It has been a long tiresome week so far… on Monday night our
sweet little puppy child was sick and on two separate occasions in the middle
of the night we had to get up to tend to her. And then, on Tuesday night there
was a major thunderstorm that woke me up multiple times. I know that we desperately
need the rain here in west Texas, and I am very thankful for it, but I need my
sleep or I get cranky, emotional, and unpleasant to deal with. Normally I love
coming home from work to cook a nice meal, but on Wednesday all I wanted to do
was lay down. I was just too exhausted to even think about putting a meal
together. And it is times like these that the crockpot is my best friend. I had
been wanting to try this crockpot brown sugar balsamic glazed pork loin recipe
for a while, so I figured now would be the perfect time!
Almost all crockpot meals are easy, dump it in and forget
about it meals, but this was one of the easiest and most delicious recipes I
have tried! It took me less than 5 minutes to prepare the pork and put it in
the crockpot to cook all day, and then after work it took me 5 minutes to put
the glaze together. And it came out so tender and flavorful. The glaze is
absolutely wonderful and would be great on chicken too! The original recipe
suggested moving the pork over to a frying pan to caramelize the glaze, while I
am sure that is delicious I chose to forgo this step (because I was too tired
and lazy to do even that!) and it was still great! Also, one pork loin is way
more than me and my husband can eat on our own, but Jon pointed out that this
would make a great sandwich, so we have lunch already figured out for today!
Double win!
My suggested pairings: steamed vegetable medley (I used one
of those microwave steam-able bags, which are great for lazy days such as
this!), and a dinner roll.
Enjoy!
-holly
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