Healthy Lunch Recipes

2 pounds boneless pork shoulder — cubed

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

1/8 teaspoon pepper

13 ounces canned pineapple chunks

1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1 teaspoon chicken broth — instant

1/4 cup molasses

1/4 cup vinegar

2 tablespoons cornstarch

16 ounces sweet potatoes — or canned

2 tomatoes — cut in 1/8

1 green pepper — cut in 1″ cubes

Trim excess fat from meat. Place in crock pot and season with salt, ginger and pepper. Drain syrup from pineeapple and add water to make 1 1/2 cups. Reserve chunks. Add syrup to pork, stir in sugar, chicken broth, molasses and vinegar. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours or high for 4 hours. Turn heat to high. Combine cornstarch and 1/4 cup cold water. Stir into pork mixture and blend well. Add cooked sweet potatoes, tomatoes, pineapple chunks and green peppers. Simmer 20 mins. until thickened and vegetables are heated through.

formatted in Mastercook by Carol Floyd c.floyd@arnprior.com