Category: pork

Slow-Cooked Pulled Pork

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Pulled pork sandwiches were one of my terrible downfalls growing up; not so much that they made me feel sick, or that they made me gain weight, but because I would put down several pounds of pulled pork before I knew what hit me (this may still be partially true today).  There are many recipes out there for this delicious dish, but we’ve always struggled with dry pork on and off.  This is probably due to our inability to read directions, but nevertheless this recipe is the result.

We dressed this pulled pork with our homemade barbecue sauce, tripling the recipe.  Don’t feel confined to that, though; it was equally delicious plain, or with hot sauce.  We’ve made use of this for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.  This, along with chili, has become one of our staple weekend meals to take advantage of cooking in bulk.

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Apricocity (Farm To Consumer Legal Defense Fund Baconpalooza Entry)

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Back in July, our friends Matt and Stacy of Paleo Parents released their second book, Beyond Bacon.  I was at work the evening of the book release, but Heather attended in my absence and had a fantastic time.  Among the guests were George from Civilized Caveman, Sarah from The Paleo Mom, and Russ from The Domestic Man.  It was Russ who introduced us to Kathy, from the Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund.  The FTCLDF is a fantastic non-profit that provides support and council to real food farmers, and I encourage you to check out their website and consider joining to support the cause.  Long story short, they were hosting an event in August coined Baconpalooza. I was hooked at the name, and was even more intrigued to cook for hundreds of people using real food ingredients and raise money for a good cause.  Oh, and Robb Wolf was a guest and presenter, which made my fanboy alarm go off as well.

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Greek Pork Loin Roulade

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We really love cooking with pork.  It’s not uncommon for us to have a good supply of bacon in the house, and we even did a crown roast for Easter this past year.  One of the things I’d always been interested in is doing a roulade.  We’ve done it before with chicken thighs, but the result was small individual pieces rather than one larger piece to serve from.

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Easy Barbecue Slow Cooker Ribs

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Ribs.  They’re easily one of my favorite foods.  There was a time in my life where I would go out to dinner with my parents and grandmother and eat an entire rack of ribs, with french fries, and finish it off with a chocolate mousse.  Totally not paleo, but cut me some slack, I was a growing boy for goodness sake.

Those days are long gone; the infamous restaurant closed due to a kitchen fire, and I can’t handle eating anything I want like I somehow survived during middle and high school.  These ribs, however, are a fun project that do take the better part of a day from start to finish, but are totally worth it just to have a house that smells like ribs.  We make our barbecue sauce from scratch, and I highly recommend it–but I’m sure your favorite brand will also do.

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Spinach, Bacon & Artichoke Dip

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Whenever Heather and I go out to eat, whether for work, or the rare occasion that she and I actually take the time to go eat out rather than cook at home, we’re typically pretty hard pressed to find healthy appetizer options.  One of our favorites for the occasional treat (which we then regret) is every restaurant’s creamy spinach and artichoke dip.  This past weekend in preparation for having neighbors over, I decided to finally give this a shot, and I’m happy to report that it’s not as difficult as you might think to recreate without the dairy.

I do also want to take a quick second to celebrate that Heather and I were selected as the featured chefs for U.S. Wellness Meats for the month of July.  This was a great experience, and I think you will enjoy the recipes we put together for their blog.  Most of them are new, and we’ll cycle in step-by-step with photos here on the blog over time.  Please check out their great, grass-fed and pastured products and our write up!

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