Looking for an economical, easy, delicious way to feed the family? This meal cooks while you're doing other things and can be served many ways.
It's easy to prepare pulled pork roast for sandwiches or burritos. Slice off a 1 - 1 1/2 inch portion of the cooked roast and use two forks to shred the meat. Serve with shredded cheese, sour cream, diced tomatoes on a warmed tortilla or sandwich bun.
Choose a nice, lean sirloin tip pork roast like the ones from Costco priced about $16.00 for a 4-pack. Each roast makes a nice family meal for around $4.00. Use one fresh and freeze the other three for future meals. Add some rice, corn, potato or a salad and you've got a hearty meal.
Instructions:
Season the outside of the roast with garlic salt, paprika, black pepper or any dry rub or spices you like. Lightly brown the outside edges of the roast in a heated frying pan with some olive oil and minced garlic.
Brown the outside edges to seal in the flavor.
It only takes about a minute to brown the top and a minute on the bottom.
Use kitchen tongs to brown the sides and ends of the roast to seal in the flavors.
Use tongs to hold the roast and brown the edges.
Transfer the browned roast into the crock pot. Turn it on High. Add about 1/2 cup of water to the frying pan to make a seasoned liquid and pour it over the roast in the Crock Pot.
Cover and cook the roast on High for 5 to 6 hours. During the last hour reduce the heat to Low. Or cook the roast on Low for 7 to 8 hours while you're away.
Pulled pork burritos are a big hit with our family. Other times, this entree goes well with corn on the cob and a salad.
Pulled Pork Burrito with Corn on the Cob
Served on sandwich buns it makes a delicious barbecue pork sandwich. Or use cubed chunks of leftover pork roast to make pork fried rice. Easy, economical, and delicious, this meal will delight your family and fill your hearty appetite with very little effort.
The Carriage Driver2 is the second release in a collection of stories
about the afterlife. Rich in detail and empathy, the characters include a
variety of people, some who’ve experienced a continuous struggle for survival
and others who seem to have had it all.
Their next journey after they meet their
inevitable fate begins with a ride in a beautiful horse-drawn carriage pulled by a white steed. Once their name appears in the book, the dearly
departed are asked to decide on a destination where they wish to go. During the ride, questions are asked and answered,
options are offered and life begins anew with an infinite number of
possibilities based on their tastes, talents and deepest desires.
Knocking on Heaven's Door
The Weathervane is a favorite from this collection in which an elderly woman is
living in a rest home when she begins her journey after a few brief moments to decide
where she wants to begin spending eternity.
As
she steps out of the carriage, she’s transformed into the younger self that has
resided for years only within her memories. She finds herself wearing a
favorite floral print summer dress, standing on a beach with swaying palms,
warm tropical breezes and the familiar cries of drifting sea gulls. There she
reunites with and is wrapped in the loving arms of her long since dearly
departed husband where, once again, they share a world of their former
happiness. It’s a story that gives the surviving family hope that their loved
one spends future days in true care-free bliss.
The Gutter Boy's main character, Dylan finds that life
isn’t always filled with abuse and disrespect after he meets two kind doctors,
a husband and wife team. He discovers that his time to move into the next world
has not yet arrived, experiencing only a change in his circumstance through
which he’s destined to lead a richer way of life and repay his debt with future
acts of kindness.
Many other stories are included in the collection with each story offering subtle clues about life lessons. Each
character has a chance to interact with Captain Griffin Chaffey, a veteran of
the War Between the States who, after losing his own life, remained in the
battlefield to help others find their way onward. He accepts his
assignments cheerfully accompanied by Nuelle, a white horse whose intuition and
spirit shines throughout as she munches on shared apples and trots to their
destinations. Sometimes, she enjoys a romp in the surf as part of her reward for
a job well done. Other times, she must face the uncertainties of strange and
frightening places where darkness and despair lurk. The Man Unseen introduces a young man whose difficulties began early in life. The victim of school chums who taunted and took advantage of the special needs child, his troubles are multiplied when his mother passes away and he's cheated out of his rightful home. He lives out his remaining days on the street in constant peril, yet his wisdom shines when he shares his observations with Captain Chaney. "There ought to be rules for men to live by," he remarks. It comes as no surprise that he chooses an afterlife of spreading generosity toward others who suffer as he once did.
In Sister Sarah's Miracle we
meet Sister Sarah, an empathetic and generous worker of miracles whose hands-on
ministry is directed toward the less fortunate. In the story, she visits a
young girl, a cancer victim who resides in Mass General Hospital.
Sister
Sarah gives of herself to the point of depleting her supply of healing power.
When she meets Captain Griffin, her strength returns and she is able to
continue her valuable work on this earth. Fortunately, The Carriage Driver and
Nuelle know how to keep a secret.
Nuelle
and the captain operate their carriage out of Boston, but the reader is assured
that across all cities, towns, boroughs and villages, others carry on the same
legacy driving the recently deceased to their choice destination where they
begin the next life. Or, if they choose to wait for a spouse, a child or a
loved one, “there is a castle in the sky whose spires puncture Heaven to
accommodate them.”
These
heartwarming tales lend to second and third readings with revisits inspired by
the depth of the subtleties of deeper meaning within. Great for late-night
reading when the troubles of the world interrupt the peace and quiet of sleep,
these stories restore a sense of calm in a world of turmoil.
As
a bonus, the book contains a short stand-alone story titled, “Walking to
Goleta,” a tale of companionship, compassion, generosity, ingenuity, and a
heartwarming miracle in a Christmas setting.
The Carriage Driver is your liaison to the
heaven of your own choosing.” Don’t be fooled by the free ride. Those who climb
on board have paid in advance.”
