Elle's Kitchen: Crockpot Pork Loin

 

I have to admit, I don't used the

crockpot very often but I found this

recipe and it is so easy and wicked good!

 

Ingredients:

2 pound pork loin

1 teas. sage

1/2 teas. salt

1/4 teas. pepper

1 clove garlic, crushed

1/2 cup water

 

Glaze:

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 tabl. cornstarch

1/4 cup balsamic vinegar

1/2 cup water

2 tabl. soy sauce

 

 

Trim fat from loin.

 

 

Combine sage, salt, pepper

and garlic.

 

 

Place water and pork loin in

crockpot and rub with above mixture.

Cook 7 hours on low.

 

 

One hour before loin is done, prepare

the glaze.  Place glaze ingredients in a

saucepan and heat, stirring until it thickens.

 

Reserve 3/4 cup of glaze.

 

 

Brush loin with glaze three times

in the last hour of cooking.

 

 

Slice and serve with reserved glaze.

 

Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elle's Kitchen: Sauteed Cabbage

This is a quick and easy side dish that

goes great with pork dishes.

 

Slice a small head of cabbage very thinly.

I use a mandoline on a thin setting.

Drizzle some olive oil in a saute pan and

add a tablespoon of butter, place over

medium high heat.  When butter is melted

add cabbage and season with salt and pepper.

Then just let it cook as you slowly turn the

cabbage with a pair of tongs.  Keep cooking it 

low and slow until the cabbage is a lovely

brown color ~ keep the heat low enough 

that it does not burn.

 

We served this last night with our

Crockpot Pork Loin that you can 

find here and some roasted veggies.

The pork dish is a favorite of the guy

from Bloomington and today he heads

back to school to start his Spring semester.