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Are you looking for a quick and easy pork loin recipe? If so you need to try this pork tenderloin in deep covered baker recipe. Pair this dish with red potatoes and caramelized apples. 

I recently went to a Pampered Chef party and picked up one of these deep covered bakers among a bunch of other things. This was my first pampered chef party and it definitely won’t be my last!

I decided to cook a pork tenderloin in this new deep covered baker. When I was at the Pampered Chef Party I couldn’t believe it but they cooked 2 chicken breasts in the microwave and it came out amazing!

I think the reason why it comes out nice and tender is because the covered baker is stone ware.

This recipe is perfect for those days where you really don’t want to cook but you still want to have a home cooked meal. After a long stressful day a work and then an hour at the gym, the last thing I want to do is cook.

The meal is so easy, just a little chopping and then throwing everything in a deep covered baker, and then cook it in the microwave—it doesn’t even seem like cooking.

This recipe is so simple with only 5 ingredients, it’s perfect kid friendly recipe too! I don’t have any children (yet), but when I do I will definitely be getting them involved in the kitchen early.

A recent study published in the Cambridge Journals showed that involving children in meal preparation can be advantageous to their health. It suggested that the incorporation of activities teaching children how to prepare simple and healthy meals in health promotion programmes could potentially lead to improvement in dietary habits (1). Read the full article here.

1. Yen Li Chu, Anna Farmer, Christina Fung, Stefan Kuhle, Kate E Storey and Paul J Veugelers (2013). Involvement in home meal preparation is associated with food preference and self-efficacy among Canadian children. Public Health Nutrition, 16, pp 108-112. doi:10.1017/S1368980012001218.

Pork Tenderloin in Deep Covered Baker

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Quick and Easy Pork Loin Recipe

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Servings 4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 large granny smith apple
• 5 red potatoes
• 1 pork tenderloin
• Rosemary seasoning
• Montreal Seasoning

Instructions

1. Rinse off apple and potatoes
2. Dice apple and potatoes into 1x1 chunks
3. Season pork with Montreal seasoning and put in stone
4. Place chopped apples and potatoes in stone on top of pork loin and season with rosemary
5. Place top on stone and microwave on full power for 20 minutes
6. With a cooking thermometer check the internal temperature of the pork. I cook mine until it is 165F.
7. Remove the stone from the microwave and carve the pork as desired and enjoy.

Other quick and easy week-night dinner ideas

• Instant Pot Ribs
• Low Carb Bacon Cheddar Cauliflower Soup
• Instant Pot Quinoa Salad

This recipe also works perfect with chicken breast or chicken thighs if you do don’t like or eat pork tenderloin.

How do you like to cook your pork tenderloin?