Slow-Cooker Blueberry Pulled Pork

It's almost blueberry season again!

Which means that I can finally stop clinging onto the last of my frozen blueberries, because in a couple of weeks, we'll be out there picking fresh berries to refill my freezer stock!

One of my favorite "out of the box" recipes for pork is a blueberry sauced pork tenderloin that I make once in a while.  It's savory and unexpected, but there are a couple of things that I don't like about it.  It takes a while to prepare, and pork tenderloin isn't always affordable.  Luckily, I figured out a way to get all that fabulous flavor in an affordable, easy crockpot dish!

Pot Roast and Beyond

You readers know how much I love my grass-fed beef.  I mean, I don't have 2 extra freezers in my house just for ice cream...although that would be pretty awesome too!  And one of the easiest, most delicious ways to cook up that beef is a good old fashioned pot roast.

Easiest thing in the world.  Peel and quarter a few onions, cut some potatoes into large pieces, peel some carrots and cut them into large pieces, put a beef roast in the crock pot, toss the veg around it, sprinkle it with salt and pepper or whatever seasonings you like, pour a half cup of water over it all, cover and cook for 4-6 hours on high, 8-10 on low.  Bam.  Pot roast.

As much as I love pot roast, I've come to love it even more for the leftovers.  Because...pasta.

Pumpkin Caramel Sauce

I know, I know.  No witty title today.  And this is going to be a short and sweet recipe as well, in many ways.

I had another post planned, but then I woke up and saw this recipe for pumpkin coconut caramel sauce in my Facebook feed.  I had to try it.

This week has been exhausting.  Today was full of obligations, and we're having a much-needed night with friends tonight, where I said I'd bring an appetizer and dessert.  Oh, and adult beverage, which I tend to always just bring along.  But I had no focus, so no plans for what those things actually were.

Pumpkin caramel sauce...over sliced apples...with assorted toppings like nuts, mini chocolate chips, sprinkles...make your own caramel apple bar!  Dessert!