Slow Cooked Pork Carnitas Tacos

Pulled Pork Carnitas are a favorite way to cook a pork shoulder until tender and juicy in Mexican seasonings with citrus juice to brighten the flavor until it just pulls apart. Pork Carnitas are a favorite filling for pulled pork tacos, burritos, nachos, and enchiladas. 

We love serving Pork Carnitas Tacos with Restaurant Style Mexican Rice, Cilantro Lime Rice, Homemade Refried Black Beans, Pico De Gallo, Raspberry Margaritas, Mango Margaritas, and Cinnamon Sugar Tortillas for dessert. 

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Barbacoa Beef

Tender homemade Barbacoa Beef made in Slow Cooker is so easy to make and packed with flavors. A favorite for enchiladas, taco Tuesdays, burritos, quesadillas, and taco salads.

I know several of you have been requesting more Crockpot dinners lately so I bring to you Crockpot Barbacoa Beef a copycat of the famous Chipotle's Restaurant.

Crockpot Barbacoa Beef is so simple to make and the perfect meal for feeding a crowed.

It's slowly braised in a mouthwatering combo of spices including chipotle peppers, cumin, oregano, apple cider vinegar, lime juice and a just a bit of cinnamon to leave the house smelling amazing. 

The long slow braise leaves the meat melt in your mouth tender.

I usually will brown the meat first for an extra punch of flavor but decided to skip the browning and opted for a simple throw together crockpot dish this time around.

I promise you won't miss browning the meat in this dish and neither will anyone else it's packed with flavor.

Crockpot Barbacoa Beef makes the perfect filling for burritos, tacos, taco salad or even enchiladas.

Here's how I make Barbacoa in a crock pot:

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Crock-Pot Tomatillo Hominy Chili

There's just something about chili. It's easy fairly inexpensive and healthy to boot. 

If you've been reading the blog for sometime you'll know I've done several twists on chili from Darn Good Chili to Chipotle Chicken Sweet Potato Pumpkin Ale Chili, it's a mouthful but worth every wonderful bite! 

I adapted Tomatillo Hominy Chili from my Chicken Chili Verde . I was looking for something with a little less maintenance and crock-pot friendly.

This chili has a nice twist from traditional with roasted tomatillos and hominy. 

When Colt and I were first living together I bought yellow hominy at the store on accident instead of canned corn.

I hadn't realized my mistake until I had opened the cans to find something that looked a little like corn but had a different texture and was much larger. 

Needless to say I avoided hominy for the next 15 years until I ordered a Tomatillo Soup from the cafe in Nordstoms. I had no clue at first it was hominy but after further inspection I asked the waiter to confirm these little puffy pieces were white hominy.

Defiantly not what my mind recalled and I am sure it helped being slow cooked in a broth along with other ingredients! 

Deliciousness! 

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White Bean Chicken Chili

White Bean Chicken Chili

With the forecast calling for snow in Seattle there was nothing more comforting then a big bowl of chili and cornbread! 

The prep time on this chili is under 10 minutes and could easily be tossed in the crock-pot to simmer for the day for a wonderful dinner to come home to.

This recipe fits 2 of my New Years resolutions! 

The first was to try and keep my grocery budget down, which this chili defiantly accomplished that even with leftovers! 

My second goal is to try and incorporate beans into our diet at least once a week because they are a wonderful source of antioxidants, protein, fiber, B vitamins, iron, magnesium, potassium, copper and zinc. Well and of course they are super affordable and great for the New Years resolution of a better budget or slimmer waist. We'll see how well I do on this goal but so far so good! 

If you are looking for other chili recipes make sure to check out  Chipotle Chicken Sweet Potato Pumpkin Ale Chili, Chipotle Black Beans (another super budget friendly meal), Chicken Chili Verde With Avocado, and of course Darn Good Chili. 

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Slow Cooked Pulled Pork

Pulled pork is one of those favorite comfort food items. We usually have it about once a year and Colt slow smokes it all day on the BBQ for the Fourth Of July. But I just happened to have a pork shoulder in the freezer and I once again am trying to re reign in my grocery budget as it has a tendency to become out of control. The awesome thing about a pork shoulder is you can usually get at least 2 meals out of  so it becomes very budget friendly! We also had company coming over for dinner and a huge head of cabbage waiting for a use so this was a perfect meal to make! I will be truth full I have never slow cooked a pork shoulder before but let me tell you it was the juiciest, delicious and tender piece of meat. I have always reserved this for my husband to smoke but never again will we wait for a yearly BBQ. This is a must make!

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