and they won’t cancel each other out. I believe in using all the resources at our disposal when you’re in a health crisis, until you find the ones that work for you.

I’ll be speaking in Boulder for the Stoll Foundation for Natural Health on October 7th, and talking about how my Glorious One-Pot Meals cooking method can be adapted for use with a Perfectly Whole Foods Diet. This is a free event and anyone interested in healthy living and cooking is invited to come!

Chicken Satay Glorious One-Pot Meal Recipe

Elizabeth — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:18:00 +0000

This morning I demonstrated the recipe for Chicken Satay out of my Glorious One-Pot Meals cookbook on KUSA’s Colorado & Co.

My husband declares this dish “insanely good,” and he’s right. While satay is

traditionally broiled or grilled, this Glorious One-Pot Meal version retains all the flavor yet skips the hassle of threading skewers, basting, and hovering over a grill.

Get the Chicken Satay recipe.

Sweet Tart Chicken

Elizabeth — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:21:54 +0000

I demonstrated my Sweet Tart Chicken recipe during the book launch party at the Tattered Cover Bookstore in Highlands Ranch on Saturday. It’s a recipe that has everything I want out of a one-pot meal — quick, easy, delicious, and nutritious — and it contains one of my current addictions: pomegranate molasses. Yum!

Sweet Tart Chicken Glorious One-Pot Meal

I wished I could have fed the pomegranate glazed chicken, potatoes, squash, Brussels sprouts, and mushrooms to all 85+ audience members at the signing, but it was nevertheless gratifying to have such an attentive group asking wonderful questions about healthy eating and making Glorious One-Pot Meals. As soon as my dad shares his photos from that day I will post them here.

Pomegranate Molasses from the Savory Spice Shop

In the meantime, you can get the recipe for Sweet Tart Chicken here, posted when I demonstrated the recipe on the local news in mid-December. Please let me know if you locate the accompanying video of the demo on this site. (I have a copy in my queue to be edited and YouTubed, along with the recipe clips from last Friday, but I don’t know when I will have it ready. Not enough hours in the day!)

One of the questions was where do I find pomegranate molasses? I get mine at the Savory Spice shop, but I’ve seen it at middle eastern groceries and Whole Foods. I use it in a few recipes in the new Glorious One-Pot Meals cookbook and it’s always scrumptious.

Glorious One-Pot Meals on TV Today!

Elizabeth — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:46:50 +0000

I just returned from shooting two live television appearances this morning — whew! What a whirlwind. And so much fun!

Farmhouse Pasta Glorious One-Pot Meal

I debuted two never-before-demonstrated recipes from the new GOPM cookbook: Farmhouse Pasta (video) and Feta Shrimp with Roasted Tomatoes. At the moment of this posting, I do not see the Colorado & Company video up yet, but it would be worth checking back for it as it will take me a while to edit and post these videos and the recipes on my GOPM site.