Pork, Potatoes & Pasta

Dinner Tonight:

My brother-in-law and his wife came over for dinner tonight. I found out late last night that they were planning to come and decided to cook a Boston Butt that was in our freezer.

Pulled Pork
3 lb. Boston butt
1 1/2 tsp yellow mustard
1 T worcestershire sauce
2 T bottled barbecue sauce
1 tsp adobo sauce
2 tsp barbecue spice (chili powder, cumin, garlic powder)
1/2 tsp paprika

Mix all ingredients and put frozen or defrosted pork into crockpot on low for 8-12 hours. Shred with fork and serve on hamburger buns with barbecue sauce (a sweet, hot one worked nicely).

Crispy Potatoes
6 baking potatoes
olive oil
salt
pepper

Wash potatoes well and slice thinly. Place in one layer on greased cookie sheets. Brush with olive oil, sprinkle salt & pepper and bake at 400 for 20 minutes.

Pasta Salad
Provided by my brother-in-law!

Cranberry Mango Fruit Crisp
12 oz. fresh cranberries
1 mango, peeled and diced
1 cup flour
1 cup oats
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter (or a bit less)
1/2 cup chopped pecans

Cook cranberries on stove top over medium low heat with 1 cup water, 1/4 cup brown sugar and 3/4 cup sugar until berries start popping. Remove from heat and drain, reserving liquid for use in another recipe.

Mix mango and cranberry and place in greased casserole dish.

Combine other ingredients and sprinkle over fruit.

Bake at 400 for 40 minutes.

This was a really easy Saturday night meal that was somewhat more elaborate because we had others join us. For just our family, I would have skipped dessert and made a green salad instead of pasta salad. The rest was easy enough that I'll probably do it (or something similar) again on a Saturday.