Tangy Maple Apple Pork (low calorie, low carb, high protein, gluten free, & versaitaille)

This is a great fix it and forget it slow cooker recipe.  So easy-just pour everything in except a tiny bit of chopping (but you can buy things pre-chopped if you really want to be speedy).  My mom and dad gave me some maple cream as a gift so that is where my inspiration for this dish came from 😉  This recipe is super flavor packed and also adaptable to many different meals.  Maple syrup or maple cream is a great lower glycemic sweetener.  It won’t spike your blood sugar as much as white sugar so it is a good alternative but you can use sugar free syrup as a substitute if you need to adapt this due to medical reasons.  Apple cider vinegar has been touted for its fat burning properties so I used it to balance the sweetness a little in this recipe and add some delicious zip!! 😉

Ingredients: (Sorry my avocados wanted to get in on the picture too but they are NOT in this recipe lol!!)

*2 pounds (or so) boneless, pork loin (you can easily sub in chicken here if you want to btw but pork loin is a great lean meat)

*1 medium yellow onion

*2 tablespoons maple cream or syrup (can substitute in sugar free maple syrup if needed for medical reasons but real maple is preferred!)

*4 tablespoons apple cider vinegar

*1/2 cup vegetable, chicken, or beef stock (you can use 1/4 cup if you want it less saucy than mine)

*2 teaspoons minced garlic

*generous sprinkling salt & pepper (I used 16 grinds from my sea salt & pepper mill)

Chop onion into rings or whatever size you prefer 🙂

Add everything into slow cooker and cook for 7-9 hours on low.

About an hour before it is done use two forks to shred all the pork into small pieces and mix everything really well together.  This will allow the inside of the pork to get nice and moist and flavorful too.  Make sure you do this so the pork has time to soak up some of the liquid!!

This pork is so good and nice and saucy (almost like a sloppy joe messiness).

Once it is cooked you can do what I did and serve it with some sliced apples inside a low carb wrap which is amazing!  You will probably need a knife and fork to eat though because it is a little messy lol!

Another awesome way to serve is to add it to a salad greens with chopped apples, a sprinkle of walnuts or pecans, and a little cheddar cheese.  The sauciness of this pork makes a delicious “dressing” so no need to add any extra (yumm!!).

This freezes and reheats perfectly too for quick eats at a later time.

Check out these great nutritional stats too!!

Makes 6 servings:

Per serving:

229 calories

4.7 grams fat

7.2 grams carbs

.5 grams fiber

37.5 grams protein