Quick Mojo Sprite Pork Roast

Sorry for the bite I took out of the roast in the picture but just could not wait to try this fast but tasty treat. First I am not a great lover of pork unless I am watching it frolic in the fields but our neighbor brought us this roast and my husband had a big hunger and wanted meat when he came home from playing a gig with his band. So I prepared the pork by soaking it in a bath of 1 cup of white vinegar and a 4 cups of water for about 20 minutes. This get all the bad stuff out of the meat and helps to tenderize it. 

Then I made a quick sauce for it to swim in while it cooked in the Instapot. After draining the vinegar and water mixture off the roast, I poured in the following to the Instapot:

2 cups of Sprite

8 ounces of store brand (Publix) mojo marinade

1/2 cup of brown sugar

The roast was about 4 lbs. So if yours is smaller or large you need to adjust the measurements a bit. 

Next I mixed the ingredients together so then blended around the roast. Then I placed the lid on the Instapot and set it for 1 hour on the meat/soup setting. I walked away to enjoy some tv and left it to stew in its own juices...LOL 

That's it! NOW if you want it more succulent and not in a hurry. Leave the roast in the pot and turn the Instapot  over to the slow cook setting and let it simmer with the lid on for a few more hours. This will make it into a fall off the bone juicy pot of pork. 

When I took the piece out to try. I dipped in a Boars Head horseradish and white wine mustard...YUM 

Hope you enjoy!! 

Lynne Under Pressure.....Cooking

Greeting and salivations!
I am writing this blog because a friend of mine hooked me on using a pressure cooker to do fast meals. We were on our way to a program her daughter was doing and I was complaining about cooking and the mess every night. Every night is make the mess before we eat and clean the mess after we ate. After spending years a slave to the stove and feeding a family I wanted to plan my escape.

Kay, the friend, said that I needed something I didn't probably even know about-an electric pressure cooker. She extolled the virtues of the machine as we made our way up the interstate to Sarasota. She spoke about how pressure cooking locks in the flavors and cooks the contents in less than half the time. How the electric machines have so many safety features that you didn't have to worry about blowing it up like my mother's old fashion one. She talked about the machine being a slow cooker, being able to saute, and make rice all in the same pot-not at the same time. She enticed me with the removable stainless steel pot that can be had from 4 quarts to 8 quarts...whatever your heart or family size desires. I drooled at the thought of having a one pot meal which could be two meals which means two days of cooking in one. I could see myself down to two plates and two forks in the evening which means I get to watch Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!!! Oh what a dream this machine must be to offer that much freedom to a kitchen slave for the past forty years. The best memory I had of my mother's  pressure cooking offerings was the corn flake breaded pork chops that melted in your mouth. I am sure she used it for beans and other things but the pork chops were heavenly.

So the next day while I was working at home on paperwork in front of the television, I had the YouTube channel on watching whatever appeared from the many subjects that people post. Low and behold the InstaPot Channel popped up and there were an array of little videos on how to use it and what to make in it. This was a Tuesday. I went straight to Amazon and bought one which arrived on Thursday and had a roast in it by Friday. Who knew that you could have meat, potatoes, carrots, onions and celery in about forty minutes and leftovers for the next day!!!! My kitchen chains have been removed. Kay freed me from those days of spending at least two to three hours in the kitchen slaving over a stove and three or four pots cooking away spewing their contents on the stove that had to be cleaned after the conventions of the meal were done. It is serve from the pot and be done with the meal!!! What a concept.

After watching every YouTube video that featured a pressure cooker and reading every post on Pinterest, my friend Kay said it was time I either did a blog or a vlog. So here we are with the first  entry. I am including a picture of one of my eye of round roast and veggies...YUM!! Watch for recipes and tips to come.