Greek Style Shish Kabobs

Pork Meat cut into chunks (We used sirloin end chops and Lesa just cut around the bones)

Marinade:
Olive Oil
Lemon Juice
Oregano (Heavy)
Rosemary (med)
Mint (light)
Salt
Pepper
Garlic

Red Peppers, cut into chunks
Sweet Onion, cut into chunks

Sorry no measurements...I just whisked the oil and lemon juice together and added the spices as I went. Marinade meat for a couple of hours, this will make the pork meat tender and flavorful (left it marinading while we were at church). Soak your skewers in water before you start threading the meat and veggies. Grill and squeeze additional lemon juice over cooked kabobs if you like. DELICIOUS!! We also grilled sliced zucchini with this and did a veggie rice stir-fry. Great Sunday dinner ;)

BBQ Pulled Pork

Lg Pork butt Roast or Spareribs
Salt, Pepper, Garlic
Dark Brown Sugar
Postum or Pero (Coffee substitute, not caffeinated)
BBQ Sauce (My favorite is Sweet Baby Ray's)

I like to cut up roast into pieces so I can layer with ingredients. Place Meat in Roaster Oven, sprinkle evenly with remaining ingredients. Bake slow at 275 for 6-8 hours. Then I skim off as much grease as I can and discard. This is good to serve in chunks, if so you may want to remove the sauce and thicken a little with corn starch, then pour over chunks of meat and serve. Or you can leave the meat in the sauce and pull chunks apart and stir to combine with sauce and serve on buns for great sandwiches.

This is a 4th of July Family Tradition! Yum!

BBQ Ribs

1 pkg Pork Ribs (Costco they come in 2 slab pkgs)
Chili Powder
Rib Rub Seasoning
BBQ Sauce (Sweet Baby Ray's, my Favorite)

Sprinkle Slabs generously with spices. I layer slabs on top of each other in my turkey roaster oven. Bake at 275 for 6hrs until tender. Remove slabs one at a time and brush the bottom side of slab with BBQ sauce then place under the broiler to caramelize BBQ sauce, about 5-8mins. Then flip slab over and brush BBQ sauce on the top of slab and Broil for another 5-8mins. Cut individual ribs apart and serve. Out of this world GOOD!

We had these for our New Years Eve Party, they were a HIT!

Gloria's Raisen Pork

or you can use Chicken

2lbs Meat (Pork or Chicken)
4c. Salsa
1c. Raisins
1/2c. Dark Brown Sugar
Salt, Pepper, Garlic

You can use different cuts of meat for this recipe. Most commonly we use boneless Pork meat (Spareribs) but you can still use the spareribs with bone in as well. Same with Chicken, you can use breast meat cut into bite size pieces or a whole cut up fryer or just leg and thighs.

First brown meat with spices. While meat is browning, Microwave raisins in a little water, to soften. Then liquefy in blender to make a smooth mixture. Combine raisins, salsa (see Blender Salsa recipe)and brown sugar (I like to use DARK brown sugar because it has a richer flavor but you can use reg brown sugar as well). When meat is browned add sauce mixture and let simmer until meat is tender, approx 30mins. Simmer longer for meat with bone in.

Serve with Spanish Rice. It's also great with whole pinto beans or refried beans and tortillas.

This is one of my and Mike's favorites!

Kalua pork

3 lbs. pork butt
1 cup water
1 TB Liquid Smoke
2 TB Hawaiian Salt (coarse sea salt)
optional: Sliced cabbage, saute then mixed into shredded meat.

Place pork, fat side up, in a roasting pan.
Combine water and liquid smoke, pour over meat.
Sprinkle with salt.
Cover and roast in electric oven at
350 degrees for 6 hours or until tender.
Remove from pan and shred pork in juices.