Pulled Pork

I found this great pulled pork recipe online the other day. Unfortunately, I don't remember where otherwise I would provide a link. The recipe is fairly simple, just a bit of chopping and cutting at first. Note: I'm giving the recipe as I did it, however, I doubled the first three ingredients from the original recipe and forgot to double the last three. You may want to try it the correct way first but the way I made it tasted just fine.

Ingredients:
1 3lb. pork tenderloin
2 cups barbeque sauce
1 large onion, chopped
2 - 2 1/2 tsp. minced garlic (or 2 cloves of minced garlic)
1 1/2 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp salt

Directions:

Cut pork into slices about 1 inch thick and chop onion.



Add all ingredients to the crock pot.



Cook on high for 4 hours.
When done, shred pork with two forks in crock pot to make sure it soaks up the juices really well.



Place on bun (or eat it plain) and enjoy!

Apple Cake!

Delicious Apple Cake Recipe!

Ingredients:
3 cups apples (Gala, Honeycrisp, etc.)
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. each of salt, baking powder, baking soda, and vanilla
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup each of oil and butter (or 1 cup of one of them)
2 eggs
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup pecans (optional but totally worth it)

Directions:
First, peel and chop your apples. I found it took about 4 small apples to make 3 cups.



Then mix apples, cinnamon, salt, baking powder, baking soda, vanilla, brown sugar, oil, and butter in bowl.



Next, add flour and mix again. It will get quite thick after this.



Add pecans and mix one last time. Pour (or glop) mixture into a greased and lightly floured bundt cake pan. Bake on middle rack at 350 degrees for 45 to 55 minutes (I found mine came out the best at 50 minutes but because oven temperatures vary yours may be different). When top and sides are brown check with a toothpick. Enjoy!

I tried to make the cake look whole but my husband got to it before I could get a picture. :) Besides being very tasty, I've been able to make two complete cakes from one shopping trip! So cheap once you have the ingredients. I'll only need to replace the apples and brown sugar for the next time!

The Downside of Mr. Potato Head

Ha!