Like most moms I know, mine always asks what I want for dinner when I pay a visit back home.
She’s trying to keep me here as long as possible, I just know it.
Since I’m home for a few days to train for my new position, momma G made sure to make something delicious and comforting for my first night back in Pennsylvania. On the menu:
herb-rubbed pork loin roast.
{adapted from Hatfield’s pork loin roast recipe}
ingredients:
- one 3-pound boneless pork loin roast
- 2 tablespoons black pepper
- 2 teaspoons dried basil
- 2 teaspoons dried rosemary
- 2 teaspoons dried thyme
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sliced mushrooms
- 1 cup sliced onion
- 2 cans of whole potatoes, drained
directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine all of the seasonings in a small bowl, and then apply the mixture to every surface of the pork loin. Place roast in a shallow pan with the mushrooms, onions, and potatoes surrounding it (don’t put them on top of the roast). Place in oven and bake for 60-75 minutes, or until the center of the roast reaches 150 degrees. Let sit for at least 15 minutes before slicing.
Serve with a vegetable and a grain, which in our case was sauteed broccoli rabe and brown rice. Per. fect. ion.
This is seriously some of the best pork I’ve ever had. It’s perfectly tender, flavorful, and – according to mom – really easy to make, too!
What’s your favorite “welcome home” meal?
My family usually does pizza as a welcome home meal - because it’s so hard to find one single meal that all of us will eat, the build-your-own variety works the best for us!
My older sister lives downtown (a mere 20 minutes from my house!), but she still gets a special meal whenever she comes! I live at home and usually make my own dinner, though my mom will sometimes make her homemade mac and cheese casserole for me…if I’m lucky!
alok says
Nice all of u
My mom will sometimes make her tuna noodle casserole as a welcome home dinner- it’s our favorite meal, one which the only other person in my house who enjoys it is my dad! My two little sisters usually just have cereal.
It depends. If it’s a welcome home in general, pork and scalloped my dad’s mom’s recipe for potatoes.
If it’s a late night coming home, it’s a boiled hotdog with cheese on top.
Let’s just say I’m my father’s daughter
Oh yum!
I love it when my mom makes her chili or minestrone soup when I come home. They’re her signature recipes. 😀
Mmmm, that looks delicious! I have a week off for half term at the moment and have come home but unfortunately my Mum is away until Sunday - I can’t wait to get something home cooked!