Pulled Pork Stuffed Sweet Potatoes with Roasted Green Beans

I can't believe I have offically blogged my meal preps for one full year now! Time has flown by. I started meal prepping paleo meals exactly four years ago and it has changed my eating habits and lifestyle entirely! “If You Fail to Plan, You Plan to Fail.” I highly suggest anyone that is starting to eat better, or trying to get back on track with their nutrition, to meal prep. Having the meal already made only increases your chances of making the right choice when you get hungry and it's time to eat!

Anyways, I was out of town this past weekend for the New Year, so I pre-orded Power Supply meals for lunch this week. For the second meal, I chose this crockpot pulled pork to make while I was at work. I already had some extra paleo Tessemae's BBQ sauce around and baking sweet potatoes in the oven doesn't take much prep time, so this meal was easy to throw together once I got home and turned out delicious! I had some extra time too, so I roasted some green beans in the oven with some salt and olive oil once the sweet potatoes were done. This was another simple and super easy crockpot meal that I will definitely use again when I am short on kitchen time!

Pulled Pork Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients:

• 2 lbs. boneless pork loin
• 4 large sweet potatoes, washed
• 1 red onion, thinly sliced
• 2 green onions, thinly sliced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• ½ cup beef stock
• 1 tsp. chili powder
• 1 tsp. paprika
• ½ tsp. ground cumin
• ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
• 1 cup homemade BBQ sauce, plus extra for drizzling (I used Tessemae's BBQ sauce - Paleo, Dairy Free and Gluten Free, and Whole 30 approved)
• Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions:

1. In a small bowl, combine the chili powder, cumin, paprika, and salt and pepper to taste.
2. Rub the mixture evenly over the pork.
3. Place the onion, garlic, pork, and beef broth in a slow cooker.
4. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours.
5. Preheat your oven to 400 F.
6. Put the sweet potatoes in the oven and bake for 45 minutes, or until potatoes are tender.
7. Remove the meat from the slow cooker and place in a large bowl. Use a slotted spoon to remove the onion chunks and place in the same bowl as the pork. Using two forks, pull the meat apart.
8. Add the BBQ sauce and the apple cider vinegar to the slow-cooker, and cook the sauce for another 30 minutes on low. Once the sauce is done, mix it with the pork.
9. Slit each sweet potato down the middle.
10. Fill each sweet potato with the pulled pork. Sprinkle with green onions, and drizzle with extra BBQ sauce to serve.

​Original recipe found here​