Dinner Tonight: Quick and Healthy Menus in 45 Minutes (or Less)

These recipes, paired with simple sides, can be on your table in 45 minutes or less. Check back for additional recipes around the beginning of each month.

Dinner Tonight: Pork

Quick-cooking and easy to work with, lean cuts of pork can work in all sorts of dishes.

Pork Tenderloin Medallions and Balsamic Reduction Recipe
Photo: John Autry & Randy Mayor

Pork Tenderloin Medallions and Balsamic Reduction

Time: 40 minutes

Flavor Hit: Fresh rosemary infuses the sauce with pinelike fragrance and taste.

Serve with Grilled Peaches: Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add 4 peach halves to pan; cook 2 minutes on each side. Cut each half into 3 wedges. Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 3 wedges). CALORIES 34; FAT 0.2g (sat 0g); SODIUM 0mg

Serve with Wild Rice Salad: Cook 1 cup fast-cooking white and wild rice per directions, omitting seasoning. Stir in 1/4 cup chopped green onions, 2 tablespoons chopped dried cherries, and 2 tablespoons chopped ­pecans. Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1/2 cup). CALORIES 199; FAT 2.8g (sat 0.3g); SODIUM 153mg

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