You can thank me later.

Because today is Thursday, I thought I'd do a fun if not sarcastic post to share some awesome thoughts, genius ideas or genius mistakes with you. If I feel like it, it may become a regular thing. Cause I'm such a popular blogger, HA! and cause I'm awesome and all, these are the posts you will thank me for writing! But you can thank me later!

Today I will inform you of two great recipes I have stumbled upon via the Internet or iPhone app (which is the Internet, but I had to slip it in there so maybe one day Apple will thank me later for mentioning their awesome product with more of their awesome products. HA! really, I know, sarcasm is flowing today.)

This recipe I found on a bloggy linky thingy, which I cannot find the link for now, so please forgive me original recipe writer, but it was too delicious not to share it with my 4 blog readers. Karen, Shay, Janet and maybe one other person here or there that leaves me a comment.

Cranberry Pork Roast
(for your crock pot)

Ingredients:
1 pork roast or pork tenderloin
1 onion, sliced
1 can whole berry cranberry sauce
1 packet of onion soup mix
1 crock pot.
Directions:
1. Spread the sliced onion on the bottom of your slow cooker.
2. Take your pork roast and sprinkle it with salt and pepper.
Place the roast on top of the onions in the crock pot.
3. Sprinkle the entire packet of soup mix on the meat.
4.Mix up the can of cranberry sauce so its easier to spread and spread it on top of the meat.
5. Put the lid on your crock pot and turn it on to low for 6 hours. Or more if you have a gihugic roast. Less if you're using a tenderloin.

When its done carefully remove the roast from the crock pot so you don't lose all the cranberry sauce. You then slice and serve. Or make the gravy from the juices left in the pot. Its super easy. Strain the liquid left in the pot. In a pan melt a tablespoon of butter over medium heat, then add a tablespoon of flour to make a roux, let that cook a little bit then add the juices and let it simmer till it becomes a thicker gravy. I feel like the gravy is the best part, but you don't need to make it, just slop some of the juice on top of the pork when you serve it. Its delicious. Trust me. Its easy and good, what more do you want?
I served it with egg noodles. (bonus added, my kids ate it without gagging, so its worth it, right?)

And one more:

From Allrecipes:
Marinated pork tenderloin
This one is really easy but really good. I didn't have onion powder so I used about 1/4 onion finely minced and oj instead of sherry. Marinated it about 4 hours and it was tasty. The kids ate it willingly and asked for more (well, B and J did, Q never asks for more of anything unless its a chicken nugget).


Ok, go make yourself some pork goodness and thank me later.
(oh and dude, if you feel like sharing something you want me to thank YOU later for, by all means, leave a comment and direct me to your post.)