Slow Cooker Cola BBQ Pulled Pork

To go along with the Shredded Beef, I also had Pulled Pork.  I wanted an easy recipe, that wouldn't be time consuming for me, and that would pretty much cook itself.  Hence the slow cooker.  This recipe fit all the criteria...

Ingredients:
1#-3# Boneless Pork
Salt & Pepper, to taste
1 (12 oz.) can coke (do NOT use diet)
Your favorite BBQ sauce, amount to taste

Instructions:

1. Sprinkle port with salt and pepper, place in slow cooker.  Pour can of coke into the slow cooker, cover and cook for 6-8 hours on low.
2. Remove meat and allow to cool enough to handle.  Shred the meat apart into bite-sized pieces.  Discard coke from slow cooker and return meat.  Cover with BBQ sauce to your desired taste (some like the meat dryer, others dripping with BBQ sauce).
3. Heat though and serve on your favorite sandwich bun.

Tasty Kitchen

Shredded Beef

A couple months ago I had friends over for dinner.  I decided on pulled/shredded meat sandwiches.  So, for the beef, I took a PDub recipe for her beef brisket and converted it into a marinated shredded beef.

Ingredients:
2 cans beef consomme
1/2 cup lemon juice
1 1/2 cup soy sauce
5 cloves chopped garlic
2 tbs liquid smoke
10 lbs beef brisket (or I used a cheap cut for shredding)

Instruction:

1. Combine first five ingredients in large bowl/pot/pan.  Place beef in the marinade.  Cover tightly with foil.  Marinate in refrigerator for 24-48 hours.  When ready to cook, place in slow cooker on medium (or high).  Cook for about 8 hours.
2. When fork-tender, drain majority of liquid (reserve for later use) and shred with 2 forks.  Add liquid back to shredded beef if needed.
3. Serve with rolls.  Barbecue sauce may be used.
4. You can store i fridge for up to 2 days or freeze for use at a later date.  Remove and discard any separated fat.

The Pioneer Woman

Egg Salad Sandwich

I look forward for Easter just for the egg salad sandwiches. They are one of my favorite things, and they are so easy to make. But yet I tend to only have them at Easter time every year.

Ingredients:
Hard boiled eggs - Dye job not required. But look how pretty they are! And the ones that were slightly cracked while soaking in the dye end up giving the mixture some color.
Mayo - I'm a fan of the Low Fat Best Foods (formly known as "reduced fat", look for the green lid). Low fat = fooling myself into thinking it's slightly healthier for me.
Mustard
Salt
Pepper
Garlic Powder
Optional: diced red onion, green onion, celery, relish, or anything else you may think would taste good and bulk it up.

Instructions:
Use your handy dandy egg slicer (slice, 1/4 turn and slice again). It's all too taste. I honestly never measure. If somethings not right I add more of what I think it needs. If I added to much I'll just add another egg.
I'm a fan of my bread being toasted. So I toast it. This sandwich was also used with Sara Lee Delightful bread (2 slices for 1 point). Again, it's a healthy trick.
And voila! You have a delicious, easy to make sandwich!