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Dinner

The Best Crockpot Pulled Pork Sandwich

One of my all-time favorite comfort foods is a pulled pork sandwich with coleslaw. Nothing is makes your day like coming home to the sweet smell of your dinner all ready to enjoy. This recipe is so easy and only takes a few minutes to prep, so its great to make before heading off to work!

The best pulled pork sandwich
Enjoy with some delicious homemade BBQ sauce

Enjoy with your favorite store bought or homemade BBQ sauce, we love this Frank’s BBQ Sauce in a pinch!

Top with coleslaw

Ingredients

  • 3.5-4 pound pork loin
  • 1 small yellow or white onion finely chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 cup vegetable broth
  • 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire
  • 1 teaspoon mustard powder
  • 1-2 cups of your favorite BBQ sauce
  • Burger buns

Directions

  1. Add all of your ingredients except for your BBQ sauce to your crockpot and stir, adding the pork loin in last.
  2. Turn your crockpot on low and cook for 6-7 hours, less time if you have a smaller piece of meat.
  3. Take your pork out when finished cooking and shred with two forks.
  4. Strain the liquid out of the crockpot and return the shredded pork and onions, adding your BBQ sauce. I say 1-2 cups depending on how much meat you have, and how saucy you like your pork.
  5. Enjoy on your favorite burger buns and top with coleslaw. I recommend trying my favorite homemade coleslaw recipe!
Dinner

Easy and Spicy Sloppy Joes in the Crockpot

For me, it doesn’t get much better than a nice meal made in the crockpot. Coming home from work or running weekend errands while dinner is cooking? Yes please! This recipe does require a little prep before tossing everything in and walking away, but it’s worth it.

It has been pretty cool and rainy out the last few days and I was really craving a nice crockpot meal. This is one of my go-to crockpot meals for autumn and winter, but they are great to have year round.

We did end up getting a little sun in the afternoon today and Rocky was really enjoying it!

I love my spicy foods, and this is a great recipe to experiment and add different kinds of spices. An absolute must though, is the celery seed! I can’t tell you how many dishes that I use celery seed in and it just makes it that much better.

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds ground beef
  • 1 yellow onion finely chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 green bell pepper finely chopped
  • 1 jalapeño seeds removed and diced
  • 1 6oz can vegetable juice, I used V8
  • 1/2 cup ketchup
  • 1 tablespoon yellow mustard
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire
  • 1 tablespoon Tabasco (or any other hot sauce of your liking)
  • 1/2 tablespoon horseradish
  • 1/2 tablespoon chili powder
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon celery seed
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 6-8 burger buns

Directions

  1. Cook your ground beef in a large pan until its about halfway cooked, then add in your onion, garlic, bell pepper, and jalapeño and cook until ground beef is fully cooked, and your onions and peppers are softened.
  2. Drain the fat off of your ground beef and place in the crockpot.
  3. Add the rest of your ingredients into a bowl or large measuring cup and whisk to incorperate. Then pour over your ground beef mixture,
  4. Cook in the crockpot on low (recommended) for 8-10 hours, or on high for 3-4 hours and enjoy!

Notes: Everything is fully cooked so you can eat it whenever you like, I personally think that the longer it sits the better! So next day leftovers are always my favorite.

Amazon has a lot of great options for crockpots so here are some of my favorites: Crockpot 1 Crockpot 2 Crockpot 3 Crockpot 4

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