Bad Blogger and Politics

Politics first:

So we lost VA and NJ. But it looks like we will win NY-23. As for ME, I don't think we are going to pull it out. In WA, we might. At least Chapel Hill is liberal and caring enough to elect an openly gay mayor.

Now Blogging:

Sorry. I've been a bad blogger. Or at least a bad picture taker.

I haven't been taking pictures of things I've made such as the chicken soup, the butternut squash bread, the butternut squash muffins, or the NC shaped shortbread cookies dipped in chocolate.

Recently I made some herb roasted pork loin w/butternut squash mashed potato's and steamed broccoli. J (aka patient zero) said I should have taken a picture of it since it looked so yummy. But alas, I didn't.

I can share what I did though, and it's below.

As for this weekend I promise I will take pictures and post. I'm probably going to be making chicken soup again. And I'm thinking of pumpkin scones, orange scones, cinnamon rolls, or english muffins. I don't know what I want to do. But I do know J and I are going to make a cheese cake together on Friday. I've never done a real cheesecake before, so he's going to teach me.

Ok off to bed now. I have to register for my last semester of classes tomorrow morning at 7! Yah for soon to being 3/4 done with my MPP and only having about 5 more months of schooling left in my life!

My Herb Roasted Pork Loin:

No secret recipe. Just got pork loin from costco and cut the huge log into thirds. Used a third of the log and let it marinate in a brine like mix i made that included salt, pepper, garlic, and a bunch of handy herbs such as rosemary, sage, parsley, etc for l3 hours.

Next I dried the log, and rubbed the same mixture of salt, pepper, and herbs onto the log with pressed garlic as well

Heated a pan with enough oil to coat the bottom and seared the pork loin on all sides till golden brown.

Next I threw it into the oven that was pre-heated to 400 degrees and let it roast for like 30 minutes. It didn't cook all the way through so I had to throw it into the oven again. I would say that you need about 45 minutes all together. But check it at the 30 mark and 40 as mine was a little dried out.