roasted beet and goat cheese salad

Ingredients

For the dressing:
1/4 cup minced shallot
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 cup olive oil

mixed baby greens
4 cooked red beets
1 carrot, peeled and very thinly diced 
1/2 of small red onion, very thinly sliced
3 tablespoons salted shelled pistachios (not dyed red)
4 oz soft goat cheese

Instructions

1. Make the dressing: Whisk together the first 5 ingredients. I like to use my Cuisinart SmartStick chopper attachment to make this dressing.
2. Mix all of the salad ingredients together (except the cheese). Slowly incorporate the dressing- you will likely not need it all. Top with crumbed goat cheese.

slow cooker pulled pork

Ingredients

5 lb. Pork shoulder or butt
BBQ sauce (my suggestion is Sweet Baby Ray's Honey BBQ, although homemade is always best)
4-6 Kaiser rolls

Instructions

1. Pour 1/2 cup of water in Crock-Pot. Place the pork in your Crock-Pot.
2. Cook for 7-10 hours on low.
3. Remove pork from crock pot and let it cool for 10 minutes.
4. Remove all fat. Then place the pork back in the crock pot.
5. Use two forks to shred the pork.
5. Add BBQ sauce to taste.
6. Place pork between a Kaiser roll.