What happened to my toddler who ate everything? At seems like some days he doesn’t want to eat anything – so there is no point in cooking up a whole range of veggies for them to be thrown in the bin {and God knows, my husband isn’t adverse to turning his nose up at the veggie component of the dinner}. So tonight, I did some roast potatoes and made a fruit salad!

As a Mum it can be extremely frustrating to throw out dinners that you have slaved away at over a hot stove {especially seeing as it has been so hot lately in Canberra}. If my husband asks one more time ‘why did you make this?’ I think I might explode.

Why did I make a nutrious dinner for our family from scratch? Because I love you!

… Oh and I didn’t want to eat spaghetti bologenese five nights a week.

So tonight I roasted potatoes and made this delicious apple and pear salad to go with our pork and everyone ate it and was happy. Dinner success!

PORK WITH PEAR AND APPLE SALAD

600 grams of pork tenderloin

1 green apple

1 red apple

1 pear

1/4 cup of lemon juice

1/4 cup of apple cider vinegar

1/4 cup of olive oil

2 tablespoons of parsley

1 teaspoon of dried chilli flakes

1 teaspoon of paprika

salt and pepper

Chop your apples and pear into similar size cubes. Toss with lemon juice, vinegar, oil, parsley and chili. Set aside.

Slice your tenderloin into pieces {as shown below}, season with paprika, salt and pepper and then cook in a hot pan for 3 minutes each side. 

Serve together with some roasted potatoes for a meal that will go down extremely well.