CROCK POT PULLED PORK

It's Sunday, and you know what that means?  I don't have any desire to cook.  It always seems backwards to me - don't you think it'd be easier to cook on the weekends when I have an extra set of hands to help out with the baby?  Not the case here.  Looks like it's time to get out the ol' crock pot.  The hubs calls this, "dinner in a bucket."

This may be one of my greatest internet recipe finds.  When I was put in charge of feeding relatives after my brother-in-law's wedding, I was desperately searching for something that could a)satisfy a whole bunch of people, and b)require very little prep time.  It's hard to cook for 15 people when you're at a wedding, especially when they all show up to your house at the same time as you!  All I can say is, thank goodness for pulled pork.

That was two years ago, and this recipe is still in the rotation.  If you're completely soy-free, watch out if you're going to use hamburger buns.  I'm currently eating soy lecithin and soy oil (one or both is usually found in buns), so I'll definitely be eating my pulled pork sandwich-style!  Here it is, folks.  Smallest list of ingredients ever seen on a recipe:

PULLED PORK

1 pork roast (I usually use shoulder, but you can use any cut)
1 can of root beer
1 bottle of barbecue sauce

Put the pork roast in your crock pot, and pour in the entire can of root beer.  I usually buy a two liter bottle of root beer and just pour some in.  Cook on high for at least 5 hours.  

About 30 minutes before you're ready to eat, take the pork out of your crock pot and shred it with a fork.  (The longer you let it cook, the easier it will be to shred later.)  Dump the root beer out of the crock pot, put in the shredded pork, and add the barbecue sauce.  I usually won't use the entire bottle, but add as much or as little as your little heart desires!  Let it cook 30ish more minutes in the sauce, and voila!  You've got "dinner in a bucket."

For a complete dairy-free soy-free meal, I usually serve it up with broccoli salad or pasta salad and top off my glass with some sweet tea.  Now that's what I call Sunday dinner!