My Domestic Weekend

Photo courtesy of cookin'mama from Allrecipes.


I played photographer.
We don't do professional photos very often due to the cost. This is my solution.



I was a Baker.
We baked wonderfully good sugar rolled cookies and made an easy peasy icing. The girls had a blast decorating them.





We also made popcorn balls! Yummmm.




I was a Crock Pot Extraordinaire!
My husband was quite pleased with both dishes. Saturday - Barbeque pulled pork sandwiches with salad and chips (you can't have bbq pork w/o chips!) Try this recipe. It's so easy...so good! Check out the top of my post for the glorious pic.

Slow Cooker Pulled Pork

INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)
1 (14 ounce) can beef broth
3 pounds boneless pork ribs
1 (18 ounce) bottle barbeque sauce

DIRECTIONS
Pour can of beef broth into slow cooker, and add boneless pork ribs. Cook on High heat for 4 hours, or until meat shreds easily. Remove meat, and shred with two forks. It will seem that it's not working right away, but it will.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Transfer the shredded pork to a Dutch oven or iron skillet, and stir in barbeque sauce.
Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until heated through.

*****Instead of me emptying the entire jar of sauce onto the pork prior to placing in oven, I recommend mixing in about 1/3 to 1/2 of the bottle. That way your guests can adjust the amount of sauce to their taste.

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Photo courtesy of Courtney at Allrecipes. Both recipes found on Allrecipes.com.

Sunday dinner I made:

Slow Cooker Chicken Stroganoff

INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cubed
1/8 cup margarine
1 (.7 ounce) package dry Italian-style salad dressing mix
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup


DIRECTIONS
Put chicken, margarine and dressing mix in slow cooker; mix together and cook on low for 5 to 6 hours.
Add cream cheese and soup, mix together and cook on high for another 1/2 hour or until heated through and warm.

The biggest change I made was placing the frozen chicken breasts in the slow cooker whole instead of cubed. I then shredded the chicken once cooked and mixed it in with the soup and cream cheese. Very good and easy!


Also add on the cleaning, the full-fledged grocery store trip and the general day-to-day stuff and you get one tired woman!

Sorry no junking stories today...no time for that.

Have a great week everyone!