BBQ Day 3 - Nachos

I have not been ignoring you!  I promise!  

Things have been insane around here!  Let me start by saying, whoever came up with the idea of Daylight Savings Time...I would like to meet you...and kick you in the shin!  This person did not think about how this would effect people with small children.  You can't just tell a 22 month old, "Ok, it's Daylight Savings Time, so you have to adjust your little internal clock." 

I really think it caused my son to be possessed by evil spirits!  He became a little terror child!  Poor guy, he just didn't understand.  

Anyway, after adjusting to the time change and having an exorcism, we started construction here for my hubby's new office.  He is changing jobs soon and will be working from home!  (We are super excited!)  Goodness knows he wouldn't get anything done in this mad house during the day, so we decided to close in part of our garage.  (Thankfully, we have a HUGE garage!)

So yesterday morning I told myself I was going to get back on the blogging train...Yeeaahhh...That must have been one of those moments people talk about.  You know, the ones who say, "If you want to hear God laugh, tell him your plans."  Yeah...

I went to get my son out of bed in the morning to find that he had thrown up all over his bed and himself.  Then after eating breakfast, he threw up all over ME!  

I'm sorry!  TMI!  

So it has been a rough week in this house! 

There has been some good things though...

This weekend my son stayed with his Mimi on Saturday night, which meant I got to do some crafting!  I haven't had time to do anything in so long!  It was very nice!  And he had fun too!

I have been sewing like crazy the last couple of days and can't wait to show you everything!  But first, I have to show you my third day of barbeque!  We had nachos!

I just took store bought tortilla chips, and piled everything on top of them!  Barbeque,  shredded cheese, and rotel dip!  Unfortunately, it was time to go to the store, which meant I was out of a few of my staple items that I would have put on there like olives and tomatoes.  But they were still SO GOOD!

If you have never tried BBQ nachos , you really should!  They are fantabulous! 

So go make this SUPER simple BBQ, and try it!  Like I said before, it lasts my family about a week and we try to come up with all kinds of different ways to eat it.  What are your favorite ways to eat barbeque?

BBQ - Day 2 - Pizza

Today is Day 2 of our BBQ dinners!  We had the BBQ sandwiches, now it's time for pizza!

I have always like BBQ pizza, but whenever I got it from places I always felt they never had enough BBQ on there!  So now I get to put on as much as I want! 

I start with a store bought crust...yes, store bought!  This is a quick and easy dinner night!  Actually I guess it's really a quick and easy dinner week!!  I have used the Pillsbury crust and it is good too, but Boboli is even easier!  We really like the Boboli thin crust, but they didn't have any at the store that week.  Oh well!

You can just start putting your toppings on, or if you want it to taste a little better you can doctor it a little!  

I like to take a little melted butter and spread it all over the crust.

Then I sprinkle it with some garlic powder, onion powder and a little thyme.

Then spread a thin layer of pizza sauce on the crust followed by a little bar-b-que sauce...trust me! 

Then put on the mozzarella cheese and pile on the bar-b-que!!!

Cook like the package says, and voila!

It's faster than ordering and waiting on delivery!

And it tastes WAY better!!! 

Yummy!!!

Tomorrow we are having BBQ nachos!

Easy BBQ

 I am about to show you one of my favorite recipes!!

I found this recipe a long time ago on the internet somewhere.  I thought it was crazy and way to easy to be good, but I tried it anyway, and boy am I glad I did!

Bar-B-Que in the crockpot!  It seriously can't get much easier than this!  

The best thing about it, besides being easy and good, is that it makes a LOT of BBQ!  Which is great for hosting a party, or to have leftovers!  I have made this for a party and it fed 6 adults and 2 kids and we still had a little leftover!  When I make this for just my family, we have TONS of leftovers which means we have what we call Bar-B-Que Week!  

I am going to show you how to make the BBQ, then in later posts I will show you what we have the rest of the week!  We will have BBQ Pizza, BBQ Nachos, and BBQ Potato Skins!!! 

Start with a 2 liter of Coke and a pork loin.  I like to use the big ones.  This is a 4 and a half pound loin.  (You can use the smaller ones, like Hormel, then you just won't use as much Coke.)  You will also need your favorite BBQ sauce.

Put the pork loin in the crockpot.

 Pour entire 2 liter Coke over the loin.

I think it looks very strange!

 Now here is the tricky part...

Put the lid on and turn on low for 8-10 hours and walk away!

Now, the first time I made this and I took the lid off after it cooked all day, I was kinda scared!  It looks like this...

Please excuse the picture, it is very hot!!  Lots of steam!

Now carefully take the meat out of the crockpot and put on a cutting board. I say "carefully" because it will literally fall apart!

Again, very carefully pour the liquid out of the crockpot.  **It is VERY HOT!!!**

Now I just run a knife through the meat to get it chopped like you want it.  You can also shred the meat with two forks, I just personally find it easier to do with a knife.  And it makes me feel like one of the people at the BBQ places when you walk in and they are hammering away with knife!  (I'm from Memphis, BBQ capital, so I know that sound very well!) 

Put the chopped or shredded meat back in the crockpot.

Pour BBQ sauce over it.  Use more or less, however you like it.  You will definitely need to taste it...(probably a couple of times, since you are smelling this yummy stuff), just to make sure the BBQ to meat ratio is right for you!

Now get some buns, slaw and baked beans and enjoy your Bar-B-Que!!!

Seriously easy, and seriously yummy!

My hubby says there is no sense in having BBQ out anymore because he likes mine just as much as anywhere he can buy it!  I don't know about all that, but it is definitely good!  

Really, I think he just likes the price!  I got this pork loin for $10.72 and the Coke for less than $1.  We will use this BBQ for at least 3 more meals, so that's a pretty good thing for those of us on a budget!