FOOD AND NUTRITION
Cook Like a Pro: Easy Restaurant-quality Meals to Make at Home
Article by Smithfield Chefs
(BPT) - If your family is tired of the same dishes and menus week after week, it's time to step up your recipe game and make meals exciting again. You can help your family look forward to mealtime by trying new recipes that use favorite ingredients, or replacing over-used ingredients with new premium, high-quality choices.
"Meals are only as good as the ingredients that they're made with, and some of the best meals are a lot simpler than you would think," says Colby Garrelts, a James Beard Foundation award-winning chef. "When you start with premium, high-quality foods, all you need are a few basic ingredients to create a simple yet elegant, flavorful dish."
To enhance your recipe repertoire with only a few pantry staples, try these dishes from acclaimed chefs Colby Garrelts and Jose Mendin. Whether you have a dinner party or you're simply looking to elevate your weeknight meal, these recipes will be sure to impress - and your friends and family will never know just how easy they were to prepare.
Lemon-Herb Roasted Pork Sirloin
Ingredients:
1 Smithfield Prime Boneless Pork Sirloin Roast
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon finely chopped garlic
1 tablespoon kosher salt
2 teaspoons black pepper
2 teaspoons chopped fresh sage
2 teaspoons chopped fresh oregano
2 teaspoons finely grated lemon zest
Directions:
Heat the oven to 350 F. In a small bowl, combine the olive oil, garlic, salt, pepper, sage, oregano and lemon zest; coat pork sirloin completely with the rub. Place the pork roast on a rack in a roasting pan; pour water into bottom of pan until 1/2-inch deep. Roast pork until internal temperature reaches 145 F to 160 F, about 1 hour. Remove pork roast from oven, tent loosely with foil, and let stand 20 minutes before carving. Serve with collard greens on the side.
Created by Chef Colby Garrelts, 2013 James Beard Foundation "Best Chef: Midwest" award winner