Medallions of Pork with Apples and some modification!

   I know it has been a few days.  It is looking like the optimistic idea of putting up a recipe everyday may not happen.  We will shoot for about every other day instead!  (Remember, if you have a great recipe send it to me!!! Facebook or email!)  Yesterday for dinner, I made medallions of pork with apples.  It is another recipe from the cookbook Walt got for me.  It also happens to be in the 20-minute section so it was a quick dinner!

Money Savers:
   There is always some kinda of apple on sale at Publix.  You will see what I say about the apples in this recipe but I think a sweet apple will work best!
   
INGREDIENTS:
1-lb pork tenderloin (I bought mine already cut because it was the better price and more convenient!)
2 cloves garlic, minced (I used my garlic press)
2 tbs olive oil or butter (I used the butter :) For healthly recipes, go with the olive oil)
20-ounce can sliced apples, drained
   **soo... about the apples.  I got just regular apples in water.  No sugar added or anything.  I think this was the part of the recipe that was lacking.  I would either do fresh apples and let there be a little bit of a crunch to them.  You also could get canned apples with sugar.  I added sugar to the recipe when I put in the apples (probably like 1/4-1/2 cup).
2 tsp snipped fresh thyme or 1/2 tsp dried thyme, crushed (I used the dried from my spice rack)

DIRECTIONS:
1.  Cut the pork crosswise into 1/2 inch slices.  In a 12 inch skillet cook the garlic in hot oil over medium-high heat for 15 seconds.  (I cooked it longer than that.  Probably a minute or two.)  Carefully place pork in the hot oil.  Cook for 2 minutes on each side or until browned and no longer pink in the center.  (Mine took a lot longer than that... probably like 4-6 minutes on each side).
2.  Add apples and thyme to skillet.  Cook covered for 1 minutes or until apples are heated through.  (I cooked it a good bit longer than this too.  I guess you could say that mine wasn't really 20 minutes).

Good luck! Let me know if you try it and if you did anything differently! It was good enough to give it a shot, but I definitely think I will do the fresh apples next time and maybe add a little sugar :)