Jason's Birthday Dinner

For the birthday boy this evening, we had pork loin, roasted green beans, marinated veggies and fruit salad. I have to say this was a wonderful meal. Had it not been a birthday dinner with dessert following, we all would have had seconds. As it was, A & B had seconds AFTER their cupcakes. Speaks pretty highly of it, wouldn't you say?

Unfortunately, with all of the birthday and pre-school busy-ness, I did not have time for pictures. So you'll just have to trust me that it was yummy!

Pork Loin

1 2-3 lb. pork loin
1/2 cup white wine
1/2 cup lingonberry jam
1/4 cup water
1/2 tsp cumin
1 tsp Old Bay seasoning

Mix wine, jam, water and seasonings and marinate pork overnight.
Bake at 350 for approximately two hours or until tests done with meat thermometer.

Roasted Green Beans

2-3 cups green beans
1 tbsp olive oil
1/4 cup almonds, broken
Salt & pepper

Mix all ingredients together.
Bake at 350 for thirty minutes

Marinated Veggies

2 cucumbers, peeled and sliced
4 cherry tomatoes, quartered
3 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 tbsp olive oil
Salt & pepper

Mix all together and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Fruit Salad

Peaches
Honeydew melon
Apples
Grapes

Dessert was lemon bars for the adults and cupcakes for the kids, all from Sweet 16th.