CROCK POT CREATION: pork and mushroom yumminess

So the other day i made this pork and mushroom yumminess and i need your advise.

I made it and thought it was oh so good, but my husband just thought it was  "OK". Us ladies in the house (which consists of a 25, almost 4 and 1 1/2 year old) thought it was a yummy dish that made our palettes melt. 

This is how i need your help: Cook the meal at home and tell me what you think. It's that easy and so is the recipe:
Prep time: 25 minutes, Cooking time: 8 hours on low or 4 hours on high, plus 15 minutes on high on the end. Makes 4 servings.


Ingredients: 
1 1/2 lb boneless pork shoulder, cut into 1 inch cubes
1 tablespoon cooking oil
8 oz fresh mushrooms, sliced
1 onion, chopped
1 (14oz) can chopped tomatoes
1 cup water
1 teaspoon dried marjoram 
1 teaspoon dried thyme
2 teaspoon  instant beef bouillon granulates
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/3 cup cold water
3 tablespoons flour
2 cups of hot rice or your choice pasta

1. In a large pan brown meat half at a time in hot oil. Drain off fat. 
2. In slow cooker place mushrooms, onion, and meet. 
3. In a bowl combine tomatoes, 1 cup water, marjoram, thyme, bouillon granulates, salt and pepper.
4. Pour into crock pot. 
5. Cover, cook on low heat setting for 8-10 hours or on high heat setting 4-5 hours. 
6. After cooking desired time: Mix 1/2 cup cold water and flour in glass and pour into crock pot. Stir together. 
8. Turn crock pot to high heat setting and cook another 15 minutes.
9. Serve over hot rice or pasta.

Let me know what you think :) be as brutally honest as possible.

long time no bake

Ok so i have not posted in a while.
Here is a little update of my life: As of October 29th i am a USA residence. Getting used to life here in the USA did not exactly provide me with lots of time to bake. One of the problems is that a lot of my baking tools and my baking pantry needs to be restocked. So when i get fully settled and make friends that trust me with my creations then i can start blogging about cakes again. Until then, I might just write a few entry's about cooking in America. That on its own has shown to be a challenge. All kinds of new ingredients and temperatures to cook with. So bare with me until i got my kitchen together.


If you would like to help me get my kitchen set up so that you can see more of my blogs click here. Thanks!!!

And thanks for your patients,


Charity