Needing to get back on track....but needing it to taste really good, too!

Well...I've sort of been on a food vacation the last couple of weeks.  Two weeks ago, it was a vacation vacation with lots of vacation food.  Last week, it was just crazy busy with very little time to cook.  So this week...back on track!
On Sunday I purchased a whole pork loin.  It weighed about 7-1/2 pounds.  I cut it up into two roasts and six chops.  

Tonight's dinner was a variation of a recipe I saw on Facebook called Crock Pot Parmesan Honey Pork Roast.  (Tuesday is often a "crock pot" day since I teach until 6:30.)

The recipe called for a 4-pound roast.  (Seriously?  There are two of us!)  So I suspect the one I had was about a 2-pounder.  And this is what I did...

The roast went into the crock pot at about 1:30 on low.  I mixed up a mushy goo made with:
1/3 cup Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup honey
1 TBLS dried basil
1 TBLS chopped garlic
1 TBLS olive oil
and a heavy TBLS of low-sodium soy sauce

That got all mixed together and slathered on the roast.  I put the lid on and cooked it until about 7:15 on low.  (So about 6 hours.)

(My poor students.  The smell was really yummy and probably made it hard to concentrate on piano lessons since my teaching space is off my kitchen!)

When the roast was done, I took it out and let it rest on a board under some foil.  I mixed a heavy tsp of cornstarch with a little water and mixed it into the "juice" in the bottom of the crock pot.  Then after about ten minutes, I shredded the pork and drizzled it it with the sauce and served it with a side of Trader Joe's frozen green beans.   It was YUMMY!

 Note:  Remember, please that I am NOT a nutritionist.  I do look at nutrition information on recipes however.  This one said that a 5-ounce serving with about 3 TBLS of sauce would be about 330 calories.  I used about half the amount of honey and olive oil that it called for.  So perhaps it was less.  Regardless, it was a very satisfying way to get back on track tonight.