1st Day of Training and Awesome New Recipe

Leave it to me...not only did I decide to discuss my real estate experience, I thought I might spice (pardon the pun) it up by sharing "tried & true recipes" by me. I know multitasking! I did not used to know how to cook until I started following the Food Network and trying new recipes at least once a week. I have now become a really good cook. I actually think I would do well being a chef in a restaurant. I have now gotten to the point where I can tweak recipes to make them even more yummy!! Gone are the days of campbell soup recipes (not that there is anything wrong with them, they are good too), nowadays I am gravy master, saute & sauce queen!!

Tonights recipe was awesome!!!!!

Pork with Orange Sauce

Courtesy of Good Housekeeping

4 lg carrots, cut into 1-in chunks

1 whole pork tenderloin, trimmed of fat & silver

1or 2 large navel orange

1 tsp. olive oil

1 small red onion, sliced

1 Tbsp Dijon mustard with seeds

Cook carrots in microwave or stovetop to your liking . I hope you already know how to do this :)

Slice pork into 1 1/2" slices crosswise, flatten with hand. Salt & pepper the slices. Heat oil over medium high heat and add pork. Add onion slices and cook about 4 minutes per side until brown and cooked through. Meanwhile, from orange grate 1/2 tsp. peel and squeeze orange. If you can get 1/2 cup or more, great, otherwise can add 100% orange juice to make up. Remove pork only and keep warm.

Add mustard, orange juice, and peel to skillet with onions and let cook for about 1 minute

Serve sauce over pork and serve with rice.

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On a real estate note, I drove all the way to Portsmouth today for my 1st of 10 training classes. Portsmouth is over an hour drive, so it made for a long day. But hey, I had time to get home and make this yummy pork dinner, now that's a fast meal! Today was about all the ins and outs of Coldwell Banker and what it has to offer it's agent's and customers. Amazing really, how much they invest in their agents and customers. I am so impressed. One thing I found interesting in my class, not one man?? All of the new agents in my class are women and the majority were stay at home moms. Go figure, is this the wave of the future for us moms? Go girls! Let's make some moolah!! Of course I hope you don't think I am all about making money. I do look forward to being an open, honest, and knowledgable real estate agent. Actually, the instructor would like to call us "Real Estate Consultants"..I love it! Kris