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Pork Loin Roulade with Mustard Pale Ale Sauce

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Pork Loin Roulade with Mustard Pale Ale Sauce

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Well, good morning, sunshine!  I totally want to start out this day with a huge THANK YOU to all my wonderful friends for the Happy Birthday wishes!  It was a great birthday with some vacation days thrown in and a party with friends and family Saturday night.  We had a fun evening with corned beef done 4 different ways! Woot!

 

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There was one mishap that landed me on my backside on our tile floors resulting in many injuries and bruises, but luckily no trips to the hospital.

 

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Y’all know that I have 4 huge dogs, right?  3 boxers and a pit bull.  Well, Holly decided to guzzle a bunch of water then barf it up on my tile floor.

 

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She certainly looks sorry, doesn’t she?  What a face….

What happened was I heard them barking like someone was at the door and I was totally expecting packages – because BIRTHDAY!  I came walking up the hallway, stepped in a pile of dog puke, my feet went out from under me, arms and legs everywhere – all in slow motion, of course.  I landed on my bum and my arm with one of my legs going forward and one going backward.  I gotta be honest here, I haven’t done the splits since way before my last 29th birthday.  It wasn’t pretty.  There may have also been some scared dogs running and words yelled that would make a sailor cringe.

 

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There’s nothing like slipping on and landing in a pile of dog puke to get your birthday weekend started on the right note.

I know I’ve said this before, and I’m sayin’ it again.  What in tarnation does this ridiculous story have to do with a pork loin roulade with mustard pale ale sauce?  Not a dang thing.  Have a fantastic weekend, y’all!

P.S. There’s still time to enter the giveaway, so scroll down and get your entry in to win $500 of HelloFresh meals!

P.S.S. It’s that time again for me that I’m exhausted and need a dang vacation, so I’m going to be as much internet free as possible with no posts or social media to recharge my batteries for the next week or two.  I’ll be back to my normal (or not so normal of a person) self posting, commenting, Tweeting, Pinning, Facebooking  and otherwise interacting with all of you soon.

 

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Pork Loin Roulade with Mustard Pale Ale Sauce

 

Honey Roasted Peaches with Mascarpone

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Happy Monday, friends!  I’ve missed you!

 

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I’m sorry I didn’t warn you about my staycation.  I actually fully intended to continue posting on this here blog during my vacay, but I changed my mind because I was in serious need of some good ole R&R.

 

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Corporate America kicked my butt in the weeks leading up to my vacation and my fellow blogger friends know that blogging is also a full time job.

 

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Don’t get me wrong – I’m totally not complaining here.  I LOVE this here website and I LOVE LOVE LOVE all of you!

 

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Sometimes you just need to take a break from life, right?

 

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While I would not refuse another week of paid vacation, I am feeling rested, refreshed, and recharged.  I almost completely disengaged from all things internet and work related.  I finally saw Fargo in its entirety, went to a party, hosted a dinner party, took a nap, slept in, and saw Van Halen in concert.

 

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I also went for a bike ride without injury – those of you that have followed this here website know that’s a miracle in and of itself and worthy of a vacation.

 

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My vacation may be over and the transition to fall is becoming more obvious, but I’m hanging on to vacation mentality and the spirit of summer for a little while longer.  We have delicious summer peaches, my tomato plants are troopers and still producing new fruit (we are in the south afterall!), even though my pumpkin patch is growing out of control – we are the epitome of contrasts and contradictions over here.

 

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Cheers to taking time to center yourself when needed and to a fantastic week ahead!

 

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Roasted Peaches with Mascarpone

Ingredients

  • 4 peaches halved and pitted, cut a little more out from where the pit was to make room for more mascarpone
  • 8 ounces mascarpone at room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 3 tablespoons honey
  • 5 tablespoons melted butter
  • Fresh tarragon and chopped pistachios for garnish optional

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350
  2. Stir together mascarpone, vanilla bean paste and cinnamon and refrigerate at least 30 minutes
  3. Brush a baking dish with 1 tablespoon of the butter and arrange peaches in the baking dish cut side up - you can slice of a small piece of the back for them to sit flat in the dish
  4. Whisk together honey and butter and pour over the peaches, use a pastry brush to make sure they are covered all over
  5. Roast until softened and somewhat browned, 25 - 30 minutes
  6. Fill each of the peach halves with the mascarpone mixture
  7. Garnish with chopped tarragon leaves and pistachios, if using
  8. Serve immediately

Adapted from Bobby Flay