Girls just wanna... eat goooooood!

This past weekend was our monthly girls night with 3 of my bridesmaids and myself. This month I had the honor of hosting for the first time at the new love nest of the husband and I!

Since it is a chilly October here in Rhode Island, I decided to use a fall theme for the meal... lots of warm flavors with a hint of spice and lots of yummy goodness!

Enjoy :)

Apple Cider Martinis



Ingredients

2 oz vodka

1 oz butterscotch schnapps

1 oz apple cider

Directions

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Shake with ice until chilled.

Serve in a cinnamon sugar rimmed glass.

Apple Butter Pork Loin, Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Baked Acorn Squash




Pork

Ingredients

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  1 ½ pound pork tenderloin

  
  


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  s&p to taste

  
  


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  2 cups apple juice

  
  


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  1/2 cup apple butter

  
  


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  1/4 cup brown sugar

  
  


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  2 tablespoons water

  
  


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  1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

  
  


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  1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

  
  

Directions

1. 
   

   Place pork in bottom of crock pot.

   
   


2. 
   

   Mix juice, butter, sugar, water, and spices together in a bowl and pour on top of roast.

   
   


3. 
   

   Cook on low for 8 hours.

   
   


4. 
   

   An hour before serving, stir in a slurry of cornstarch & water to thicken sauce.

   
   

Potatoes

Ingredients

3 lbs yukon gold potatoes

1 stick unsalted butter

1 cup heavy cream

2 heads of garlic

evoo

S&P to taste

Directions

Begin by roasting the garlic: preheat oven to 375, slice tops off garlic so bulbs are exposed. Place garlic in baking pan, drizzle with evoo and season with S&P. Bake for 45 minutes. Let cool completely.

Peel and cut potatoes into small cubes. Boil until soft.

Place cooked potatoes and butter in mixing bowl. Combine. Add peeled garlic cloves. Combine again. Add cream until you reach desire consistency. Season with S&P to taste.

Squash

Ingredients

2 acorn squash, sliced in half and seeds removed

4 tbsp butter

4 tbsp brown sugar (light or dark)

Pam cooking spray

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Spray cookie sheet with Pam and place squash halves cut side down. Bake for 45 minutes or until soft to the touch.

Remove squash from over, flip so cut side is up. Fill the hole of squash with 1 tbsp butter and 1 tbsp brown sugar each.

Return to oven for 15 minutes, to melt butter and combine sugar.

Beer & Pork...

Root beer and pulled pork that is!

I came across the simplest recipe for the most incredibly moist and tasty pulled pork. Best part? All the work is done by a slow cooker!

I served the pork alongside some super easy oven fries!

Enjoy :)

Root Beer Pulled Pork and Oven Fries





Ingredients for the Pulled Pork

2 pound pork loin

16 ounces of root beer

1 bottle of barbecue sauce of your choice (we like honey flavored)

Directions

1 - Place pork tenderloin into slow cooker and pour root beer over the top.

2 - Cover and cook on low for 6-7 hours, or until pork shreds easily.

3 - Remove pork from slow cooker, shred & remove any fat, return to slow cooker and pour in the bottle of barbecue sauce. Stir to combine and serve on your favorite roll (we like Kaiser rolls)

Ingredients for the Oven Fries

2 pounds of yukon gold potatoes, sliced into 8ths

2 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil

2 tsp garlic powder

2 tsp paprika

2 tsp ground black pepper

2 tsp kosher salt

Directions

1 - Place oil & all spices into a resealable storage bag.

2 - Add potatoes and shake to coat all potatoes with the mix.

3 - Spray a baking sheet with non stick spray & dump coated potatoes out onto sheet.

4 - Bake at 450 degrees for 30 minutes.