Yesterday was Father’s day! Obviously. My mom and I decided to make one of my dad’s favorites, boneless bbq pork loin sandwiches. We grew up eating these as kids and I hadn’t had one in a long time. I went pescatarian for a couple of years and slowly added chicken back into my diet. Now, I’m slowly adding everything back into my diet. I don’t think it’s fair to put limits on “what you can eat.” I may be vegetarian today and meat eater tomorrow. Let’s just quit putting labels on it.
Father’s day was really fun. I spent the day working on a farmhouse table with my dad from Ana White’s website. Today, we are going to stain it and finish it. I can’t wait until it’s sitting my kitchen. Dad’s are the best!
The pork loin takes about three hours to cook, so make sure you cook everything in advance. The awesome part is that it only requires three ingredients.
You Need: *1 boneless pork loin, 1/2 cup of hickory bbq sauce, *3 tablespoons of brown sugar.
Before preparing the pork loin, heat your grill. My dad has the gas grill and his little charcoal grill. I’m a fan of the charcoal flavor, so I decided to use that. It takes about 10 minutes for the coals to heat up and the fire to go down. During that time, prepare the loin.
Poke little holes with your fingers into the loin. Squeeze bbq sauce into the holes. Squeeze extra sauce all over the loin and give it a nice massage. Flip the loin over and do the same to the other side.
Sprinkle brown sugar over both sides of the loin. The loin should have a nice thick glaze all over.
Set the tenderloin on the grill. Cook each side for about 20 minutes before flipping. Repeat this for two hours or until your instant thermometer reads 145 degrees.
While the pork loin is grilling, work on the veggies!
-Add olive oil to the bottom of the baking pan. Slice whatever vegetables you’d like to roast on the pan. Sprinkle garlic and herb seasoning over the top. Give the vegetables a nice toss and then add an additional sprinkle of seasoning on top.
Mix water with a couple tablespoons of brown sugar. Poor it over the vegetables.
I used zucchini, squash, and bell peppers. I usually add sweet potato and onion, but I ran out of room. If you go to my search bar on the top of my blog and type in “roasted vegetables”, you’ll find more of my recipes!
Cook the vegetables for 45 minutes at 350 degrees.
Take the loin off of the grill after it’s reached it’s safe temperature.
The last ten to fifteen minutes of cooking, I kept the grill open. This helps the cool down process.
Let the loin sit for about 10 minutes before slicing it. After you cut off the strings, a lot of the black grill marks fall off. This can get pretty messy, so I’d do this outside if I were you.
Slice the loin into sandwich size pieces. Place it on a platter and pour bbq sauce and brown sugar on top.
Take the vegetables out of the oven and let them cool while you are preparing the table!
And if you have a dog…be careful. Mr. Grumples looked way too excited.
You could cut up the loin and place it on a salad to go the heartier route, but it’s best served on a bun with bbq sauce and yellow mustard!
My dad likes his with tomatoes, pickles, onions, and lettuce.
If you are looking for an easy, inexpensive meal to cook for your friends or family, I promise this one will be a hit! It was as delicious as I could remember it being.
Lauren says
I’m obsessed with roasted veggies lately, they are delicious!
Taralynn McNitt says
I love love love them!
Anna says
Oh my, I love this recipe and I’m glad to find someone else who thinks we should eat everything (of course the balance and the moderation are important)!:) It’s a fantastic Father’s Day gift, I think, and if we had Father’s Day in my country, I would do something similar!:)
kathy says
Looks great 🙂 But I’m ALL for labeling myself as a pescetarian as its down to principles and I’m proud to have been one for 28 years! You’re a meat eater, be proud to ‘label yourself’ as one if it’s what you believe in x
Erin says
This pork loin recipe sounds delicious! I would have never though to grill and serve on sandwich buns. I usually stuff and roast my pork loins. I will have to try this.
Livi says
This veggies look soooo good!
Jennifer says
Everything looks delicious! I have never fully went vegetarian, pescatarian, etc, but some days I don’t eat meat. Honestly, sometimes I don’t even do it on purpose. I think it’s great to have a wide range diet, as long as you’re healthy about it 🙂
xo Jennifer
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Steph Brown says
I cannot describe how absolutely delicious this looks!! So ready to make this!
Des says
Hi Taralynn!
I have been reading your blog for about 2 years now and I love it! I follow you on instagram and facebook and read your new posts when you announce them on there. You have been an inspiration and helped motivate me to eat better and exercise. I recently started a book blog on wordpress and have been trying to figure it out slowly. I was wondering if you have ever done a post about what got you started blogging? Like have you always loved writing or was it more about getting your fitness/health message out there to other people? And if you plan on turning your blogging career into a writing one? Like writing a book. These were just some thoughts that popped into my head as I was scrolling through your recent posts 🙂 Thanks for all that you do in the blogging/fitness world!
Emily says
Sweet Baby Ray’s! Yummy!
Wonni says
Oh, that looks so good! I can almost smell it. It´s 7 a.m. in the morning and I´m feeling hungry for bbq. 🙂 Thanks!
It´s nice to read, that you are enjoying all kinds of food again.
Mr. Grumples… bahahahaha I love him. He is such a darling! ♥
Leigha @ Minougirl says
I LOVE that part about how you went pescetarian, then added chicken, now are adding everything. That is EXACTLY what I’m doing! I went vegetarian for about 5 years and I’ve recently started eating meat again, not all the time, but it’s nice to be able to eat whatever I want and especially go to potlucks! Some days I’ll eat meat at every meal, some days I’ll be vegan!
Kristjana says
hahah Mr Grumples creepin in the background there made my day!
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Kayla says
I love your blog! You look great and your recipes always look delicious. I understand wanting to eat a wide variety of foods. PLEASE keep in mind where your meat is coming from though. Factory farms severally abuse animals. If you are going to keep promoting meat-eating and showing recipes then please do your research. For example this is what a typical factory chicken goes through (From Farm Sanctuary):
Every year, nearly one million chickens are boiled alive in slaughterhouses in the United States — dropped head first into de-feathering tanks, where they drown in the scalding hot water.
Other chickens arrive at slaughterhouses frozen to their cages, have their legs broken as they’re jammed into shackles on the slaughter line, are run over with forklifts, or are thrown into trash bins while still alive.
In poultry slaughterhouses, this egregious cruelty is business as usual.
That’s because the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) exempts poultry from the protections of the Humane Slaughter Act, even though birds represent 8.8 billion of the 9 billion land animals slaughtered annually in the United States
Alicia says
I’m cracking up at Grumples’ face looking at all of the BBQ. Those pictures just made my day!
Andie says
Hi Tara! I just finished reading the book “Skinny Bitch” and now I’m over thinking about what I should or shouldn’t eat. I don’t like red meat. I usually eat chicken, fish and eggs.. and lots of vegetables. But reading what these two girls says about the meat industry and the slaughterhouses make me wanna quit meat for good and be a vegetarian. What do you think about this book?
Taralynn McNitt says
You know, I read the book while trying lose weight when I really didn’t need to. There are some smart things in that book, but I don’t think it’s safe to constantly think about what to eat, what other woman are eating, and how to NOT eat. You just have to be careful with what you take in while reading books like that. If it makes you feel obsessive, it’s better to put it down!