Sweet and Juicy Pork Loin
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
- 3 lbs pork loin, fat trimmed
- 12 ounces diet cola, Diet Rite brand if available
- 1 banana
- 4 peaches
- 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
directions
- Peel and slice your banana. Slice your peaches and remove the pit.
- Place your fruit slices and unsweetened applesauce in your food processor, add cinnamon and nutmeg, then puree.
- Pour your fruit puree from your food processor into a large bowl and add your cola.
- Stir gently until mixed well. If you want it sweeter, stir in a teaspoon or two of Splenda.
- Trim excess fat from your pork loin, place in a plastic storage bag, add your fruit mixture, and refrigerate overnite or for at least 2 hours.
- When ready to cook, spray a non-stick pan with fat-free canola flavored cooking spray, line with tin foil (to protect your pan), and insert a drip rack inside the pan on top of the tin foil.
- Lightly spray the rack and the interior tin foil with cooking spray.
- Place your pork loin on the rack, pour the marinade over it, sprinkle with fresh ground pepper (if desired), and cook at 350 for about 40 minutes. Pork is cooked when internal temperature reaches 170.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
NormCooks
Orlando, FL
I cook for fun and passion. I love to dazzle my wife (whom I met online in 1999) with new flavors and culinary surprises. I like simple recipes with limited steps and common ingredients which produce surpisingly delicious taste treats. I only post recipes I have written and cooked myself.
Our Star Trek Club is known for frequent gatherings throughout Central Florida with great food always on hand.