Texas Pulled Pork - Crockpot Recipe

1 teaspoon vegetable oil
1 (4 pound) pork shoulder roast or pork butt
1 cup barbeque sauce
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
1/2 cup chicken broth
1/4 cup light brown sugar
1 tablespoon prepared yellow mustard
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon chili powder (more if you like a kick)
1 extra large onion, chopped
2 large cloves garlic, crushed
1 1/2 teaspoons dried thyme
2 teaspoons liquid smoke (optional)
8 hamburger buns, split
2 tablespoons butter, or as needed

Directions
1. Pour the vegetable oil into the bottom of a slow cooker. Place the pork roast into the slow cooker; pour in the barbecue sauce, apple cider vinegar, and chicken broth. Stir in the brown sugar, yellow mustard, Worcestershire sauce, chili powder, onion, garlic, and thyme. Cover and cook on High until the roast shreds easily with a fork, 5 to 6 hours (or you can cook on Low for 10 to 12 hours).

2. Remove the roast from the slow cooker, and shred the meat using two forks. Return the shredded pork to the slow cooker, and stir the meat into the juices.

3. Spread the inside of both halves of hamburger buns with butter. Toast the buns, butter side down, in a skillet over medium heat until golden brown. Spoon pork into the toasted buns.

Energy Bites

1 cup oatmeal
1/2 cup peanut butter (or other nut butter)
1/3 cup honey
1 cup coconut flakes
1/2 cup ground flaxseed
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips OR raisins
1 tsp vanilla

Mix all above thoroughly. Roll into bit size balls. Store in an air-tight container and keep refrigerated for up to one week.

Baked Fish - Haddock or Cod

Sauce - 2 servings (adjust for amount of fish you want to cook)
1/4 cup melted butter
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/2 lemon, juiced
splash of white wine (optional)

Fish:
approx 1/2 lb fish per serving, cut into 1" cubes
10-12 Ritz Crackers, crumbled fine

Place each 1/2 lb serving of fish into individual serving dishes. Sprinkle top with Ritz cracker crumbs. Equally distribute sauce over fish servings. Bake at 450 for 10-15 minutes until done.

Homemade Microwave Popcorn

-Olive Oil
-Popcorn kernels
-Paper bags

Add 1/4 – 1/2 a cup of kernels to the paper bag.

Add .5 – 1 TBSP of olive oil to the bag and give a gentle shake.

Fold down the bag 2 or 3 times and place in microwave for 2 minutes.

Pour into a serving bowl and season as desired.

Mom's Super Easy Pizza Dough Recipe

1 pkg dry active yeast
1 tsp sugar
2/3 cup warm water
1 2/3 cups flour
¾ tsp salt
2 tsp oil
Oil for pan
1 ½ Tbsp cornmeal for pan

Stir yeast and sugar into warm water and let stand until foamy – about 10 min

Insert metal blade in food processor and mix flour and salt

Pour in yeast mixture through the feed tube and process about 45 sec. until dough
pulls away from side of bowl

Add oil through feed tube and process 1+ min until soft and pliable ( I process for
about 3-4 min until dough is quite smooth)

Roll and pull dough into circle shape

Lightly Oil black fry pan – sprinkle with cornmeal place circle of dough into pan

To make a pizza...

Add 1 – 2 Tbsp sauce, cheese and toppings and bake at 425 for 18-20 min or until
done

Broccoli Casserole

2 10-oz pkgs frozen chopped broccoli
1 cup mayonnaise
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 cup shredded cheese
2 eggs
1 cup crushed Ritz crackers
1/2 cup melted butter

Cook and drain broccoli. Mix broccoli with mayo, soup, cheese and eggs. Pour into baking dish. Mix crackers with butter and sprinkle over broccoli mixture. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

Buckeyes (Peanut Butter Balls)

1.5 1-lb boxes (each lb = 3.75 cups so 5.5 cups) confectionery sugar
1 lb. (16 oz) peanut butter
1/2 lb (2 sticks) butter, softened
12 oz chocolate chips
1/2 bar paraffin wax (found with canning supplies)

Mix sugar, peanut butter, and butter until well blended. Roll tsp-sized balls and chill on sheet for 2 hrs. Melt chips and wax in a double boiler. Using a toothpick, dip balls into hot chocolate mixture to coat - leaving a small circle at the top of each where the toothpick is. Place on wax paper lined trays to cool. Use fingertip to close toothpick hole after removed if desired. Makes approximately 80 balls. Best kept refrigerated.

Note: doesn't work well with white chocolate so if you like white I drizzle a bit on top of the regular ones to make them pretty!

Pie Filling Squares

3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 cup shortening
1 can pie filling - any flavor
4 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp almond extract

Cream sugar and shortening until light and fluffy. Add eggs, vanilla, and extract - mix well. Add flour and mix until you have a stiff dough. Spread 1/2 dough onto a baking sheet. Cover with pie filling then drop spoonfuls of remaining dough over pie filling - no need to cover filling just do spoonfuls and let be (they will spread). Bake at 350 for 30 mins until golden brown. Cool and cut into squares.

Swedish Brownies (or White or Almond Brownies)

4 eggs
2 tsp. almond extract
2 sticks butter
2 cups sugar
2 cups flour

Cream butter and sugar together. Add eggs, extract and flour. Mix until smooth. Pour batter into a 9x13" pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 mins. Will be a golden color with edges just beginning to brown when done.

Chocolate Trifle

1 (19.8 oz) pkg brownie mix
1 (3.3 oz) pkg instant chocolate pudding mix
1 (3.3 oz) pkg instant white chocolate pudding mix (or whatever flavors you want!)
1 large container whipped topping
3 (1.4 oz) Heath bars, crumbled
3.5 cups cold milk

Prepare brownies according to package. Bake and cool. Cut into 1" cubes. In separate bowls, mix each pudding with 1.25 cups of milk. In a glass serving dish, layer 1/3 brownie cubes, 1/3 of each pudding, 1/3 whipped topping and 1/3 candy. Repeat for remaining layers. Chill for at least an hour in refrigerator before serving.

Cake Mix with a Plus

1 package cake mix (any flavor - a two layer mix)
1 package instant pudding (flavor to match cake mix or vanilla)
4 eggs
1/4 cup oil
1 cup water

Combine ingredients in bowl and mix for 4 minutes. Pour into greased and floured pan and bake for:

13x9" pan - 40-45 mins
(2) 9" layer pans - 30-35 mins
10" tube or bunt pan - 50-55 mins

Cake is done when it springs back lightly when touched.

Easiest and Best Hard Boiled Eggs

• Put the eggs in the pot and cover them with cold water.
• Cover the pot.
• Turn on heat to high and bring the water to a boil.
• After a rolling boil, turn off the heat and leave the pot covered for 10 minutes.
• After the 11 minutes, remove the cover and run cold water over the eggs until the eggs are cold.
• Eggs should be very easy to peel and shouldn’t have a green ring.
• Enjoy