Last day to enter the 200 Followers GIVEAWAY!

Today is the last day to enter! 

A BBQ GRILL CUPCAKE KIT!

Kit Includes:

• Chocolate Cake Mix
• Foil Cupcake wrappers
• Black Icing
• Bag of Hot Tamales
• Bag of Mike-n-Ikes
• Bag of Caramels with cream centers
• Orange Sprinkles
• Toothpicks

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

FB & 200 Followers GIVEAWAY!

First with the good news--I've created a page on FaceBook for Cookin' for my Captain! Thank you to all my friends and fans who have giving me the courage to take it to the next level.  My facebook platform is on the left column if you would like to take a look!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thanks AGAIN to everyone! I honestly never thought I would make it this far in such a short time. I really appreciate each and every one of you and all the lovely comments! I wanted to do this sooner, but had no idea what to do until now.

I'm giving away.....

A BBQ GRILL CUPCAKE KIT!

Kit Includes:

• Chocolate Cake Mix
• Foil Cupcake wrappers
• Black Icing
• Bag of Hot Tamales
• Bag of Mike-n-Ikes
• Bag of Caramels with cream centers
• Orange Sprinkles
• Toothpicks

Enter your name and email once...DAILY! Giveaway is now open and will close on Saturday night (June 25th) at 11:59pm Central Time Zone. Entries available to the US only (sorry, it's only because of the shipping!)

Don't forget to submit your name and email every day! Winner will be chosen at random and will be posted on June 26, 2011.  Goodluck!

Crock-pot: BBQ Pork Ribs

This is a delicious crock-pot recipe that fills your house with a sweet BBQ smell. I love the ingredients, but the best part is that you use your own BBQ sauce..and then add a bit more. Make sure you cook it for NO MORE than 8 hours. Too much is dissolved if cooked much longer. Anyway, here it is!...

BBQ PORK RIBS

2 racks pork baby back ribs (about 4 1/2lbs)
1 1/2 teaspoons pepper
2 1/2 cups BBQ sauce
3/4 cup cherry preserves (A MUST!)

1 Tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 garlic clove, minced

Cut ribs into serving-size pieces; sprinkle with pepper. Place in a crock-pot.

Combine remaining ingredients; pour over meat.

Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or until meat is tender.

Serve with the same flavor BBQ sauce you used to cook with. Enjoy!

BBQ Pulled Pork

Another delicious seasoning packet that I highly recommend. And its made with the slow cooker! You can cook it either on LOW for 8 hours, or HIGH for 4 hours. I suggest doing the LOW for 8 hours--it gets more of the "pulled pork" taste and look, and the juices are more like a sauce. The HIGH setting keeps it pretty chunky and not so stringy, and the juice isn't thickened.

BBQ PULLED PORK

I forgot to put it in in the morning, so this is the chunkier pork. HIGH for 4 Hours.

Get a 3lb pork shoulder roast, mix the seasoning with ketchup, brown sugar and apple cider and throw it in the crock pot and your done! Couldn't be any easier than THAT!

Perfect served on buns with a side of tater tots and corn on the cob!

I know this has been a really boring week--but life got crazy, and I haven't had much more time than that. Sometimes its good to have these meals on hand for just like times like this. I promise it'll get better! Promise! I have some great meals coming--and you don't wanna to miss out!

This is what I have been doing....by the way...Its part of the Corps of Engineers Spouses events during this big HOORAH--GO ENGINEERS (aka ENFORCE) week. I got to ride in a 113 vehicle (personnel transporter)

In case of a roll-over.....just roll with it! (says our driver)

I just thought this was a really funny picture, and I wanted to share it with all my wonderful readers. Things like this make me love being part of the Military family even more. =)