A winning crockpot night

Don't these 2 look cute together?

This was our dinner last night. 

And they were both winners.

First, I will tell you about the Crockpot Carrots.

Just throw in the carrots, either baby ones, or chunks you slice, and other ingredients on top.

(Do you know my Mom would really THROW ingredients in pots as she was cooking? 

Stand back when she was cooking, was what I use to say. I miss her.)

4-5 c carrots (I use a pkg or 2 of baby ones but regardless of how many carrots I put in,
I always use the same amount of other ingredients. Don't ask me how it works, but it always does.)

1/2 c orange juice

2 T honey

1 T butter (or a tad more)

1/2 t cinnamon

1/4 t salt and pepper each

The original recipe from the Crock pot Lady asks for 1/4 t of ginger, but we like it better without the ginger, so just forget that step.
Unless you like spicy gingery carrots. We don't.

After it's all thrown in there and it's heated a little, I stir it all up.

Cook on high about 4 hours.  

In the other crock pot I made San Francisco Chops from Mel's Kitchen Cafe.

with brown rice.

It looks hard because of all the writing but it's not. 

It takes about 10-15 min more time to prepare than the carrots.
(I forgot to put in the cornstarch and water at the end but I don't think it mattered.)

Oh, and they both made our house smell SO good.

Don't be discouraged by Dennis' plate. We can never get enough vegetables. Must be our age.

So we had spinach and broccoli with it. I think he had 3 servings of carrots. He kept saying, "These carrots are outstanding." like he had never tasted them before. 

He says that when ever I make them which is about once a week.

Oh and sorry about the mayo but he always likes it with his broccoli. 

He loved the pork too and kept telling me how good it was.

I made him a pork sandwich today with the leftovers.

I think he liked it but I never had a chance to ask. The grandchildren plus the cable guy were here at the time. 
Then the missionaries came over.
Then our other grandchildren.

I just now asked him about the sandwich and he said, "Oh I forgot to tell you. It was OUTSTANDING. Not just really really good. That is the best tasting pork! Do we have any left?"

I still hear him walking down the hallway saying, "That pork just had the BEST flavor."

So there you have it.

Go here for the Crockpot Pork chop recipe.