What is a great way to cook fast and easy? Use your slow cooker! I love using it for days I don’t want to stand in front of a stove or I just want food to be ready magically by the end of the hday or overnight. My slow cooker is the answer for this wish. I try to alternate my foods regularly, which is a good practice if you have food intolerances or even to prevent food tolerances (possibly). We had not had pork in awhile so I decided to see what I could use in my pantry. I keep staple items on hand always. Sometime I buy “one off” items if they have been marked down and I know I can use them eventually. Sure enough a jar pear jelly presented itself, as well as a can of green chile peppers, so that is what is for dinner. I had not tried this combination before but knew a little sweetness usually goes well with pork. So I gave it a go. The verdict is….
A little bit of heat and a little bit of sweet definitely makes a great couple! Thumbs up from my husband and will be on my dinner list to make again.
Green Chile Pepper and Pear Pork
Ingredients
- 2 lbs pork loin
- 1 small jar pear or peach jelly organic
- 1 can diced green chile peppers
- 1 pear chopped
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper or 3 drops Young Living Vitality line black pepper essential oil*
- himalayan salt to taste
Instructions
- Put olive oil in skillet and place on stove top on medium heat.
- Place pork in skillet and season with salt and pepper and brown on both sides, which will be 1-2 minutes each side.
- Remove pork from skillet and place in slow cooker.
- Put remaining ingredients in skillet - jelly, pear, green chile pepper, chopped fruit and drops of black pepper essential oils (vitality line), if you are using this ingredient rather than ground black pepper.
- Mix to combine and let the heat melt everything together.
- Add the mixture onto of the pork in the slow cooker.
- Cook on low approximately 6 hours.
- Enjoy!
A little note of encouragement: Use organic ingredients when possible. I know cost-wise or availability-wise its not always possible. But each time we eat is an opportunity to not only fuel our body but support it and give it the purest form of food we can.
