My grocery had pork tenderloin on sale this week, and since I’d done a lot of beef recently, I couldn’t resist. This is embarrassing, but the truth – I have never cooked a pork tenderloin. Mom & Papa make it on a regular basis for family dinners, so I never felt the need. In the mood for something a little bit spicy, I searched a lot of sites and nothing clicked until…I found a great recipe from Nikibone.com - Jalapeno and Mustard Glazed Pork Loin. Extremely easy, and incredibly moist, tender, and flavorful. This may become MY standard recipe for pork loin! The ONLY effort is to chop a bunch of scallions, some cilantro (which I now buy in a tube!) and a single jalapeno (and you can use jarred, pickled jalapeno – I did); you mix your mustard (I used my own sweet & spicy Mustard dip) and other ingredients in a resealable bag, toss in your meat, mush around, and then refrigerate for at least two hours. But then it said to remove the surface marinade and after basting, discard. NO WAY! I had tasted it before I added the meat, and it was too good to waste! I squeezed it from the plastic bag into a small saucepan, and cooked until it simmered and thickened (remember – it had raw meat in it, so this is an important step!). When I sliced the meat, I drizzled a small amount of the now cooked marinade across the slices - “gilding the lily” perhaps, but a truly delicious step. The “Herbed Noodle” recipe Nikibone paired with this was a great choice. At first I questioned using only a single tablespoon of butter, but I’ve got to say, it worked well. Add a tossed salad (ok, steamed broccoli in this pic, which works) with a “cool”/not too spicy, creamy dressing, and you’ve got a beautiful, healthy, relatively inexpensive and DELICIOUS meal. And like the title says – IMPRESSIVE! [updated from 2009]