Sweet Pulled Pork

This recipe is for about 10 lbs of pork, give or take.  It's not exact how much of the ingredients you put in.


1. Put pork in crockpot with couple cups of dr. pepper or coke (not diet) for 6-8 hours or until you can shred pork.
2. Shred pork and drain all juice.  
3. Put pork back into crockpot, add about 1 cup brown sugar (more or less to taste-depending on how sweet you like)
4. Add 1-2 can green chiles
5. Add 1 jar green salsa (I use Salsa Verde - Herdez brand - can get at walmart)
6. Add another cup of dr. pepper or coke


Mix all together and let cook on low for another couple of hours.


Courtesy Yuki Gross

Pizza Soup

Success once again. Naming a food after pizza magically makes it more desireable.

2 cans (10 oz.) Condensed Tomato Soup
3 cups water
1-2 cloves minced garlic
1 1/2 cup short dry pasta (shells, ditalini, etc.)
1/3 cup diced pepperoni
1/2 tsp. italian seasoning
1/2 tsp. marjoram
4 extra large rolls
Mozzarella cheese

1. Mix soup, water, and garlic. Bring to a boil. Be careful not to boil over.
2. Reduce heat to medium-high. Add pasta, pepperoni,  italian seasoning, and marjoram.
3. Cook for 6-8 minutes, until pasta is almost done.
4. While soup is cooking, carefully remove the middle from the rolls to form bowls. Try to keep the extra bread in one piece. It will be served on the side.
5. Once soup is done, ladle it into the bread bowls. Top with mozzarella as desired and broil until lightly brown. Toast the extra bread on the same pan as a side.
6. Serve right out of the oven.

Lemon-Poppyseed Muffin Scones

I adapted this from the Betty Crocker website.

1 box Betty Crocker® Lemmon-Poppyseed Muffin Mix
1/2 C. milk
1 egg white

1. Heat oven to 350°. Spray cookie sheet or line with parchment.
2. In a large bowl, stir the milk and egg white until blended. Stir in muffin mix. Dough will be sticky.
3. With floured fingers, shape the dough into an 8-inch round. Cut into 8 pieces before baking.
4. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.
5. Let cool slightly before drizzling with lemon glaze (from muffin mix).
6. Serve warm.

Pizza Pasta Salad

Gabriel is ten times more likely to eat something if it is somehow related to pizza. Thus, I came up with this recipe in order to try to get him to eat something somewhat healthy.

1 pkg. tri-color rotini
4 cheese sticks (2 mozzarella, 2 cheddar)
1/4 C. shredded parmesan cheese
1/2 C. ranch dressing
1/2 C. italian dressing
Pepperoni
Sliced olives

1. Boil the noodles based on package instructions. Rinse in cold water.
2. Cut the cheese sticks into 1/2 inch pieces.
3. In a large bowl, mix ranch and italian dressings.
4. Add rotini and cheeses to dressings and toss to coat.
5. Add pepperoni and sliced olives.
6. Refrigerate for approximately 1 hour before serving.

Oriental Sauce

This is a simple teriyaki sauce that's fast and easy to make. It works well for stir-fry or on top of burgers.

3 TBSP soy sauce
2 TBSP sugar
2/3 cup water
1 1/2 TBSP cornstarch, mixed with a little cold water

Mix all ingredients together in a small saucepan; cook and stir until thickened.