Recipe Swap - Jerk Pork Loin

This post will be more of a recipe review.  Last night was my friend Justine's turn to do our recipe swap.  She chose to do the Jerk Pork Loin from Eating Well along with Green Beans with Creamy Garlic Dressing.  It was so nice to come home with a fully made meal and pop it in the oven! 

Look at this spread!  Veggies Galore.  (Ok so I could have gotten a better shot of the tenderloin but you get the idea.)

I had an eggplant I needed to do something with as well.  And I was REALLY hungry so I also added a salad.  I decided to broil the pork and the eggplant at the same time since the grill was out of juice.  I sliced it and salted it first to bring out some of the moisture for about 10 minutes and then wiped that off, sprayed some EVOO spray and some Tastefully Simple "Garlic Garlic" seasoning.  I put this under the broiler for about six minutes a side.  Well, I meant to do it six minutes a side.....

My husband was working late on a job so my parents came over to help with my daughter. In the craziness of the evening (a typical evening) I was running around like a chicken with its head cut off and the timer for the broiler went off. I yelled to my mom "can you turn that off!" The timer went off and I finished what I was doing.  I came back to the oven, flipped the pork and the eggplant, reset the timer, and went back to whatever I was doing.  Six minutes later I went to check on everything. "Man, this is taking a while" I thought.  "And here I was worried about it burning under the broiler."  I reset the timer for five more minutes.   STILL no lovely crust on the pork.  "This thing must be made of kryptonite or something".  I went to reset the timer again and waaaaaait a minute.  I looked a little closer.  Everything was turned off.  Even the broiler.  My mom thought I meant to turn everything off.  So after the first six minutes nothing had been cooking.  Luckily, I was able to salvage everything and we all had a good laugh about it. 

Jerk Pork Loin: I loved the blend of flavors in this.  There was habanero for a little heat, aromatic garlic, brown sugar for sweetness and an amazing mix of spices....cinnamon, allspice, thyme.  Delish! 

Green Beans: Personally, I am a fan of Al Dente veggies.  I don't like them limp and cooked to death.  These were a crisp, creamy and garlicky and paired well with the garlic in the pork loin.

Good choices Justine!  Pfew!  I was close to ruining that one.