Grilled Garlic Balsamic Pork Loin

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Grilled Garlic Balsamic Pork Loin is seriously love. It's moist, delicious, tasty, and overall an nice spin on a pork loin which, let's face it, can be sort of boring. Make this pork loin today and I promise you'll look at pork in a whole new light!

Grilled Garlic Balsamic Pork Loin
(adapted from: Kitchen Confidante)



6 garlic cloves, finely minced or crushed
3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
3 teaspoons coarse salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
3 tablespoons olive oil
3 1/2 lbs pork tenderloin

Stir together garlic, balsamic vinegar, salt, pepper, and olive oil in a small bowl. Allow to marinate overnight.
Sear the tenderloins on all sides, then grill for about 20-30 minutes, rotating every 10 minutes, until the internal temperature is 160 degrees. Try to let it rest before slicing.

Everything tastes better with hummus!!

I have seriously neglected my blog as of late! Things have been super busy around here... a couple of weddings, birthdays, parties, and lots of work (so un-fun!). Fear not my friends, I'm back with a vengeance! ;)

I decided to tackle a recipe that I've always wanted to make... hummus. I made it for Mr. Tana-Licious' Aunts birthday party the weekend of the 4th. I've never made hummus before because I do not have a food processor. Very sad :(... however! While house sitting at said Aunt's house that week, I discovered theirs and was as giddy as a child!

The hummus turned our perfectly... nice and garlicy with a pop of black pepper. It was definitely spicier than anticipated but the combo of roasted garlic & freshly ground black pepper was a hit!

Enjoy :)

Roasted Garlic Hummus



Ingredients:
3 - 19 ounce can chickpeas
3 - head roasted garlic**
1 ½ lemon (zest and juice)
4+ tablespoon olive oil
3 clove of garlic
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
Puree everything in a food processor until smooth. Add olive oil as needed to bring it to the consistency that you like.

Note: I serve mine with red & yellow bell peppers, baby carrots, and pit bread wedges


**To roast garlic:

Ingredients:
heads of garlic
olive oil
salt and pepper

Directions:
1. Cut the tops of the heads of garlic off such that a little bit of each clove is exposed.
2. Drizzle olive oil on the exposed garlic cloves and season with the salt and pepper.
3. Wrap the garlic in aluminum foil
4. Bake in a preheated oven until the garlic is soft and golden brown, about 45 minutes.
5 Let the garlic cool.