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| Carolina pulled pork, slaw, onions & a dash of hot. |
There’s nothing like coming home to a hot meal and eating it together as a family.
With both of us working full time and often very full days, this is a big challenge. But we do manage to eat together most nights during the week.
Someone asked me the other day how we manage to pull it off.
Best answer: planning. We sketch out our menu usually over the weekend and do our shopping then too. I scan recipes to make sure we have everything we need on hand.
But because our moods and tastes change, I don’t plan our meals day by day. Who wants to be locked into a meal a full week in advance? I try to plan for 4-6 meals a week (Friday’s pizza night). We usually settle on our pick in the morning or early evening on our way home.
This morning, we spun the wheel and picked Carolina pulled pork in the crock pot. I misplaced my trusty recipe, but found a really good alternative – one I’ll probably use from now on – on Food.com. This may actually be one of my best efforts at pulled pork. The meat was perfect, juicy and easy to shred.
In the recipe, I cut back on the spice to be sure the kids would eat it…which they did. Time saver: When I do this midweek, I pick up a bag of pre-shredded slaw fixings.
The kids got sides of green beans, peaches and cottage cheese. Sim and I topped ours with slaw, sliced onions that cooked in the juices all day, some mustard/vinegar dressing and a dash (or three) of hot sauce.
OK, I’m hungry again.
Virtual Farmgirl 