With snow and cold temperatures finally here, and US thanksgiving just passed, I turn more often than not, to hearty slow cooked meals. Working all day, I find it helpful to break out my Dutch oven and make something at lunch that will be ready when we get home. This pork roast is a family favourite that has made it way into our weekly rotation. It’s easy, tasty and I add tons of veg to cook along side it. It’s great because after the initial prep, you pop it into the oven and fugget about it 🙂 I found the recipe on a video, so the measurements aren’t in stone, but I always measure with my heart!

1 pork shoulder (3-5lbs)

3 apples (pick your favourite, I like macintosh)

1 jar of sauerkraut in wine (again, i used the whole jar, because I didn’t want any leftover, so I dumped it all in)

Your choice of seasoning for the pork, coated liberally (I use Kinders The Blend and Dan-o original seasoning)

2 onions, sliced thinly

1. Slice your onions and place in dutch oven
2. Slice apples and add as well
3. Season pork with spices, so it’s well coated
4. Place on top of the bed of onions and apples
5. Dump the jar of sauerkraut evenly on top
6. Add your choice of root veggies, I like parsnip, turnip and carrot
7. Cover and cok low and slow at 300F for 3 hours. In the last hour add potatoes or make mashed to go with
8. When the veggies/potatoes are ready, remove from pot and place on serving dish
9. Pull pork apart and mix with apples, onions and kraut
10. Enjoy!