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Ok, here's my first entry for recipies, I hope you can find something to add to your recipe box!

I'll try to include nutrition information any time I have it, and will include Weight Watchers point values when possible.

This week's entry will be a favorite pork dish of mine, using it this Sunday actually. I think I obtained this recipe from one of Dawn Hall's cookbooks and have used it many times with great success. It is a "crockpot creation."

Tropical Pork Dinner

2 lbs pork tenderloin
1 (20-ounce) can crushed pineapple
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
4 large yams - washed (or 4 large sweet potatoes)

• Spray a crockpot with non-fat cooking spray.
• Place pork tenderloin in crockpot.
• Mix crushed pineapple, honey, vinegar and brown sugar together until well mixed. Spoon mixture over pork.
• Place yams on top of meat mixture. Cover. Cook on high for 3-4 hours or on low for 7-8 hours.
• Cut yams in half before serving. If desire, spoon a little sauce over cut yams and meat.

Yield: 8 servings (3 ounces cooked meat, 1/2 of a yam and 3 ounces of pineapple mixture)

Calories: 351 (Percent fat calories: 11%); Total Fat: 4 grams; Carbohydrate: 53 grams; Protein: 26 grams; Cholesterol: 74 mg; Dietary Fiber: 5 grams; Sodium: 72 mg; WW: 7 points per serving

**You can substitute 8 four ounce boneless, skinless chicken breasts for the pork tenderloin. Calories: 340 (Percent fat calories: 4%); Total Fat: 2 grams; Carbohydrate: 53 grams; Protein: 28 grams; Cholesterol: 66 mg; Dietary Fiber: 5 grams; Sodium: 89 mg; WW: 6 points per serving