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Slow Cooker Pork Roast with Applesauce & Vegetables

This slow cooker pork roast with applesauce and vegetables is a very easy recipe that tastes just amazing.

The pork has a sweet rosemary mustard sauce that compliments the applesauce beautifully for a wonderful fall meal.

Ahh…the wonders of crock pot recipes.  No other kitchen appliance can make a dinner with hardly any preparation at all taste like you spent hours preparing and tending it.

Slow Cooker Pork Roast with Applesauce and Vegetables makes a wonderful fall meal

I use my crock pot all the time, but never quite as much as in the winter months, when I prepare more casseroles and roasts.

This recipe for applesauce pork roast is so tasty and delicious and takes not time to prepare.

Making this slow cooker pork roast is easy

There are not many ingredients for this recipe.  You can use whatever vegetables you would like – I used potatoes, leeks and carrots today.

ingredients for roast

Aren’t my salt and pepper shakers adorable?

They are a Christmas gift from my daughter Jess. (we are two peas in a pod, she and I and these salt and pepper shakers remind me of that each time I cook!)

Be sure to brown your roast first. Doing this adds so much more presentation to the finished meal, since slow cookers don’t brown meat.

I used a rosemary infused olive oil.

Brown your roast.

Once  you have the pork roast browned, it is just a matter of laying in the vegetables, putting the pork on top and then spreading it with the delectable applesauce topping and sprigs of fresh rosemary.

Here it is, ready to make my house smell delicious today while it cooks.

ingredients for pork roast and veggies

At dinner time, just place the veggies on a plate, add a few slices of the pork and top it with some of the applesauce topping that remains in the slow cooker.

Mm, mmmm – delicious and so easy!

I love that the whole meal comes together in the one appliance and no baby sitting, stirring or tending it is needed.

What could be better than walking away from the crock pot and coming back to dinner that is done?

Slow Cooker Applesauce Pork Loin and Vegetables

Normally, I add liquid to crock pot recipes but for this one, I just used the applesauce on the pork. To my delight, the vegetables browned during cook and had a perfect texture to them.

The vegetables absorbed just a hint of the apple flavoring and were a perfect compliment to the meat.

Who would have thought it was possible to brown potatoes in a crock pot?

The veggies browned beautifully!

This slow cooker pork roast is just delicious. The applesauce is sweet and the rosemary adds a nice fresh herb touch.

It’s hearty, and satisfying and perfect for cool autumn nights.

Instead of cooking at dinner time, I spent my time enjoying a glass of wine and a logic puzzle.   Now that is how I like to start dinner!

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For a reminder of this recipe for slow cooker pork with applesauce, just pin this image to one of your cooking boards on Pinterest.Collage with pork and rosemary in the slow cooker and finished pork dish as well as words reading Slow Cooker Pork with Applesauce and Vegetables.

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Slow Cooker Applesauce Pork Roast

Slow Cooker Applesauce Pork Roast

This slow cooker pork roast is very easy and tastes amazing. The rosemary mustard sauce compliments the applesauce beautifully for a wonderful fall meal

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours
Total Time 6 hours 10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 boneless pork loin roast (about 3 pounds)
  • 1/2 tsp Kosher salt
  • 1/4 tsp cracked black pepper
  • 4 large carrots, peeled sliced diagonally
  • 4 potatoes, peeled and cut in to large chunks
  • 3 leeks, washed cut into 1 1/2 inch pieces
  • 2 tbsp rosemary infused olive oil
  • 1 cup applesauce (I used my home made applesauce recipe but bottled will work too.)
  • 3 tbsp Dijon mustard
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 3 sprigs of fresh rosemary

Instructions

  • Cut the vegetables and place them in the bottom of a slow cooker that has been sprayed with Pam.
  • Season the pork with salt and pepper. Heat the olive oil in a non stick skillet and brown the roast on all sides.
  • Place the roast in the slow cooker on top of the vegetables.
  • Combine the applesauce, mustard, ginger, and honey; and spread over roast.
  • Top with the sprigs of fresh rosemary.
  • Heat on a low setting for 6-7 hours.
  • Remove and let stand for 10 minutes before slicing.
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