Friday, March 18, 2011

Excellent Garlic Parmesan Crutons (homemade)

1 loaf two day old French bread
1 clove garlic minced
1/4 cup shredded/shaved parmesan
Spray Extra virgin olive oil
Salt and Pepper

Cube the bread into desired curton size. Place in a bowl and add in all ingredients except spray olive oil. Mix by hand in bowl to combine ingredients and bread cubes. Next take spray olive oil and quick coat while turning bread cubes with hand to lightly coat cubes and help ingredients stick. Pre-heat oven to 350  place on a cookie sheet and sprinkle remaining ingredients over bread cubes. Place in oven for 10-15 minutes or until crisp and starting to brown. Allow to cool and enjoy with salads or by themselves ;)

Thursday, March 17, 2011

BBQ Pulled Pork in the Crock

I love my crock pot. Very much. Here is a recipe for a pulled pork that has my husband thanking Jesus Christ himself. It's good stuff.
One 4-5 lbs Pork shoulder
1/3 cup each : Apple cigar vinegar, soy sauce, worcestershire sauce, and liquid smoke
1 cup brown sugar
3 garlic clove minced
Salt and pepper ( tablespoon of each-ish)
1 onion sliced, leaving in discs
1 quart vegetable stock
1-2 bottles of your favorite BBQ sauce (we love fresh and easy's honey BBQ sauce!)
Mix the ingredients together until brown sugar dissolves. Wash the pork should and pat dry. Take a fork and stab the meat on both sides. This allows the marinated to fully flavor the meat.
I use a vacuum sealed in this next process. It sucks the air out and the marine into the meat then seals the package.
Place meat in a big baggie or dish.  Place some of the onion slices under and on top of the meat. Pour the marinade over the meat. Cover and allow to marinade for 24 hours turning several times.
Once the pork shoulder has marinated, place in a crock pot. Pour remaining marinade and onions ontop of the meat. Pour vegetable stock over the shoulder until just covered. Cook on low setting (8-10th hours) 
Once crock pot switches to warm remove the shoulder bone from the meat. It should slide out very easily. Remove the meat and onions from the from the crock pot. Pour on your favorite BBQ sauce and serve up!
Slow cooked pulled pork in a crock pot. Eat your heart out dickies!

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