Banana Bread

1/2 cup butter
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
3 bananas (mushed)
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
3/4 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 bag chocolate chips (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream first 3 ingredients together. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix together.

Grease loaf pan and bake for 1 hour. After one hour I loosely cover with tin foil and bake for another 20-25 minutes. Do not remove from pan until cooled.

This makes great muffins as well. Bake muffins for 15-17 minutes.

*I always sprinkle the top of my banana bread loaf and muffins with a little brown sugar and cinnamon mixture.

Sweet Pulled Pork

This recipe is one of Karen's. She made it for us in Waterton last summer and it is now a favorite!

In a Crock pot place:

1 pork roast

2 cups salsa

2 cups brown sugar

Cook for 8-10 hours low or 6-8 hours on high. (If you have the time do it on low, it makes the meat so tender)

After cooking, remove roast and shred it and place back in crock pot with all the liquid. I usually leave my crock pot on low or warm setting and let the meat sit in the liquid for 1/2 hour or more to absorb all the flavors.

Cook Rice of your choice.

Green Sauce

1 1/3 cups sour cream

3/4 cups mayo

1 small bunch of cilantro (If you don't care for the taste of cilantro, parsley works well also)

1 pkg. of dry Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing

1-2 cloves of garlic crushed

1-2 dashes of tobasco sauce

4 tbsp. of Salsa Verde

1- 2 limes juiced

Combine the following ingredients and place in blender. You can save the left over sauce and keep in the refrigerator.

Place rice on soft tortilla shell and add shredded pork with green sauce and toppings of your choice and roll it up.

Toppings can be…. shredded cheese, tomatoes, lettuce ,black beans guacamole etc.

Another serving suggestion is place a tortilla shell on the bottom of a deep plate with sides and add shredded lettuce and pork with all the of toppings and make a pulled pork salad.. This is also good if you add guacamole and squeeze a lime over the salad with green sauce.