What I cooked for Easter weekend

 Since I worked yesterday, I made no plans for Easter, but that didn't stop me from playing E. Bunny to Firstborn and taking him some home-cooked food.  Life is pricey right now and I know that he is not cooking for himself.  

So I put years of practice into play and made a big meal I could portion out in containers for his freezer.  Calamity Anne's Meatloaf, Arkansas Green Beans, and Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes.  I also threw a pork butt into the crockpot overnight, and I baked up the rest of the freezer cookies.

Then I had a pulled pork sammie with him when he got off work!  We might be scattered around, and work opposite schedules, but I can carve out time to feed my peeps a meal now and again. Years of taking care of a home full of people has been good training, I guess.  Here are the recipes:

Calamity Anne's Meatloaf: 2 lbs ground chuck, 2 eggs, 2 c. Italian breadcrumbs, 1/4 cup milk, 1T. creamed horseradish, 1/4 c. ketchup, a generous squirt of Worchestershire, S&P, and garlic powder. 1 hours at 350, drain the excess grease, top loaf with 1/2 c. ketchup mixed with some brown sugar and let it bake another 10 minutes.

Arkansas Green Beans: I used 4 cans green beans, drained.  Melt half a stick of butter with 5 T. of soy sauce, 2/3 c. brown sugar, and 1 1/2 t. garlic powder.  Toss it all with the beans. Pour into a baking dish. Top with 8-10 slices cooked and chopped bacon, and cook with the meatloaf for about 40 minutes. Stir every so often while cooking.

Mashed potatoes - I boil peeled russet potatoes 'til tender, then mash with butter, salt and pepper, a splash of milk, and some sour cream until I get the consistency I want.  Sometimes I add cheese, green onions, garlic salt - you name it.

Pork Butt - I made a rub with brown sugar, garlic powder, onion powder, smoked paprika, cumin, chili powder, red pepper, and S&P.  I plopped it into the crockpot, squeezed a lime over it all, and set it to low while I went to bed.  I think it cooked a total of 10 hours.  Then I poured the fat off the drippings, shredded the meat, and reduced the pot drippings in a small saucepot 'til they were reduced by about half to pour over the meat.

Cookies - right here

Typing all this out made me hungry!

Gina