A Bomb.

When I began the whole "let's stop eating processed foods" thing, I was smart about it (I thought).  We'd been eating packaged foods since my kids were babies so it was going to be a pretty big change.  I didn't grow up with processed foods (much) and neither did my spouse so the change wasn't going to be for us.  I went slow.  We had always had potatoes and rice and meats, but I only added one new dish at a time.  Last night, I added two and either my choices didn't match (could be) or it was just too much new stuff.

I saw a recipe for sage and parmesan breaded pork loin.  Sounds good!  However, I also wanted to try the tomato risotto and figured parmesan and tomatoes go well, so why not??  For starters, the tomato risotto did not taste good.  Likely my fault since I'm pretty sure that Gordon Ramsay charges a small fortune for his risotto dishes and the recipe came from his book.  I used some canned tomatoes because tomato risotto had not been on the menu list and I didn't buy enough tomatoes for the next two weeks.

One thing I have definitely noticed since we made this switch is that anything processed now tastes nasty to me.  I had picked up a couple boxes of KD because it's nice to have on hand for a quick and easy lunch.  It tasted awful to me (but the kids still ate it).   Apparently my taste buds have evolved.  The pork was good, if slightly under-seasoned.  Again, my fault.  I find that cutting up some pork loin is cheaper than buying pre-cut so that's why the pieces are so small.  Two loins for $11.00 and I only used one; we had about thirteen or fourteen pieces.  Add a caesar salad and I thought it would be great.

As I mentioned, the risotto tasted kind of weird (but edible) and the kids weren't fans.  I quickly heated up some minute rice we still have from the days when we ate that.  The pork went over well though.

Breading:
Dip pork in flour, then an egg white and prepared mustard dip.  Next place pork in a mix of breadcrumbs, grated parmeggiano reggiano cheese, salt, pepper, and sage (fresh minced would be best, I used dried).  Fast fry if they're small in a little olive oil.