Pork Roast with Gravy!

This has moved into the #1 place on my husbands list of favorite meals! The gravy is sweet tasting so it is really different than anything else I cook. Great for Sunday dinner!

3-4 lb. pork roast 1/2 tsp. powdered garlic
1 large onion, sliced 1/4 cup cold water
1/2 cup apple cider 3 Tbsp. cornstarch
1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce Salt to taste
1 Tbsp. brown sugar

Layer the onion slices in the bottom of a slow cooker. Place roast on top of onions, fat side up. Combine apple cider, Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar and powdered garlic and pour over roast. Cook on low for 6-8 hours. Measure out 1 1/2 cups of crock pot juices (add water if needed) into a small saucepan. Stir together cold water and cornstarch. Whisk cornstarch mixture into juices. Heat contents of saucepan until boiling and gravy is thickened. Add salt to taste. Serve gravy over mashed potatoes.

Zippy Beef Tips

• 2 lbs stewing meat, cubed
• 2 Cups sliced, fresh mushrooms
• 1 can Cream of Mushroom soup
• 1 envelope dry onion soup mix
• 1 Cup 7-Up or other lemon-lime soda

Place meat and mushrooms in slow cooker. Combine mushroom soup, soup mix and soda. Pour over meat. Cover. Cook on Low 8 hours. Serve over rice.