Sometimes the tummy wants what the tummy wants - and being sugar free often means getting creative.
You see, in my view of the world, there's no reason a delicious salad topped with pulled pork should contain even a gram of sugar or any other alternative sweetener. And I just love the way this one came out!
It takes a while and you'll get a lot of meals and snacks from it. I used a 5 lb pork roast and we (me, my wife, and our hungry son) have already had 2 dinners, two lunches, and I think we'll finish it with some crackers tonight during a movie (thinking comedy, thinking Tina Fey, thinking Baby Mama)!
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| Prep Time | 1 hour |
| Cook Time | 12 hours |
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Ingredients
Sauce
- 1 cup tomato sauce
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 2 tbsp mustard go Dijon for taste
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 2 apples chopped
- 1 cup mango nectar
- 1 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp paprika
- 1 onion sliced
Instructions
- Cook the pork roast in your crock pot on LOW - give it a good 8 hours. Use some good tools and a steady hand to remove the roast and set it in a bowl. Remove the fat with a fork (it should fall off) and drain the crock pot (I put this liquid into a jar and use it to spice up my dogs dry food!). Shred the pork and put it back into the crock pot.
Preparing the BBQ Sauce
- Put all ingredients into a food processor turn it into a liquid. You know you love this part! Check the flavor and adjust to taste. The flavor really comes out when it cooks with the roast.
- Add all the sauce back into the crock pot with the shredded pork and give it another 4 hours on LOW.
Serving Suggestions
- Keeping this sugar free, as we tend to do around here, may I suggest the following ideas for enjoying what you just created?
- -On top of a beautiful salad
- -On top of some Real Foods Corn Thins - crunchy and sweet and savory and, and, and !
- -On top of some Dave's Powerseed Sugar Free bread
- -Dip some Mary's Gone Crackers into a bowl and YUMMY!
- -Mixed into a scrambled egg omelet first thing in the morning
- What serving suggestion can you add to this list?
- Enjoy this and bask in the glory of knowing that fruit is a brilliant substitute for all BBQ sauces.
- Big thanks to The Lucky Penny Blog where I originally found the courage to start playing with sugar free BBQ sauces.
