Crock Pot Pork Carnitas

pork carnitas

We love Mexican food. I am sure I have mentioned that many times before, but we really do eat a lot of Mexican or Mexican inspired meals. We also have a lot of pork in the freezer. So, I love meals that are both Mexican and pork. This recipe is adapted from a Taste Of Home recipe. The recipe calls for 1/2 tsp of red [...]

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Crockpot Barbecue Meat

Barbecue meat

I wasn’t going to do a slow cooking post today. But then when I posted my mac and cheese recipe, I realized that I had a really easy slow cooking recipe that I could post. It is so easy and it is one of my go to recipes. It is barbecue, or as my husband calls it, fake barbecue meat. You see in the part of [...]

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Oven Grits

Oven Grits CI

My family likes grits. I am still learning to like grits. I grew up in Oregon where grits are a pretty foreign food. Or at least they are foreign in the small town that I grew up in. But after living in Oklahoma for fourteen years I am learning to enjoy grits. That is if they are cooked certain ways. I like my crockpot grits, [...]

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Crock Pot Carolina Pork

carolina-barbecue-pork-cp

I had to buy a new crockpot several months ago. With my new crockpot came a small recipe booklet. One of the recipes that caught my attention was a recipe for Carolina Barbecued Pork. A friend of ours from church makes a Carolina Barbecued Pork that is really good. My husband really enjoys her version. But I thought that this recipe looked interesting and I [...]

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Thai Tacos

thai taco

When I saw a recipe last week for Thai Tacos I knew it was one that I wanted to try. It sounded like something our family would really enjoy.  I tried it last night for dinner and it was so good. I do not know how authentic this recipe is but it definetely has an Asian flavor. All three of my kids loved this meal. [...]

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Oven Risotto With Sausage and Tomatoes

oven risotto with tomatoes and sausage

  Several years ago Martha Stewart’s Everyday Foods had a recipe for oven risotto. I have made it many times and I really like it for a side dish. It is really good for how easy it is. I recently was looking at the Martha Stewart website and they had a recipe for a regular risotto with tomatoes and sausage. I thought why not combine the [...]

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Pork Tortilla Casserole

Pork Tortilla Casserole

I had some pork left over from the Pioneer Woman’s Shredded Pork. I also has some tortillas chips that were a little stale. I decided to use both to put together a casserole for dinner. I took the idea of a King Ranch Chicken Casserole but used chips instead of tortillas and pork instead chicken.We all really liked it. It was a good way to [...]

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Spicy Shredded Pork

Spicy Shredded Pork

Last night I made the Pioneer Woman’s Spicy Shredded Pork. It was so good. We all loved it. My husband said it was one of the the best pork roast he has had. Which says a lot since we raise hogs and I have cooked a lot of pork roasts. Her recipes says to cook in the oven for a long time. I tried it [...]

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