Easy Meals

Hi everyone,

I have been posting now a couple of weeks and really want to thank everyone that has visited and commented or become a follower on Ike's blog. One comment was how about some ideas on one dish easy meals, and I thought that is a great idea. As we get ready for hunting season, and our big pilgrimage to the Pheasant Capital of the US, South Dakota, we usually try to bring an easy "crock pot - start it and forget it" meal for at least one of the hunting days.

Ike and I are warming up using the Wii Bird hunting game - not too much pointing and retrieving for him on this but it sure holds his attention.

Anyway one very easy and delicious way to make "pulled pork" is by using the crock pot, some of your favorite BBQ sauce and rub and OK, get this, a 20 oz bottle of Coca Cola - (regular not diet). You will need:

1 Pork Shoulder Roast (sometimes called Boston Butt - yeah I know this is nowhere near the butt - but I didn't name it) Make sure it fits in your Crock Pot

1/4 cup of your favorite rub

16 oz bottle of your favorite BBQ sauce

1 20 oz bottle of Coca Cola

Spray your crock pot with some no stick spray (up on the sides)

Rub your pork roast with the rub - use as much or as little as you like

Place Fat side up in Crock Pot

Cover the top of the Roast liberally with your BBQ sauce

Pour in as much of the coke as it takes to nearly submerge the roast - leave some room in the crock pot for liquid to develop. (usually you get to drink some of the coke)

Turn on high and set timer for 8 hours (our crock pot has a digital timer that you set and when it ends it automatically turn to "warm" setting)

Come back in 8 hours, drain and shred using forks or "Bear Claws" (see the picture). These babies really work for shredding a roast for sandwiches. I got these at Bass Pro Shop.

Place back in crock pot add remainder of BBQ sauce and warm and serve on buns, bread, or just a fork...

Easy to prep, easy to cook, easy to clean up.

Until next time, "Ike, find that bird!"