I'm turning my home into a Thanksgiving Week Recovery Center for burnt-out hosts. It's not exactly the Betty Ford Clinic, though the empty wine bottles in the recycle bin may give pause.

I'm taking a lot of deep breaths and chanting "Om's" to clear my mind from the frantic pace of house guests, "to-do-and-make" lists, silver polish, linen and refrigerator contents that resemble a pre-schooler's art supply box.

And I ask myself, how could I possibly be hungry again? But I am and so is my family. I want to make something really easy, budget-friendly and I want to be able to use the leftovers in a meal tomorrow. Would insisting this dinner taste delicious be pushing the envelope?

Not with this recipe, a favorite using center cut Pork Roast. Pork Roast regularly rotates amongst the ad items in local grocery periodicals throughout the winter. This week Meijer's is featuring boneless pork roast for $1.39 a pound. With ad item prices, often the item is packaged in family packs, perishables packed larger than you'd normally buy. I always have leftovers in mind when making these purchases.

I've also found this particular pork cut to be freezer-friendly. Since I am chopping rosemary and crushing garlic anyway, I coated an extra two pound piece with the fragrant combo combined with kosher salt and freshly ground pepper, double- wrapped the seasoned pork in foil and placed it in a freezer bag.

It will be fine frozen for a couple of months, and a blessing when I'm in the New Year's recovery mode.

Baked sweet potatoes and steamed brocolli will be perfect accompaniments, both requiring minimal effort. While shopping at Meijers, I purchased shiitake mushrooms, fresh ginger and a Lo Mein "stir fry" pasta and veggie bag. I'll use those when concocting another simple-to-make dinnerFeed for tomorrow.

Yield: 6 servings Active Time: 5 minutes Roast Time: 45 minutes-1 hour Cost: apx. $5.00

Ingredients

3 teaspoons minced garlic 3 teaspoons fresh chopped rosemary (or 1 teaspoon finely crushed rosemary) 1, 2-pound boneless pork loin roast

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400Ëš. 2. Season pork with kosher salt and freshly ground pepper. Combine garlic and rosemary and rub over pork. Place pork, fat side down, on a lightly greased broiler pan or roasting rack. Roast pork 25 minutes then turn and roast fat side up. Roast 25-35 minutes longer or until a thermometer inserted into the center of pork registers 155Ëš. 3. Remove from oven and let rest 10 minutes. Cut pork into slices, let soak into pan juices and serve.