Apricot glazed pork and wild rice medley

This beautiful sun filled dish is sure to please everyone at the dinner table. Apricot honey mustard pork, peach salsa, tamarind almonds, wild rice medley toped with tamarind almonds. These bright colours come together in the dish to create a burst of flavours.

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You will need:

Preparation

1

Prepare & cook the rice: Preheat the oven to 425F.
In the sink, place the wild rice and brown rice blend in a strainer and rinse it well.
In a pot, add the wild rice and brown rice blend, water (1 1/3 ^2P , 2 2/3 cups ^4P, 4 cups ^6P). Season with salt. Combine. Bring to a boil on high heat. Reduce the heat to low, cover and cook 35 to 45 minutes or until the water is absorbed and the rice is desired texture. Set aside.

2

Cook the pork: Coat a 9 x 9 pyrex pan with oil, place the apricot honey mustard pork on the pan and season with salt & pepper. Bake for 15-30 minutes*. Let rest for about 5 minutes and cut the apricot honey mustard pork in thin slices.

*Note: Ensure the pork is cooked to a minimum internal temperature of 145F.

3

Prepare the salsa ingredients: Wash and rinse all produce. Cut the shallot and peach in small dices. Roughly cut the tamarind almonds. Separate the mint leaves. Cut the mint leaves in thin slices.

4

Prepare the salsa: In a bowl, add the shallot, mint, peach and the peach salsa sauce.

5

Finish & serve: Roughly cut the tamarind almonds. Serve the wild rice medley with the pork. Garnish with peach salsa and tamarind almonds.

Bon Appétit!

Ingredients

2 portions

4 portions

6 portions

wild rice & brown rice blend

2/3 cup

1 1/3 cup

2 cups

apricot honey mustard pork

200 gr

400 gr

600 gr

mint

3 gr

6 gr

9 gr

peach

shallot

tamarind almond

2 tbsp

1/4 cup

1/3 cup

Peach salsa sauce

1/4 cup

1/2 cup

3/4 cup

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Dr. Herrington's Health Fact

Regina Naturopathic

ALMONDS

One of the best nutritional changes you can make is adding 1 oz (~23) of nuts to your daily diet. Almonds are high in fibre, healthy fats, vitamins, and minerals like magnesium. A recent review of over 800,000 people found that just 1 small handful of nuts daily reduced heart disease rates by 21% and cancers by 15%! Diabetes was reduced 40% and infectious diseases 75%. Simply put, when you eat almonds (or other nuts that you enjoy), good things happen!

Cooking with Kids

Cooking for kids?
Feel free to slowly introduce new vegetables to children.

Making this recipe with kids?

Ask the child to help by completing step 1 & 4.

Add the wild rice and brown rice blend to the water.
Serve

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