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Easy Greek Pork - Slimming world friendly

Its been a crazy few weeks in our household. I've got loads of posts planned on how we are updating our house and in inparticular organising! Today however I'm leaving you with one of our favourite autumn recipes, this crispy salad and tasty pork is perfect for when the nights draw in but the temperature is yet to drop. When cooked without oil it is also sinn free on slimming world. 

This is one of the first recipes I have truly written so I hope you love it as much as we do. 

Greek Style Pork Salad

Serves 4-5 cooking
Slow cook for 4-6 hours - grill for 15 minutes.



Ingredients for the slow cooker  

800 g lean pork joint 
Juice of 1 lemon 
1 Tablespoon of finally diced fresh mint or dried 
1 Tablespoon of finally diced oregano fresh or dried 
1 Teaspoon dried rosemary 
3 good sized cloves of garlic crushed
1 Tablespoon of red wine vinegar 

Ingredient for the grill

1 Red onion 
2 Tablespoons of olive oil 
1 Clove of garlic 
1 Tablespoon of oregano 
1 Tablespoon of Thyme 
1 Table spoon of rosemary 

To serve 

Salad
Flat breaks 
Balsamic Vinegar 

Method

  1. Remove all visible fat from the pork joint. 
  2. Cut a slit in the top of the pork 1/3 of the way through the joint - picture below. 
  3. Combine the lemon juice, mint, oregano, rosemary, garlic and red wine vinegar in a separate bowl. 
  4. Stuff the slit in the pork with combined mixture from step one using any left over mixture to top the joint. 
  5. Place a small amount of water to a depth of 0.5cm in the base of the slow cooker. 
  6. Carefully place the pork in the water slit side up. 
  7. Cook for 4-6 hours on a low setting until the pork is tender and cooked. 
  8. Remove the pork from slow cooker and shred with two forks. 
  9.  Whilst the shredded pork is resting combine the red onion, olive oil, 1 glove of crushed garlic, oregano, thyme & rosemary in a food processor. Process until the red onion is finally diced to around 3mm strips.
  10. Mix the shredded pork with red onion mixture. Ideally marinate for 1 hour or longer if possible. If time doesn't allow the pork can be cooked straight away.
  11. Spread the pork on a large baking tray. 
  12. Grill for 10-15 minutes. 
Serve with your choice of side we love ours with salad, flat breads and balsamic vinegar however my other half also has a soft spot for roast potatoes. 


Love 
Vicky 

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