How to Cook a Healthy Pork Dish

Creating a healthy pork dish with the help of a slow cooker is a great alternative to fast food or heavily-processed frozen dinners. This method of cooking will allow one to prepare the recipe in the morning and allow it to cook, unattended, throughout the day. Spinach is a main ingredient in this recipe, although its flavor is hardly noticeable in the finished dish. According to the USDA dietary guidelines, spinach is a good source of Vitamin A, Vitamin C and folate, which are important to maintain good health.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Slow cooker
• 2 lb. pork tenderloin
• 1 cup dried great northern beans
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1 10 oz. package frozen chopped spinach
• 5 chopped tomatillos
• 8 cups water
• 1 tbsp. chicken bouillon
• Salt
• Pepper
• Cooked brown rice

1. Place the pork tenderloin into a five quart or larger slow cooker. Add the great northern beans, chopped onion, frozen chopped spinach and chopped tomatillos to the slow cooker.

2. Pour eight cups of water over all of the ingredients in the slow cooker.

3. Add one tablespoon of chicken bouillon to the slow cooker and enough salt and pepper to suit your personal tastes.

4. Cover the slow cooker and cook on high for at least six hours but no longer than 10 hours.

5. Remove the lid from the slow cooker and use two large forks to shred the pork tenderloin. The pork should shred easily when it is thoroughly cooked.

6. Serve the pork dish in bowls over cooked brown rice for a healthy meal. Those on low carb diets can omit the brown rice and eat the pork dish by itself in order to meet their nutritional goals.

References

• USDA dietary guidelines 2005

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