This was our dinner last night…

Cajun Seasoned Pork Loin w/Fingerling Potatoes and Green Beans with a Lemon Dill Sauce

I have started to cook from my new cookbook called Clean Food by Terry Walters.  It is about eating seasonal and densely nutritious foods.  I’m not sure, but I think that she is actually appealing to a vegetarian audience, but since us Newman’s love us some meat, I decided that some grilled pork loin would go quite well in this menu.  Now the pork loin I just used some cajun seasoning that I had in the pantry…nothing fancy.  Then I adapted the fingerling potato and green bean with lemon dill sauce from the book.  I added some orange bell pepper since it was in season and I sauteed a little bit of shallots too since I usually need some type of onion flavor with my veggies…Layers of flavor people, layers.

My version of Terry Walters recipe

Here is the adapted recipe…I thought I didn’t like dill, until I had this dish and I realized it is delish in a small amount.

Fingerling Potatoes and Green Beans with Lemon Dill Dressing

2 pounds fingerling potatoes (or any small potato)

2 pounds green beans

2 shallots diced (I added this to the recipe)

1 orange or other bell pepper julliened (I added this to the recipe)

DRESSING:

1 garlic clove minced

1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

3 tablespoons fresh chopped dill

1 tablespoon fresh chopped flat leaf parsley

Salt and Pepper to Taste

Steam potatoes in a large pot until nearly cooked through.  Add green beans for the last 2-3  minutes of cooking until they are bright green and al dente.  In a saute pan, use half of the olive oil and saute shallots and garlic.  When they are translucent, add bell pepper…cook for two minutes.  Then add the cooked potatoes and green beans…saute for another two minutes.  Turn off heat.  Salt and pepper to taste.  Add the rest of the olive oil, lemon juice, dill and parsley.  Gently fold/stir until all the ingredients are combined.  Serve immediately.

This was so very delicious and Brook absolutely loved the different colored potatoes.  She got a kick out of a potato being purple!  Enjoy!