Slow Cooker Orange Mesquite Pork

In this Orange Mesquite Slow Cooker Pork recipe, pork shoulder is rubbed down with a mesquite spice mix and oil combination, and then is cooked low and slow with onions, fresh orange, and bell peppers and onions, until falling apart. So delicious. Mouth watering. Fabulous. Serve over jasmine rice or in flour/corn tortillas with a hint of sharp…

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Spicy Carnitas Stew

Carnitas, literally meaning “little meats”, is a dish of Mexican cuisine that originated in the state of Michoacán. Carnitas are made by braising or simmering pork in oil or preferably lard until tender. It was a bone-chillingly cold day. We needed something warm and cozy, something nourishing – something slow cooked and “stick to your…

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Pulled Pork & Pineapple Salsa Tacos

“Carnitas” a Spanish word meaning “little meats.”  It’s a Mexican dish and generally it’s made by braising or roasting pork then shredding it and simmering in lard or vegetable oil until crispy.You’ve probably had it at Chipotle, right?Well, this time you can make for yourself, at home, lay it into a taco (soft OR hard…

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