It was my mother in love's (MiL) birthday recently. She normally does all the cooking and such for any sort of birthday celebration for the family, so Husband and I insisted that we at least make the entrée. Little brother brought a couple of Gooey Looey Gooey Butter Cakes (AMAZEBALLS, seriously, try them!) and MiL ended up making a salad because she is super good and them and felt bad that I was cooking when I had to work all day. I try to explain to her the beauty of a slow cooker and I think that is the only reason she agreed to it either way.
For family dinner when I am feeding 6 people, I typically go for something that is less protein based so that it will keep cost down. This dish, though, has a perfect amount protein for the price thanks to pork being less that $4/lb and it being on sale at Shop and Save early that week!
Slow Cooker Apple Cinnamon Pork Loin
Ingredients
1lb pork loin (I used a 3.75 pound loin)
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 apples, one diced and one sliced (I used a 5, 2 sliced the rest cubed)
1 large sweet potato (I used a 4, diced)
1 red onion (I left this out because Little Brother doesn't do onion)
1 tablespoon honey
1/2 tablespoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
- Season pork loin with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Sear the pork for 2-3 minutes per side until browned.
- Place diced sweet potato, one diced apple, and diced onion in the bottom of the slow cooker. Season with remaining salt and pepper.
- Make slits in the pork loin and stuff with the other sliced apple. Transfer to slow cooker and sprinkle the entire mix with cinnamon and drizzle with honey.
- Cook on low 7-8 hours. (Mine cooked for 10 hours or so due to the larger amount of meat and my work schedule in general with commute)
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| Pork! |
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Potatoes and apples!
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Until next time...cook it up!
