Pork with Strawberry Balsamic Sauce and Cucumber Salad

This meal is different, easy to make, delightfully tasteful, low in calories and fat, healthy, and very pretty. I think that this would be a good meal to make for guests in your home. It is so easy to like.   Who doesn't like a good pork chop every once in a while? And strawberries become a versatile topping in this meal. This recipe came about because I bought some pork sirloin chops on sale a few days ago and was trying to decide what to do with them. I had also bought fresh strawberries.  They are in season and I have seen them all over the grocery stores lately. Well, both of them were sitting in my fridge so I decided to try strawberries and pork together. I looked up a few pork and strawberry recipes and then came up with my own variation. I served it along with a summery cucumber salad which is also incredibly easy and very low in fat. I felt the result of my experiment was absolutely delicious and worth sharing. 

Hope you Enjoy......

Pork and Strawberries:

2 - 4 Pork boneless sirloin steaks (this is what I used, feel free to switch to bone in if you prefer)

1 1/2 cups of fresh strawberries, sliced

1 Tbsp of fresh rosemary, chopped

4 Tbsp of reduced fat raspberry vinaigrette 

2 Tbsp of balsamic vinegar

Salt and pepper

1. Salt and pepper the pork steaks on both sides. Pan fry over medium high heat for about five minutes on each side, or until the meat has a golden crust and is cooked through. 
2. Remove meat from pan and put on a plate. Tent with aluminum foil and set aside. 
3. Whisk together the raspberry vinaigrette, balsamic vinegar, and rosemary in a bowl. Pour into the pan that you cooked the pork in. Over low heat, deglaze the pan and let the sauce reduce. 
4. Add strawberries to the sauce. Cook over low heat until the strawberries are warm. Do not leave them on the heat for too long or they will become mushy. You only want the strawberries to be heated through as they mix with the sauce. 
5. Pour strawberry sauce over the pork. 

 Cucumber Salad:
2 cucumbers, peeled and cut into bit size pieces
3 Tbsp of white wine vinegar
Zest from one lemon
Juice from half of a lemon
1 tsp of dill
1 tsp of sugar
Salt and Pepper to taste

1. Put cucumber in a salad bowl and top with all other ingredients. Toss together. 
2. Serve alongside the pork with strawberry sauce and a roasted red potato. 

Enjoy!