Beef n' broccoli

 

• 1 pound boneless beef chuck roast
• 1 cup beef consumme
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 tablespoons cooled sauce from the crock pot after being cooked
• Fresh broccoli florets (as many as desired)
• Hot cooked brown rice

Directions
1. Place beef in a crock pot.
2. In a small bowl, combine consomme, soy sauce, brown sugar, oil, and garlic. Pour over beef. Cook on low for 6-8 hours.
3. In a cup, stir cornstarch and sauce form the crock pot until smooth. Add to crock pot. Stir well to combine. (If your sauce is not thickening, try bringing your sauce to a boil on the stovetop with the corn starch mixture. Boil until your desired consistency is reached).
4. Add broccoli to the crock pot. Stir to combine.
5. Cover and cook an additional 30 minutes on high (the sauce has to boil for it to thicken).
6. Serve over hot cooked rice.

Crock Pot Pork

This recipe is loosely based on a couple of recipes I found online. I'd gotten a boneless pork loin but wasn't feeling the love for my normal recipe so I looked around and cobbled something together. I served it with plain, shredded cabbage and it was amazing.

Ingredients:

• 2 to 3 pound boneless pork loin
• 4 to 5 cloves roasted garlic
• 3 bay leaves
• 1 t sage leaves
• 1 t rosemary leaves
• 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
• Pepper to taste
• Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1/4 cup brown mustard
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/2 cup dried cranberries
• 1 cup beer 

Directions:

1. Mix the dry ingredients together in a small bowl, not including the cranberries or garlic
2. Add the brown sugar, mustard and honey to the bowl and mix well
3. Pour some of this mixture into your slow cooker and put the pork on top
4. Top the pork with the remaining mixture
5. Sprinkle the cranberries and garlic around the pork
6. Add the beer
7. Cook on low for about 6 to 8 hours or until you can shred the meat easily with two forks
8. Shred the meat and enjoy!