Pork roast with sweet potatoes and apples in the slow cooker

I always feel I dry out pork roasts in the slow cooker. BUT today I put the roast in frozen and it wasn't dry! Maybe that's the trick?

Pork Roast with sweet potatoes and apples - slow cooker style!
2 lb pork roast - boneless, trim excess fat (can do this after it's cooked)
3 peeled, cored, and sliced Granny Smith apples
3 washed, peeled and cubed sweet potatoes
garlic salt, pepper, cinnamon
brown sugar - about 1/4 c.
1/3 c. chicken stock (you can use Apple Cider/Juice but I find that it's too sweet)
1/3 c. honey mix with 1/4 c. OJ (wisk this together to place over the sweet potatoes)

1. Spray slow cooker with non stick spray. Place apples on the bottom and put roast on top. Season roast with garlic salt (or garlic and sea salt) and toss some brown sugar and cinnamon over the apples. Pour enough stock over to cover nicely. Cook on high for about 2 hours.
2. Add in the sweet potatoes, mix a bit and flip roast over. Pour honey/OJ mixture over the sweet potatoes, and sprinkle a bit more brown sugar and cinnamon. Lower setting to LOW and continue to cook until roast is tender.

My slow cooker tends to cook on the fast side so around 4pm I had to set it to STAY WARM setting for our 6:00pm dinner. I started the roast at about 9:30am. I served with a side of green beans. Everyone ate up. My oldest told me "mom, you are the best baker in the whole wide world" hehe

You can get creative with this. Sometimes I add in an onion and carrots. If you use a thawed roast, browning it on HIGH in a dutch oven first makes a nice crusty layer on the pork. I really liked using the frozen roast and will keep doing that to keep my roast moist.
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