Grilled Pork Tenderloin with Balsamic Vinegar

I have partnered with the Iowa Pork Producers Association for their first ever Iowa Food Blogger Pork Partnership.  I will be sharing a tasty tenderloin recipe and share a little bit about my connection with pork.

I grew up in a rural setting but not as farmers.  We rented our house from a farmer.  So, we grew up near animals but not raising whole herds ourselves.  That farmer raised pigs and so once in a while we'd get runts.  They were ones that weren't going to make it without a little help. 

We'd bottle feed them with baby bottles and we kept them in the house, yes IN the house!  Usually in the linoleum floored laundry room but sometimes we'd take them out to play.  People always look at me like I am crazy and ask "don't pigs stink?"  No, pigs don't stink when they aren't running round in their own poo!  

This is a photo of "Josie" and my sister.  My mom tells me my sister fell asleep and Josie cuddled up for a nap with her too.  When they were past bottle fed stage Josie went outside until market weight. Mom would go out in the pen and sit down on the side cement slab and Josie would come up and put her front hooves on mom's lap wanting a scratch. She did this all the way to market weight.  That's a big pig!

To learn more about modern pork farming and the values in which Iowa Pork Producers operates, visit www.porkcares.org. 

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Now on to the recipe and this recipe couldn't get any simpler unless it cooked itself!  My family really enjoyed it!!
Below is the recipe as I had made it, you can see the original recipe HERE.  They have over 2,000 recipes so look around.

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Grilled Pork Tenderloin with Balsamic Vinegar                             Printable Recipe

2 pork tenderloins
1/4 cup olive oil
1 cup balsamic vinegar
3 tablespoons fresh sage (or 1 Tablespoon dried)
salt and pepper, to taste

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Spring Pasta Salad

A local grocery store makes this colorful pasta salad.  My mom found the recipe online but it didn't taste quite like what you can buy from her store so she changed it up to make the flavor right and served it this past weekend.  It's sweet, tangy and gets some crunch from the veggies.  Try this for your next potluck! 

Spring Pasta Salad                                                                         Printable Recipe

10 ounces dry shell shaped pasta*  (GF works too)

1-1/2 cup mayonnaise

1/4 plus 1/3 cup sugar

3-1/2 Tablespoons white vinegar (may need more to taste)

2 cups peeled and thinly sliced cucumber**

1 cup chopped green bell pepper

1/4 cup diced sweet yellow onion

1 cup peeled and thinly sliced carrots
1 cup chopped celery***