Let’s talk food. This recipe was inspired by one of my favorite paleo blogs. Ever. Period. Health-Bent is ridiculously awesome at creating amazing paleo recipes. And they are especially good at creating recipes that are based off of some of their favorite regular-people-recipes. Like a cuban sandwich. Health-Bent loves cuban sandwiches and they created this amazing recipe of a cuban pork tenderloin. It’s ridiculously amazing. I’ve made it. I know all. So I made my own little cuban type meal. It’s not as good as theirs, but I tried.
Enough about food. ENOUGH. Let’s talk about things that matter. Like how my kickball game got cancelled. What a damn shame. It was 80 degrees on Sunday and it is now really cold. Like snowy cold. It snowed. There is snow on the ground. I’m officially unhappy again. Not really, but I’m not loving it either. I need to be somewhere that it’s warm every day, all the time. My endorphins would be ecstatic. Ok, let’s be honest, I’m just unhappy I don’t get to check out dudes during kickball. Lamesauce.
OMG. I need to ask YOU a question. Yes, YOU. Well, you being the person who has purchased a PaleOMG shirt. Wait…you haven’t bought a PaleOMG shirt?!?! Are you high? They are like the coolest shirts known to man. They are stupid comfortable. I’m wearing the white tank top right now. No big deal. But I want to know, how are you liking the shirts?! Do you like the material? Do you like how they fit? Do you like the colors? And what about the headband? Do you like it?! AND, most importantly, what do you think of the shirt price, delivery speed, and customer service? I want to know it all. Lay it on me!
Crockpot Cuban Pork Lettuce Wraps
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 8 hours
- Total Time: 8 hours 5 minutes
- Yield: 4-6 1x
Ingredients
- 1 head of butter lettuce, washed
For the pork
- 2lb pork shoulder roast (or roast of your choice)
- 1 yellow onion, sliced
- 6 cloves of garlic, peeled
- 1 lime, juiced
- 1 orange, juiced and zested
- 1/2 cup vegetable broth
- 1 tablespoon oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin
- salt and pepper, to taste
For the slaw
- 1 head of purple cabbage, sliced to thickness preference
- 5–6 dill pickles, sliced lengthwise
- 5–6 tablespoons yellow mustard (the kind you put on burgers, not the powder)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon white wine vinegar
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Crockpot time!! Add your pork ingredients to the crockpot, No perfect way to do this, I just recommend topping your pork off with the zest and spices, but whatevs!
- Cook on low for 6-8 hours.
- If you are making the pork overnight, put together your slaw so it can sit in the refrigerator overnight and all the flavors can meld together. If not, just make it right before and it will still be delish!
- Add all your slaw ingredients into a large bowl, using as much mustard as suits your fancy.
- Once pork is done cooking, use tongs to shred that guy!!
- Place shredded pork and slaw in a leaf of butter lettuce and eat it up!
I wish you had a sizing chart for how the shirt fits. I have no idea what size to order. I wear different sizes depending on whether it’s fitted, relaxed, or whatever.
Well Tricia, I’m a 34C, have a smaller waist and a little wider hips and I wear a fitted medium. People have said they are tighter so if you are not a fan of that, go a bit larger than you’d think
LOVE the black tank! Super comfy and great for working out. Got my headband in the mail yesterday and will def be rocking it when I teach tomorrow night. Tons of people have asked wtf PaleOMG is so I’ve been pimping you out!
Thank you so so much!! Glad you like the tank!
I would love to make this, but alas, I am currently “crockpot-less”…Could I possibly make this in a dutch oven on a low heat (stovetop or in the oven) without ruining your recipe?…Must buy new crockpot soon!
I bet you could!! Or even bake it!!
I just ordered my shirt and i’m going to sport it at regionals ah ya!!
I FREAKING LOVE YOU!! Thank you so so much!!
That looks great, will be trying it soon … good tip also about shredding with the stand mixer …
Hope you like it!
Mmmmm looks good! Crock pot meals are my favorite!
the best!
I’ve got my tank! I wear it all the time. It is super comfy, true to size, washes well and great to workout in. Your posts crack me up every night I read them. Keep doing what you are doing. I will continue to support you : )
Thank you so so much Jenifer! And I’m glad you’ve been happy with your tank!
This is insanely good! I’ve added this to my regular lunches as long as Meghan keeps making it for me ;-)!
I’d love to support you by wearing a t-shirt. Can you offer a wick-away material tank top? Seems impossible to find one.
Haha I’ll see what i can do Dave
Hi, there! I ordered my tank on Sunday evening and it arrived on Wednesday afternoon! Wow. Fast and free shipping? Awesome.
I wore it to work out in and it was very comfy. TTS.
*gasp* It accidentally was dried in the dryer! I don’t machine dry any gym clothing. I thought it was doomed for a Barbie doll…but, LO! Nope! It still fits like it did when I received it.
I promote your website shamelessly and now that I have the tank…the promotion continues. Lots of gym folks stopped me to inquire about site on the tank. 🙂
Thank you again for your witty posts and your genius recipes. *standing ovation*
*scratches head* Should I order a white one, too?
That’s so good to hear!! I never dry mine in the dryer either so that’s definitely cool to know!! Thanks so much for liking the recipes 🙂 and duh, you should DEFINITELY buy a white one!
Hi Juli,
I like the recipe a lot since I’m Cuban! Ha Ha the trick with all Cuban food is the cumin. Their 2 things maybe you want to try, if you want to cut out the prep time entirely. Try using Mojo, it’s a Goya product, don’t know if you can get it where you live. And the other thing is make a foil ring, at the bottom of the crock pot, and then you can add different juices, beers etc… Because it almost creates a mini steam room for the meat , which in turn the meat goes to a whole other level of moisture.
I’ll definitely spread the word!!! BRAVO! Nice Job!!! Please keep it comin!
P.S.
I’ve already book marked your post.
Thanks so much for the tips!! I have no idea what i’m doing nor have I tried many different kinds of food so i always love hearing feedback from people that have! you’re awesome!