TODAY on MHTV: Make something that will impress your guests without driving you crazy in the process. Pork tenderloin and roasted vegetables are cooked in the same pan and topped with a fig chutney. On the side, a beautiful tomato and roasted beet salad is topped with shredded mint, and an open-faced plum cake for dessert will have people asking for seconds—luckily one recipe makes two cakes.

Get the recipes from this episode:

Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Fig Chutney

Beet and Tomato Salad

Open-Faced Plum Cake

Get the recipes from the 11:30 am/et show, Burger Night.

Watch ”Mad Hungry with Lucinda Scala Quinn” weekdays at 11 a.m. /10 a.m. CT on Hallmark Channel. Bonus episode airs weekdays at 11:30 a.m./10:30 a.m. CT.

1 Comment
  • Laurie@Copycat Recipes
    May 25, 2012 at 2:20 pm

    I think sometimes we can shy away from inviting guests to dinner because we feel that we cook too “plain.” With good recipes, however, that can change. We can cook like the pros!

    Thanks for sharing this.

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