I had a great menu planned out for game day- thanks to Krystal! So I had a lot of cooking to do in preparation. Since the game wasnt until 6- I had plenty of time.
I had decided to make some Easter Carolina BBQ, Twice Baked potatoes, this amazing dip, and sausage balls. That's a lot of food for two people. haha. Anyway, I started the BBQ the night before so the pork could cook all night. It was only my second time making it (the first I made a LONG time ago and it was too fatty). I called Krystal so she could walk me through what to do. That woman can cook! I am going to have to have her teach me how to one day :D Anyway, she gave me the following recipe:
Meat:
I used a pork shoulder. I had to cut some of the fat off- there was actually quite a bit :( so it took awhile. But you want to have some fat for the taste.
The rub:
brown sugar, cayenne pepper, garlic powder and other spices. I used paprika, seasoning salt, and little crushed red pepper too.
I rubbed the mix on the pork shoulder- here is where I went wrong. Yes, already. But not a huge deal- I just used too much brown sugar so the meat was a little sweeter than I like it. So be careful!
Then I made the sauce:
2 cups of apple cider vinegar, a little brown sugar, salt, crushed red pepper, and I also added more cayenne pepper. You are also supposed to add mustard, but I forgot it. Second place I went wrong. DANG! Anyway, you can add other spices if you want- I just dont know what spices mix well together with what kind of food yet. Then you let the mix simmer.
Since I cooked it over night, I put about half a cup of the sauce in the crock pot with the pork shoulder and let it cook on low for 6 1/2 hours. After that the crock pot just kept it warm till I got up. I slept in longer than I thought I would (to be fair it was 3am when I went to bed! we stayed up watching Trueblood:D). I thought the pork would be dry when I got up, but surprisingly it wasnt. I pulled it (using two forks), drained it, added a little more sauce to it and cooked it for another 30 min and it was yummy! Score :D Like I said it came out really good- just a little too sweet. I think using less brown sugar and actually adding mustard would have helped tremendously!
I saved some of the sauce to add to it when we ate it.
YUMMY.
Next, I made the dip since it also used the crock pot and would take awhile.The ingredients are:
1lb ground beef
1lb ground Italian sausage (I couldnt find this, so I used regular and it was still great)
16 oz Velveeta cheese
1 can of jalapenos (I left this out because John doesnt like things too spicy)
medium onion
8 oz cheddar cheese
8 oz cream cheese
8 oz sour cream
8 oz cottage cheese
8 oz diced tomatoes (I used 14 oz and drained them- still amazing)
garlic
All you do is cook both of the meats- drain them and then throw everything into the crock pot and let it cook.
It was DELICIOUS! and it made a lot so we'll have some for next weekend too (if it makes it that long, lol)
Finally, I made the Sausage Balls. Also, really easy and very yummy.
Ingredients:
1lb ground sausage
4 cups cheddar cheese
2 cups Bisquick
That's all one recipe called for- then you just roll little balls out of it. BUT it was TOO crumbly for me so I added 1/4 cup of water to it. I also added some paprika and chives (look at me getting fancy;D). The water helped SO much. It was easy to make the balls and then I just cooked them for about 25 minutes on 350.
The dip on the right and the sausage balls on the left. YUM!
After all this cooking- I was done. haha the twice baked potatoes didnt happen. We already had too much food anyways. And I wanted to play cornhole! haha.So after making all the food and resting for a bit, we played cornhole. We had also gotten some Blue Moon Pumpkin Ale- nothing pumpkin about it, but it was still good. So we drank some of that and played. Of course John won :( Then it was already time for the game! State looked rough. I am hoping it was because it was nerves from Glennon or something. If we had played an ACC school we would have for sure lost. We cant have that! I need my boys to practice and get it together. At least we won :D YAY! haha. We watched some of the ECU game and then fell asleep. When you are used to getting up at 4am (John) and 6 or 7 (me) you get tired earlier! I feel old. when did that happen? haha
This was similar to our set up when we played, we just switched where we were standing and where the board was- that way we could watch football easier :D
Cheesy picture, but he did not want to redo it AGAIN. lol and at this point he was making faces on purpose. lol anyway, we were playing cornhole when I tried to take this one
Me and The Carter watching the game! He is so cute in his jersey!
Anyway, Sunday we got up and took Carter to a new doggy park. It was nice- it had a lot more open grass to run in but I like the other park better. The dogs and people are more friendly at the other park. Of course Carter decided to roll around in the mud too, so he was GROSS. haha. After that we went back home and cleaned Carter the best we could without washing him. One of my co-workers birthdays was Monday, so she had a small get together on Sunday. I was in charge of the dessert, so I made a cake and got some ice cream. I thought the party started at 4. After everything was done and I had worked on new cornhole bags for awhile and John painted the boards, we headed over about 5.Guess who read the invitation wrong. This girl. Whoops. It was supposed to start at 7. Luckily, two others had already showed up to start cooking so we stayed and hung out with them. Other than that we just hung around and talked. Leslie (birthday girl) let us bring Carter so, Clifford (her dog) and Carter were our entertainment. Clifford doesnt like to share much and so Leslie gave both Carter and Clifford a new toy each- Clifford stole Carters and ran around with both of the toys in his mouth teasing Carter. lol I am glad Carter is a good sport- he just chased Clifford. haha. Anyway, we got home around 10 and watched some more TrueBlood (we are rewatching all of the seasons before we watch season 4). Then we fell asleep- early AGAIN! geez. lol old people is what we are now.
I was SO glad to have an extra day off! Monday rolled around and we slept in a little, ate some breakfast, and hung out around the apartment. I cleaned some and then we spent the rest of the day watching football and playing more cornhole :D We are actually repainting the boards and making better bags (I'll post about this when we are done) but we had one board that hadnt been painted yet, so we were using that one. We had SUCH a good time. I love that man to death and am so glad we were able to have such a nice relaxing day and weekend together. :D
It was a much needed 3 day weekend! And one of the best thing about 3 day weekends is that means there are only 4 days of work the next week! YES! :D haha
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