Fennel Pork with Apricots

This was my second pork chop dish with plated and it was another winner.  The pork was tender and juicy and the salad had a lot of flavor, the quinoa was pretty bland though (really this is the third plated meal in a row where the starch has been lackluster).

What I liked - The prok and sauce were really good, nice crisp crunch to the pork and very juicy.  I love blue cheese and fruit in my salad so its no wonder I liked this, plus the crunch of the almonds and the spiciness of the arugula made this salad a winner.

What I didn't like - The quinoa, bland bland bland.  It was better if you added some of the pork sauce to it but still it needed something more, maybe some dried fruit.  One of the pieces of pork had quite a bit of fat on it, easy enough to cut around but felt like there wasn't enough pork left. 

My modifications - I only used about half the spice mix for the pork, I am not a huge fennel fan so thought using the whole thing would be overwhelming for me, I thought it was great with just half.  Reduced the pork sauce longer then they said to make it a little thicker and added a bit of butter to the final product.  Also added some butter to the quinoa, it needed something.

Overall 4 stars.