North Carolina Pulled Pork BBQ

Ok for those that don't know my husband severed an LDS Raleigh, North Carolina Mission. This is his favorite thing that he remembers from there and he happened to find it at a Golden Corral Buffet. It was exactly what he remembered and so I had to try and find a recipe that could get me close with the ingredients I had on hand. I found a recipe here and had to tweak it a little but it came out close enough that he said he felt like he was eating Southern BBQ again. So I hope you enjoy! I will borrow a picture until I can make it again

Ingredients:

• 2 onions, quartered
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 (4 -6 lb) pork butt or 1 (4 -6 lb) shoulder roast
• 1 3/4 cup cider vinegar
• 1/3 cup Worcestershire sauce
• 1 1/2 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 1/3 cup + 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
• 1 tsp salt
  

Directions:

1. Mix first 5 ingredients and rub onto pork.
2. Place Pork into Crock Pot
3. Mix final ingredients together and pour into Crock Pot with Pork. Some people apparently will save a portion of this sauce to pour on later. But I just put it all in with pork.
   
4. **4 hours on high, or better yet all night on low till dinner.
5. Before serving shred meet. If you left it in all night just try to pull it out without it shredding on its own. Plate it with some potatoes or any of your favorite BBQ sides. Works wonderfully as a sandwich on some hard rolls.
6. Enjoy!
   

Crock pot Cheesy Ham and Potatoes

I made this today. It turned out great. My daughter even told me that it was good and I am the best mommy. She cracks me up! I used kale, broccoli, green onions, and cauliflower because I had a lot from my bountiful basket to use up. Also with all my Crock pot recipes I will line my Crock pot with a liner. It makes for easy clean up.

Ingredients
9 small potatoes or 3 large, peeled and quartered
1 cup cooked ham, cubed
2-3 cups of vegetables (your choice)
1 cup sour cream
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 packet South Eastern Mills Cheese Sauce powder
2 cups Cheddar cheese

Directions
Mix together cheese powder, cream of chicken soup, sour cream and 1 cup of cheese. Next add potatoes, ham, and vegetables into sauce. Pour ingredients into Crock pot and smooth. Finally sprinkle remaining cheese on top. Cover and cook for 5-6 hours on high. Enjoy!

Crock Pot Pot Roast

You know it, you love it, and now, you can make it for your very own family! The beloved pot roast in a crock pot! Here's what you do:

Ingredients:

1 large or 2 medium white onions, cubed
1-2 bags of baby carrots or 5 whole carrots cut in 2 inch logs
4 Russet potatoes, cubed
4-5 lbs. Beef Chuck Roast
Worchestire Sauce
Garlic Powder
Garlic Salt
Black Pepper

Directions:

Layer the bottom of your crock pot with enough water to just cover the bottom of the pot. Lay your onions scattered along the bottom. Sprinkle 1 tsp. each of garlic powder, garlic salt, and black pepper. Sprinkle worchestire sauce over the onions. Place layer of carrots next, followed by the pot roast, and then place the potatoes around the pot roast. Sprinkle another 1 tsp. of garlic powder and garlic salt over the top of the roast, and top with more worchestire sauce.

Let cook for 8-10 hours on low, or 4-6 hours on high.

Enjoy!

Tangy Chicken

From some random recipe I saw online and now can't find again.

INGREDIENTS:

Chicken (3-4lbs)
1 (8oz) can tomato sauce
1/2cup soy sauce
1/4cup brown sugar
2 garlic cloves minced

DIRECTIONS:
Combine all ingredients in crock pot and cook on low for 4-5 hour is cubed or 8-10 hour if bone remains in chicken.
Serve over hot rice.

Impressions from me. I LOVED this however when I make it again I'll add something to thicken the sauce a little.

Parma Rosa Crock Pot Chicken

4 chicken breasts
8 oz. sour cream
1 can cream of chicken soup
1pkg parma rosa creamy tomato sauce mix (Knorr)

Put all ingredients in the crock pot. Cook for 7 hours on low or 4-5 hours on high. Pour over your favorite noodles. Rigatoni works well.

Low Carb Crockpot Poached Salmon

Sorry that there is no picture but this was very yummy and we liked it.



1 1/4 lb salmon fillet
1 tsp chopped chives
1/2 cup chopped celery
1 bay leaf
1/4 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup apple juice
1/2 cup water
1 Tbs lemon juice


Lay salmon in crockpot. Sprinkle chives, celery and bay leaf beside salmon. Stir remaining ingredients together in bowl. Pour over salmon. Cover and cook on Low for 3-4 hours or on High for 2 hours. Cook until salmon flakes with fork. Discard bay leaf.

Taco Soup

This is a meal that is easy to make and very quick. I love to make this especially during the winter but will make it all year long. Plus the chips and cheese make a instant kid favorite. The best part is that it can be made all in the same pot or started early and made in the crock pot. You will have to cook the meat though before adding it to the pot if you use the crock pot. Then cook on high for 6-8 hours on low for 8-10 hours. Some people will substitute the canned diced tomatoes with only tomato sauce or will use tomato juice. Also this Freezes great and makes a ton.

Ingredients:
1 lb ground hamburger
1 small onion diced
2Tbs minced garlic
1 can tomato sauce
2 cans diced tomatoes
2 cans pinto beans
2 cans black beans
1 can light red kidney beans
1 can corn (optional)
2 packets taco seasoning
sour cream
shredded cheddar cheese
2 bags Frito's or tortilla chips
shredded lettuce(optional)

Directions:
In a large pot brown hamburger on stove. Add half onion to hamburger, cook until onion is clear. Next add canned beans and tomatoes(corn if you like). Add taco seasoning. Allow to cook for at least 1/2 hour on medium high. Then add the other half onion and allow to simmer for 15 minutes. When ready to serve top with sour cream, cheese, and chips. Enjoy!

BBQ Pork Ribs

Desired number of pork spare rib racks
2 1/2 to 3 cups of your favorite BBQ sauce per rack

I don't think there is such a thing as too much sauce. Last time I made these I had about 3 cups [I didn't measure] per rack, didn't grill, and had about 1/2 cup of sauce in the bottom of the Tupperware when the ribs were gone.

Prepare aluminum foil by folding two pieces together to make one larger piece and place on a baking sheet. Place one rack of ribs on the foil, pour sauce over ribs. Repeat with remaining racks. (I would do no more than 3 racks per group, depending on how much you want to make and how big your foil is.) If you are only doing one rack, you can cut it in half and stack the pieces on top of each other. Bring edges of foil up over ribs and secure. You want to prevent your sauce from escaping. You can always double foil too.

Bake at 300 degrees for 4 - 5 hours. (Usually I end up cooking for 4 1/2 hours.) If you prefer to have a little crunchy layer on your ribs, you can throw on the BBQ grill for about 5 - 10 minutes. If you do this, baste the ribs in the sauce to help keep them moist. These are fall off the bone, melt in your mouth delicious out of the oven. I also don't see why you couldn't throw these in the crock pot if you preferred. Especially if you were only going to do one rack at a time. Just cut them to fit.

If you are really ambitious, you can make your own BBQ sauce, but I just used the Famous Dave's sauce I got at Sam's Club where I also got the ribs and my husband couldn't stop telling me how good they were. We cooked one rack and I put the others into freezer bags with the sauce and stuck them in the freezer for another day when I want gourmet taste with mac-n-cheese effort.

Crockpot Enchiladas

I found this on the Yummy Food 4 All recipe Blog, posted by Nora's World. It was very tasty and we tried it in the Crock Pot. But instead of the 5-7 hours on low we did 3 hours on high while we were at church. It was perfect. Since we get out of church at 5 pm we were able to come home and eat right away. The other nice thing is with the crock pot Liners that we have it is very little clean up as well. Oh and we didn't have chili powder and cumin so we substituted those ingredients with 2 tsp of Taco Seasoning and we didn't add the salt and pepper either. Oh and we didn't have diced tomatoes with green chilies but we did have a can of green chilies and a can of diced tomatoes and so we used that instead. It was very yummy. Definitely something worth trying if you are looking for an easy crock pot meal. Below is the directions that I copy and pasted from Yummy food 4 All blog. She has a picture there. So if you would like to see how this looks click on the link below to get to this recipe.
http://yummyfood4all.blogspot.com/2008/05/crockpot-enchiladas-although-i-have.html

Ingredients:
1 pound ground beef
1 cup chopped onion
1 can pinto or kidney beans, rinsed and drained
1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
1 can diced tomatoes and green chilies, undrained
1/3 cup water
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 cups shredded cheese (cheddar and jack)
flour tortillas

Directions:
In a skillet, cook beef and onion until beef is browned and onion is tender; drain. Add the next eight ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes.

Now there is some debate as to assembly...

There is the slow cooker way:
In a 5-qt. slow cooker, layer about 3/4 cup beef mixture, one tortilla and about 1/3 cup cheese. Repeat layers. Cover and cook on low for 5-7 hours or until heated through.

Nora's World in-laws way:
On a microwave safe plate, layer 3/4 C beef mixture, one tortilla and 1/2 C cheese. Repeat layers. Heat in the microwave for about 5 minutes until the cheese melts. Cut into wedges and serve.

Nora's World preferred method:
Layer ingredients in a round casserole dish (beef, tortilla, cheese, repeat). bake in a 350 degree oven 20 minutes or until heated through.

Nora's world found this at Sam's Club "I got a case (8 cans) of diced tomatoes with green chilies for $2. Nice."

Hawaiian Chicken

I was looking for an easy recipe to make in a Crock pot today since we get out of church at 5 pm. Preparing anything when we get home has us eating really late. This recipe is courtesy of Nora's world on Yummy Food 4 All Blog. I also halved the recipe since there is only 2 adults and a baby in our home. I hope that you enjoy, it was very yummy.

6 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
2 16 oz cans pineapple slices, drained
2 15 oz cans mandarin oranges, drained
1/4 C cornstarch
1/2 C brown sugar
1/4 C soy sauce
1/4 C lemon juice
1 t salt
1 t ginger
1/2 t ground red pepper

Put the chicken in the crock pot. Mix remaining ingredients together and pour over the chicken. Cook on high 2-3 hours or low 4-5 hours. Serve over rice. To freeze, put chicken in a Ziploc, mix remaining ingredients and pour over chicken. Serves 8-10.