Cranberry Pork Roast

Thought I'd share a very tasty recipe with you. Its one of our winter favorites! This little recipe is very simple and loaded with flavor. The meat is sweet without being over the top sweet, tender and moist! This is a slow cook crock pot recipe. You will need a 4 quart crock pot for this meal. Just load the slow cooker and forget about it--now, that's my kind of cooking.

Only four ingredients:

• 2-3 lb Pork Roast (or beef)
• 1 tablespoon dried onion flakes or 1 medium yellow onion diced
• 2 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 (16oz) can of whole cranberry sauce

Directions:

1. Place the meat in the crock pot. 
2. Sprinkle onion flakes over meat. 
3. Add the soy sauce. 
4. Then, pour the entire can of cranberry sauce over top. 

Done! That's all there is to it. Easy, right?! For all you who love to improvise as you cook...as tempting as it might be, do not add any water or other liquid to the crock pot. As the meat cooks, it will make more than enough liquid. No worries of it being dry. Trust me!

Cooking time:

low for 7-9 hours
high 5-6 hours

Personally, I usually plan so I can cook it on low. The meat turns out tender and just falls apart. If  you do cook the meat on high, just break the meat up a bit during the last hour of cooking. This should help the tenderness of the meat as well as enhance the flavor. 

Once the meat is done and plated, I pour the remaining sauce into a gravy bowl. You can also make a gravy, but we prefer just the cranberry au jus sauce. Serve with mash potatoes or new potatoes. Throw in a green and you've got a very satisfying comfort meal.

enjoy!