Slow Cooker Mojo Pork for Chipotle Style Burritos.

Raise your hand if you're totally addicted to Chipotle burritos. (ME! ME!).  I pretty much love them, but rather than spend a mortgage payment every month on visiting the restaurant I decided to start making burritos at home.  Since pork is my favorite, that's where I started.

Now, I'm putting it out there right away - this pork is NOT seasoned the way Chipotle's pork is seasoned.  I have no idea how Chipotle's pork is seasoned, but I knew I wanted a citrus tang to it without trying to figure out the lime rice thing, so I went with a Mojo seasoning.  And it's delish. My kids told me it was "the BEST PORK EVER MOM!" and they're really not much into complimenting food.  Unless I make cookies.  And then I'm awesome.

Slow Cooker Mojo Pork for Chipotle Style Burritos, Ingredients:

• 3 - 5 pounds boneless Boston butt roast, strings removed
• 20 ounces mojo marinade (I use Badia Mojo Marinade because it's delicious, but also preservative free and all that hippy dippy jazz)
• 2 large sweet yellow onions, rough chopped
• 2 large green bell peppers, cut into strips

Optional burrito ingredients:

• extra large flour tortillas
• white rice
• black beans (I use canned)
• fresh salsa or pico de gallo (I'm partial to this Roasted Tomato and Garlic Salsa)
• guacamole (here's my Easy Guacamole recipe)
• sour cream
• monterey jack cheese, shredded

Slow Cooker Mojo Pork for Chipotle Style Burritos, Directions:

1. Place onions and peppers at the bottom of your crock pot then place pork on top.  
2. Pour marinade over everything and cook on high 4 - 6 hours or low 8 - 10 hours.
3. Shred pork and mix with onions and peppers.  
4. For burritos, pile all your favorites onto the large tortilla (starting with the rice!) and roll up.  I find it's easiest to do this on a piece of foil just like they do at Chipotle so everything stays together when you're done.
5. Enjoy!!!

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Marshmallow Puffed Rice Treats for Your Easter Basket.

Are you looking for a fun and easy Easter basket treat? These Marshmallow Puffed Rice Treats are a simple and fun solution to your empty Easter basket woes.

Marshmallow Easter Treat Ingredients and Supplies:

• 6 cups puffed rice cereal
• 4 cups marshmallow
• 3 tablespoons butter
• food coloring
• plastic Easter eggs
• non-stick spray

Marshmallow Easter Treat Directions:

1. Melt butter in a large pan on medium heat. Add marshmallows and stir until fully melted. Add food coloring until preferred hue is reached. Stir in rice cereal and mix until fully incorporated.
2. Remove from heat and allow to cool for about three minutes. While cooling, coat the insides of your plastic eggs with non-stick spray.
3. While mixture is still warm and malleable, stuff it tightly into the eggs. Chill for about 30 minutes to set.
4. Enjoy!

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Peppermint Candy Cane Powder

Candy Cane Dust (or Peppermint Powder as it's called in our house) is the easiest thing you'll ever love to make. One ingredient. One step. About fourteen bajillion ways to use it.

I originally published this little tutorial about two years ago, but it's one of my favorites, so I thought I'd dust it off and give it another quick whirl.  (Pun absolutely intended.)

Peppermint Candy Cane Powder Ingredient:

• candy canes!

Peppermint Candy Cane Powder Directions: 

1. Put candy canes in food processor (or spice grinder or magic bullet) and pulverize!

Peppermint Candy Cane Powder Ideas! 

• Add to your hot cocoa for peppermint cocoa
• Add to your coffee for peppermint coffee
• Add to vanilla icing to make peppermint vanilla icing and use on your cakes and cookies
• Add directly to your cake or cookie batter for peppermint cakes and cookies
• Dip your freshly iced cookies (or chocolate dipped pretzels!) in it for a flavor boost
• Sprinkle on ice cream or yogurt!

Tell me, what will you do with your Peppermint Candy Cane Powder?

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