Smoked Croc Pot Pulled Pork

This is a great simple recipe that only take a few hours of your time opposed to multiple.

Ingredients:

6lb Pork shoulder/butt
1 large sliced sweet onion
2 cups chicken broth
Your favorite pork rub

Rub the pork down with your favorite rub.

Smoke the pork at 200 degrees for 2 hours.

Once the pork is done smoking cut into cubes and put it into the croc pot.

Add the sliced onions and chicken broth, cook on high for about 3.5 hours. Once it was done I drained as much liquid out as I could so that it just wouldn't be floating around in liquid fat. I then pulled the meat apart so that it wouldn't be in large in chunks.

Serve over your favorite bread, tortilla, eggs, or even make nachos! The possibilities are endless with this meat dish.

Smoked Croc Pot Turkey breast

I decided to try making a turkey breast in the croc pot after many many years of having to gravy soak the bird on Thanksgiving Day. I enjoy the fried turkey but I try not to eat too much fried foods, especially around the holiday time of the year when only unhealthy food is made.

So I purchased a bone in 6lb turkey breast, then seasoned it with salt, pepper, paprika, and garlic powder.

Then I smoked the breast at 175 degrees for about 2 hours.

Please do not try to eat any meat off, the short smoke period was just get a good flavor throughout the meat.

Next I put the bird in breast down to be sure it would be tender. I also sliced an onion and stuffed that along with garlic in the cavity. I then poured about 24 ounces of chicken broth into the croc pot to add moisture so that the meat will just fall off the bone. Then I set it on low for 6 hours.

It had smelled like I opened up a bbq restaurant inside the house.

Be careful when removing the bird from the croc pot, it may fall apart on you.

Let it cool for about 15 minutes then it will just fall apart, serve and enjoy.

Bacon wrapped Venison backstrap

This appetizer is always a pleaser and it's really easy to make.

Ingredients:
Meat of your choice, the amount is dependent upon how many you want to make, I used venison back strap seasoned with Fiesta brand fajita seasoning and seasoned salt
Sliced orange bell pepper
Sliced cheddar cheese, some of it will melt off in the cooking process but the majority will stay intact
Sliced jalapenos, I quartered mine, didn't want it to be too spicy
Thin cut bacon, I don't like to use the thick cut when I wrap food because it the thick cut takes too long to cook

Then begin to wrap up the ingredients inside the bacon and I like to use at least 2 toothpicks to keep it together.

Once you are done you can immediately put them on the fire and begin to cook or soak them in Italian dressing for a few hours.

When you are cooking over an open flame be careful of flare ups, it will happen, when they are done cooking to your liking serve and enjoy!

Fish Taco's

Fish Taco's made with grilled Mahi Mahi, sauteed yellow bell pepper, sweet onions and shitaki mushrooms, fresh sliced avocado, cheese and my homemade cilantro jalapeno ranch dressing (you can find that on my blog in the recipe section), on a HEB cook at home flour tortilla.

Deer in a Blanket

 This is a quick and easy recipe.

Ingredients:
1 tube croissant rolls of your choice
1 lb meat of your choice, I went with venison breakfast sausage
cheese to your liking

Directions:
Cook meat and add cheese to the amount of your choosing.
Separate crossiants into 4 pieces opposed to the usual 8, so stop before you tear them into triangles.
Lay the dough onto a cookie sheet and pour meat in equal on to each piece.
Roll up tight but not so much as it can tear the dough easily.
Bake to specifications as per the instructions of the croissant package.

This morning I served mine with fresh sliced avocado.

Southwest Cobb Salad

Southwest Cobb Salad

Ingredients:
Homemade Chipotle Ranch Dressing
Black beans
Tomatoes
Boiled Eggs
Grilled Sweet Corn
Avocado
Grilled Chicken
Hatch Chile Bacon

Pretty self explanatory here on how to make

Oven Fried Chicken Tenders

Oven fried chicken tenders with hatch chile polenta and gouda cheese, with sauteed mushrooms and spinach.

New York Strip with Rock Crab Claws

New York strip steak, rock crab claws with a mustard sauce, tater tots, and a salad.

Venison Stir Fry

Venison Stir Fry with egg noodles and naturally fortified by pot stickers.

Oyster Duo, Lobster Bisque and Shrimp Po-Boy

Recently I went to Pappadeaux's to celebrate my last full day of my 20's and I had the following:

We started with the Oyster Duo with has 3 baked oysters and 3 oyster Pappadeaux on it.

The next I had the Lobster Bisque.

Then I finished it with a shrimp po-boy.