Twin little monkeys out about the town

Before I write anything about Week 2's recipe, let me tell you this - these Carnitas are AMAZING.  So if you read nothing else, feel free to skip down to the recipe.  You can thank me (well, my friend Sara) for this later. Here's the deal - my family LOVES Carnitas.  While I used to use Carne Asada as my 'test dish' for any Mexican restaurant, I now use Carnitas.  And we had the Costco carnitas in our menu rotation at least every other week (you know, the kind you heat for 4 minutes, loving that it's so easy).  Well, the last time we tried the Costco one, it wasn't as delicious as normal.  Dry, not tender, needed a ton of extra salsa verde.  In short, not worth the ease of 4 minutes. So imagine my delight when my friend Sara sent me her fave Crock Pot Carnitas!  Here you go... Week 2 - Carnitas 2 lbs pork shoulder (I used boneless, but I guess you could use bone-in too) 1/2 cup orange juice (about 1 large orange, fresh squeezed is be...

So Baby A has started playing fall soccer, which means a practice one evening a week, during CPA Daddy's fall busy season.  So since it's the only night Daddy is home for a real meal, I felt I should attempt to prepare a real meal....mostly.  Enter my first venture into crockpot cooking. Having never used our crockpot for more than keeping queso warm on football Sundays, I have asked my social network for suggestions, and my family will be voting for the winner at the end of soccer season.  Since I am not a 'professional blogger', I am probably not linking to original posts properly, but needed a spot to share the recipes where my participating friends can find them.  Apologies to the original creators. Criteria for our selection of Crock Pot Recipe Champion will be: 1. Ability to throw together in 15 minutes or less. 2. Use of Ingredients on hand vs trips to store(s). 3. How good does the house smell during the day. 4. Do we like it? (incl...