The other day I bought this nice looking pork loin. This already was a stretch for me because when it comes to pork, I usually go with the pork chop. But this day, I was feeling adventurous and thought to myself, there has to be a great recipe I pinned for this kind of meat. So I began to search.
I had a few to choose from and it even took me about two days to settle, but I made a decision and decided to make "Amazing Pork Tenderloin." I pinned this three years ago! The ingredient list wasn't too bad and I had most of them already so that was a plus!
This pin was exciting for me for a few reasons. Number one: I got to use my slow cooker! I really do enjoy using it but I just haven't been able to utilize it to it's full potential. (Slow cooker challenge coming soon?)
Number two: This recipe calls for wine! Never have I even cooked with wine before. This was going to be my first time including with delicious beverage in a meal as an ingredient.
And finally, number three: Another ingredients this recipe calls for is "one envelope of dry onion soup mix". Yes, it could have been easier to pick up a pack of Liptons soup mix and use that. But, why not search for homemade onion soup mixes and make it myself!! So I used this homemade onion soup mix recipe.
Now I am ready to begin. I first had to make the mix.
Five tablespoons of this, equals to one envelope of store brought. After making this, and using what you need, there will be plenty left over. If you feel like the left over soup mix might go to waste, then I would suggest cutting the recipe in half.
The only thing left to do really was get all other other ingredients together and put them in the crock pot. Easy peasy.
The garlic is just spread on the top of the pork and that is where it is to remain until it is all done cooking.
A little over 4 hours later this is what I came home to.
Not the prettiest of pictures but this is what it is. I'm not fancy. It did smell delicious so that gave me high hopes.
The meat was tender and easy to slice and I knew for sure I made a good choice with this recipe.
Hubs did the rest of the slicing because that is his job (plus I asked him to!). I made steamed broccoli and buttered whole wheat spaghetti for the sides. Now it was time to eat.
It really was very good. It was not dry at all and you could honestly taste the flavors in every bite. For my liking, it was a little salty. There wasn't any added salt, just what was in the onion mix. But all in all, a great recipe that was quick and delicious. It didn't take long to prepare and using the crock pot is a big help with that as well! I would say another successful dinner. On to the next pin!
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