Spring Pork and Pasta


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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 4
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 290.0
  • Total Fat: 14.1 g
  • Cholesterol: 76.6 mg
  • Sodium: 83.9 mg
  • Total Carbs: 14.4 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.9 g
  • Protein: 26.8 g

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Introduction

Senara's Mystery Meal #2. I wanted to do a pork stirfry and was in a creative cooking mode. This is what I came up with. Would love your comments, Sparkmail me. Enjoy! Senara's Mystery Meal #2. I wanted to do a pork stirfry and was in a creative cooking mode. This is what I came up with. Would love your comments, Sparkmail me. Enjoy!
Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

    1 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
    2 tsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
    4 boneless pork chops (loin) approx 3 oz size
    1 Tbsp ground black pepper
    1.5 Tbsp garlic powder
    4 cups fresh spinach (stems removed)
    2 Tbsp Cider Vinegar
    1 Tbsp Italian Seasoning
    4 oz small shell pasta (approx 2 cups dry)


Directions

Prep:
Cut pork chops (loin) into 1/2" strips.
Wash and remove stems from spinach. Cut spinach to manageable size if large leafs.
Coarsly dice onion.
In small bowl whisk together cider vinegar, 2 tsp olive oil, and italian seasoning.

Cook:
Place pasta shells in boiling water and cook to desired tenderness, rinse briefly in cold water when done.
In frying pan over medium heat add 1 Tbsp olive oil, 1 diced onion, garlic powder, black pepper, and pork strips. Brown pork until cooked through.
Add spinach to browned pork, and drizzle vinegar/oil/seasoning mixture over spinach. Stir in spinach. Add pasta shells to pork/spinach mixture and stir in. Heat on low until spinach wilts. Makes 4 2-cup servings (approx).


Possible substitutions: Lite Italian dressing for vinegar/oil mixture, 2 cloves garlic for garlic powder, or fresh herbs for italian seasoning.

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SENARA.

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    This was so easy to make and delicious, I used fresh garlic instead of garlic powder to give an extra kick! This was my first recipe from this site. - 6/14/07