My daughter-in-law, Jessica, was sharing a story about how her parents are surviving their house remodel/add-on with no kitchen and heating up foods like Hot Pockets for dinner. Now, I know that there are times when we all wish we had no kitchen so we wouldn't have to cook or clean it and could just eat out or something like that. However, in reality, I don't think any of us really, really wants to be without a kitchen at all. Yet, her mention of Hot Pockets flung a craving on me today. Rather than make a dash to the store, though, I decided to try to concoct one of my own. Here is what I came up with:
Ingredients:
1 package refrigerated Crescent Rolls - when you start with this as a base, what wouldn't be easy and good?
1 pound leftover pork loin - rubbed with a secret concoction of McCormick's Grill Mates Smokehouse Maple and Mesquite seasonings and marinated overnight in a secret concoction of Johnny's Sauce, Worcestershire Sauce, Soy Sauce, and Lemon Juice
mushrooms - an ingredient that I think makes most any main dish wonderful and Mike says I add to everything and...maybe I do
grated cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese - You know I grew up on a dairy farm and how can you go wrong by adding cheese?
- First, unroll the roll dough and butt two of the triangles together at the base end.
- Top with some roasted pork loin that wouldn't slice when your husband tried to slice it for his birthday party company (various family members) and wound up just pulling apart like pulled pork bar-b-que.
- Add a layer of the mushrooms and sprinkle with some of the cheese.
- Fold the pointy ends of the dough over the filling and bake in a 350 degrees oven for about ten minutes.
- Sprinkle with a bit more cheese and serve up with some home-made pickles, some Goldfish crackers you steal from the stash for the grands, and a glass of cranberry juice.
Yum!
P.S. It also looks delish on a pretty blue-and-white plate gifted to you by said daughter-in-law's mother, Karen. Thanks, Karen!
