BBQ Pulled Pork

Put the onions and garlic in the bottom of the crock pot...

Put Pork on top... pour 1 bottle and 1/2 on the Pork...Put lid on and let simmer for 8 hours...

pulled pork after shredded, it shredded easily...

Classic Southern dish, yum yum... I love making this to eat off of for weeks! Usually we eat it on buns, but I forgot them, so just pretend.

BBQ Pulled Pork

• 1 large pork shoulder or butt (bone in)
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 onions, sliced
• 4 cloves of garlic, smashed
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 1/2 bottles of your favorite bbq sauce (I used Sweet Baby Ray’s Original)

In a heavy stock pot or dutch oven, heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Trim off some of the visible fat, but not all. Lightly brown all non-fat sides of the meat in the heated oil.

Place onions, garlic and water in the bottom of crockpot. Transfer browned pork to crockpot and place on top of onions and garlic. Cover pork and onions with bbq sauce. Cover crockpot and cook for 8 hours on low.

When finished cooking, remove pork from crockpot and shred with two forks. Combine shredded pork with remaining bbq and onion mixture. Serve alone, on hamburger buns or on hard sandwich rolls.

Prep time: 10 minutes

Cook time: 8 hours

Serves: 6-8

Spicy Romano Chicken & Bowtie Pasta

Spicy Romano Chicken

Serves 4 people

Ingredients:

2 T Butter, Melted

2 Chicken Breast, 8 Ounce

3 cups Mushrooms, Sliced

1 Cup Sun-dried Tomatoes

Salt and Pepper

1 cup Green Onions, Sliced

1 jar Artichokes, in water, roughly chopped

2 cups Heavy Cream

1/2 cup Romano Cheese, Grated

Cayenne Pepper

Bowtie pasta, 16.oz

Directions:

Grilled chicken breasts until done.  Cool and slice into ¼ inch thick strips.

Add butter to a large sauté pan at medium heat.  Once butter is heated, add sliced chicken, mushrooms, sun-dried tomatoes, green onions and salt and pepper.  Sauté until mushrooms are cooked.  Add heavy cream, Romano cheese and cayenne pepper, to taste.  Let cream reduce by 50% while thoroughly combining all ingredients.

Cook bowtie pasta according to package directions.  Drain excess water and then toss pasta with contents of sauté pan.  Plate and enjoy!

Daniel LOVED this, he said it was a keeper! Sorry I don't have a lot of pictures of it, but I didn't make it, it was made at my cooking party.  Very, very delicious!

Homemade Kit-Kat Bars

Bring filling to a boil...

lay Kebler Club crackers on the bottom, then layer filling on top of these, then another layer of Club Crackers... then topping..

Top with Chocolate topping mixture and cut into squares...store in fridge..

Kit-Kat Bars

First:

Line a 13x9 pan with Keebler Club Crackers

In a saucepan make filling:
1 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup milk
2 cups graham cracker crumbs

Boil for 5 minutes

In microwave melt 1 cup chocolate chips and 3/4 cup peanut butter.

Pour half of filling over the crackers. Add another layer of crackers and then pour remaining filling. Add another layer of crackers. Spread chocolate mixture on top. Chill, cut and serve.

Easy Cheesy Bread Sticks

Easy Bread Sticks... Yum, We made these at my cooking party!  They turned out delicious!

Before they were cooked...

After and ready to serve

Easy Cheesy Bread Sticks

 

1 tube Grands biscuits (Flaky Layers work best)

6 pieces of string cheese

1 cup Kraft Zesty Italian dressing

1-2 cups powdery Parmesan cheese

Marinara

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Remove the biscuits from the tube, then split them in half to make 12. Cut each string cheese in half. Place the string cheese in the center of the biscuit. Then fold the dough up and over the string cheese, enclosing the cheese in the dough. Roll in the Italian dressing, then roll in Parmesan cheese. Place on baking sheet and bake at 400 degrees for about 12 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and serve immediately with warm marinara sauce.

Taco Salad & Tortilla Bowls

Making tortilla bowls.... place in oven over small oven safe dishes.  Spray tortilla with Pam cooking spray....

Let cool before filling with salad!

Brown some meat, add some taco seasoning...or make your own taco seasoning in recipe to follow..

Cut up lettuce, tomatoes, onions....

Fill bowl with ingredients, I topped with cheese and sour cream...

Taco Salad & Tortilla Bowls

I've never baked the tortillas into a bowl shape before, but it was pretty simple and fun. I  took 2 small bowls that could go into the oven face down on a cookie sheet, sprayed both sides of the tortilla with cooking spray, laid the tortillas over the bowls and baked for 10 minutes at 450.

I browned some ground beef and seasoned it with the following taco seasoning:
1 tbsp chili powder

1 tsp salt

1 tsp black pepper

1/4 tsp red pepper

1/4 tsp garlic powder

14 tsp onion powder

1 1/2 tsp cumin

1/4 tsp paprika

I added black beans, lettuce, salsa, sour cream, cheese, onions & tomatoes to the salad... yum... get creative add whatever you like!

Asian Pork & Noodle Skillet

For the record, this was made at a Pampered Chef party, so I "helped" cook it, but I didn't do all the work.

Trim the fat and silver skin from the pork tenderloins and slice lengthwise into four strips....

Then slice meat into cubes...

Slice up Red Pepper...

Julienne the carrots and slice up the green onion...

combine pork, sesame oil, seasoning mix from ramen noodles packs and some type of Asian seasoning (I used Pampered Chef)

add in noodles & veggies

Asian Pork & Noodle Skillet

Ingredients:

2 pork tenderloins (about 1 lb each)

2 medium carrots, peeled

1 medium red bell pepper

5-6 green onions with tops (about 1 1/4 cup sliced) divided

2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil

2 tablespoons Asian Seasoning mix

4 packages (3oz each) oriental-flavor ramen noodles

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

4 cups of water

Directions:

cut carrots into julienne strips.  Cut bell pepper lengthwise into 1/4 inch strips, slice green onions set aside tops for garnish.

Trim fat and silver skin from pork tenderloins.  Slice pork lengthwise into 4 strips.  thinly slice strips crosswise.  Combine pork, sesame oil, seasoning mix and two of the ramen seasoning packets in a bowl.

Add vegetable oil to skillet, heat over medium heat 1-3 minutes or until simmering.  Add half of the pork.  cook and stir 2-3 minutes or until browned; remove pork from skillet and keep warm.  Repeat with remaining pork. 

Add Carrots and bell pepper to skillet.  Cook 1-2 minutes or until crisp-tender.  Add water and remaining ramen seasoning packets; stir to loosen browned bits from bottom of skillet.  Add ramen noodles and white parts of the green onions to skillet.  Cover; bring to a boil and cook 4-5 minutes or until noodles are softened.  Add pork; stir to break apart noodles.  Remove Skillet from heat; let stand, covered, 3-4 minutes or until pork is heated through.  Garnish with reserved green onion tops. 

Yield: 6 servings

Oatmeal Coconut Chewies

mix wet ingredients

I toasted my coconut and added it in

Oatmeal Coconut Chewies
Printable Version with Picture
Printable Version

*Note: A couple of the times I’ve made these, I have substituted white wheat flour for the all-purpose and they turned out delicious!

1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened to cool room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 cups flour
1 cup shredded, sweetened coconut (I toasted the coconut)
1 cup quick oats

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl cream together the sugar, eggs, butter and vanilla until light and fluffy. Add the dry ingredients and mix until combined. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto a greased or lined (silpat or parchment) baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 9-11 minutes, until the cookies are set but not overly browned (bake a few minutes longer for a crispier version).