Category Archives: Pork

Sweet and Sour Pork

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Sweet and Sour PorkOh stir fry, how I love you. So easy, so tasty. My kids tend to love any stir fry meal as well, although I am pretty sure that for my middle daughter it’s just because of the soy sauce. Anytime we serve rice we have to watch her like a hawk to make sure she doesn’t turn her rice into soy sauce soup, and she would probably lick the soy sauce off the plate too, if we let her. Luckily we have taught her some table manners, so that doesn’t happen. At least I think it doesn’t, who can tell what goes on when my back is turned!

Recipe from Taste of Home Grandma’s Favorites

  • 4 boneless pork chops- cut into bite sized pieces
  • 1 large green pepper- cut into strips
  • 1 can pineapple chunks (use small or big can depending on how much you want)
  • 2 Tbsp cornstarch
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • 1 Tbsp honey
  • 1/2 tsp chicken bouillon
  • 1 garlic clove minced
  • 1/8 tsp pepper
  • 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
  • Hot cooked rice

1. Heat oil in wok or large skillet and cook pork and pepper until pork is browned (6-8 minutes)

2. Drain pineapple reserving the juice. Add enough water to juice to equal 3/4 cup. Stir in cornstarch, soy sauce, honey, chicken bouillon, garlic and pepper. Stir sauce mixture and pineapple into pork/pepper mixture.

3. Cook until thickened. Serve over rice.

4. Eat and enjoy!

 

Sausage, Red Beans and Rice

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Red Beans and RiceThis was our lunch on Saturday. I had some sausages waiting to be used in the freezer and low and behold found a great new recipe to use them up on. Here is Canada it’s the long weekend, so we have been having a lot of fun! Our standard movie night on Friday, Saturday was basketball and beach with a friend ( I opted to stay in and read by myself for most of this, rare to actually have quiet during my reading times), Sunday we drove up to Drumheller to spend time with my parents and have the ever popular hot dog roast with s’mores. Good times have been had. We left the kids up there with the folks and today my husband and I have a double date. Not a double date with other people, we have decided to go to back to back movies. Well not quite back to back as we will be having a dinner date in between, but it has been ages since we went to the movie theater and there are just too many movies we want to see…I am excited!

The Sausage, Red Beans and Rice recipe is from  Allrecipes

  •                     1/2 cup chopped green pepper
  •                     1/4 cup onion, chopped
  •                     2 garlic clove, minced
  •                     1 tablespoon butter or margarine
  •                     1/2 pound fully cooked smoked sausage, cut into 1/2-inch slices
  •                     2 (14.5 ounce) cans diced tomatoes, undrained
  •                     2  cups canned ranch-style or chili beans
  •                     1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
  •                     1/4 teaspoon pepper
  •                     Hot cooked rice

1. Fry green pepper, onion and garlic in butter until tender. Add sausage and continue to fry until brown.

2. Add tomatoes, beans, oregano and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer for twenty minutes.

3. Serve over hot cooked rice. Serve with hot sauce if desired.

4. Eat and enjoy!

Slow Cooker Pulled Pork

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Pulled porkYes, yes another slow cooker recipe! Last night I actually had two of my slow cookers on, in my summer obsession to not turn on the oven. One was filled with this delicious slow cooker pork, the other had in it the side dish for the evening, baked beans. My oven will be turned on temporarily this morning as I planned to make cinnamon buns. Cinnamon buns should be worth a little bit of extra heat!

Recipe from Allrecipes

  •                     1 (2 pound) pork tenderloin
  •                     1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle root beer
  •                     1 (18 ounce) bottle your favorite barbecue sauce
  •                     8 hamburger buns

1. Place pork in slow cooker, cover with root beer. Cook on low for 7 hours.

2. Drain liquid and shred pork. Return to slow cooker and add BBQ sauce. Heat on low until heated through. Serve on buns.

3. Eat and enjoy!

Pork and Black Bean Chili with Lime Salsa

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ChiliIt’s hot here, so hot my kitchen has become a no man’s land. No cooking, no baking. Last night for dinner I put some cold chicken and salad in a wrap, served with a side of potato chips, dessert was store-bought cookies! Gasp, I know! Unbelievable! It was fast, and took no heat so I was happy. Last week I made this chili for when we got home after swimming lessons, I love using the crock pot, making supper in the morning and having it bubbling away all day. For dinner we just have to serve it up! I really must use my crock pot more often!

Recipe from Canadian Living The Slow Cooker Collection

  • 4 thick slices bacon, chopped
  • 1 1/4 pound boneless pork, cubed
  • 1 Tbsp vegetable oil
  • 2 onions, diced
  • 1 each, carrot and green pepper, diced
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 1/2 tsp each dried oregano and cumin
  • 1/4 tsp each, salt and pepper
  • 2 cans kidney beans I used 1 red , 1 white
  • 1/2 cup canned tomatoes, diced

Salsa:

  • 1/2 cup grape tomatoes, chopped
  • half orange or yellow pepper, diced
  • 1 green onion, thinly sliced
  • 1 Tbsp lime juice

1. Fry bacon until crisp , place bacon in slow cooker. Cook pork in the bacon grease until brown, place in slow cooker.

2. Drain fat, wipe skillet with paper towel, add oil and fry onions, carrots, green pepper, garlic, oregano, cumin and s+p, until veggies are tender, place everything in slow cooker.

3. Add 1 cup of water to skillet and bring to a boil, use a spatula to scrape brown bits, add to slow cooker. Add additional 1 cup water, beans and tomatoes to slow cooker as well. Stir. cook on low for 6-8 hours.

To make salsa combine ingredients and chill until ready to use.

Serve chili topped with salsa, optional, serve with a side of tortilla chips to dip.

4. Eat and enjoy!!