Ginger Garlic pork chop marinade

I noticed that my husband forgot to put the pork chops in the freezer yesterday so I thought to  myself, I have to cook these now because another day or two in the fridge they'll be going straight in the green bin!  So I decided to slow cook them.  My husband absolutely loves my slow cooked pork chops because the meat just flakes away like that of a perfectly cooked piece of salmon, and he can easily take every piece of meat right off the bone without even having to use his hands.    So i quickly whipped together a pork chop marinade to slow cook them in consisting of one of his favorite flavours, garlic, and one of mine; ginger.

Ginger Garlic Marinade

• 1/4 cup brown sugar


• 1/2 soy sauce


• 1 tsp minced ginger


• 2 or 3 cloves of garlic, crushed


• 1/4 cup ketchup


• salt/pepper to taste

Mix it all up and pour it over 6 - 8 pork chops in your slow cooker, and cook on low for 6 hrs.

Pulled Chicken Sammies

Get out the slow cooker!

I decided to go lazy tonight with something that was absolutely delicious, and absolutely easy for dinner.  My 3 year old is gobbling it up while watching Coraline, and my husband... Well he's not home yet so he hasn't gotten to try it.   We love pulled pork in this house; we rarely ever make it but we love it!   We had seasoned pork chops for dinner last night though and I really don't want to eat a pig two days in a row so I decided to try a homemade sauce and chicken in the slow cooker to make a variation of the pork.

Pulled chicken Sammies

• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts


• 1 cup ketchup


• 2 tbsp mustard


• 1/4 tsp garlic powder


• 2 tbsp worchestershire sauce


• 1/2 cup maple syrup


• cayenne and hot chilli powder to preference


• couple splashes hot sauce

throw it all in the slow cooker and cook for 6 hrs on low.  I put them on 4 hrs on high, but that was because after preparing everything I forgot to turn the darn thing on.

After the cooking time is done they easily pull apart with forks.  At this point if you want them really saucy you can make another batch of the sauce, put it with the recently pulled chicken and cook another 30 minutes, if you prefer it less saucy, you're done.