There is a lawyer in front of me at the coffee shop who loves complaining. He’s talking about making over $203,000 last year and is complaining about rarely sleeping. Well no sh*t. You made what I’ll probably make in my lifetime, I’d hope I’m getting a little bit more sleep than you. You chose that life sir, live with it. And look at your damn pant leg, it’s tucked into your sock. You’re a mess.
I love my new car. I loved my old 1997 Honda Civic, ‘the red machine’ if you will, but she just wasn’t fitting into my life anymore. We grew apart. And even though both of us are getting uglier as time goes on, we just are on different paths. So now, hopefully she can light up someone else’s life. I know my new car is lighting up mine. We’ve bonded. I’ve already used the seat warmers. She warmed my butt. She’s the best.
That was weird.
Wanne see me be awkward on video?? Here you go!! Remember when I went to Boston a few months back to film some cooking videos? Well, Again Faster has been posting those videos more and more. I can’t watch most of them because I instantly think of things I could do better on video. And there’s a lot. Like smile more. Have you ever watched Giada De Laurentiis (definitely had to look up how to spell that name) on her cooking shows? She never stops smiling. I don’t get how she does it. Probably because she has at least 106 teeth to work with. But either way, it’s damn hard to smile ALL.THE.TIME. I obviously haven’t mastered it, but I’m getting better. I’m thinking about getting more teeth implanted in my face to help with that issue.
Ok, I need to pimp out a product I just recently tried because I LOVE IT. It’s called Epic Bar. It’s a jerky bar that has the best quality meat and other ingredients such as cranberries or cherries. My favorite is the bison, bacon and cranberry bar. It is epic. And it’s the perfect mid day snack when you’re unsure of what to eat. Seriously. You have to try it.
So I made this recipe and Laura thought the pepperoni was great, while the boyfriend thought it was better without the pepperoni. So this is what I’m going to recommend. If you like pepperoni, eat it in the salad. If you don’t, then don’t. And add avocado. Or just add avocado anyways because it’s delicious in anything.
Hawaiian Pizza Salad
- Yield: 4-5 1x
Ingredients
For the garlic crockpot pork
- 2–3 pound pork shoulder (I used bone-in)
- 4 garlic cloves, peeled
- 1 yellow onion, sliced
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- salt, to taste (more is better than less)
For the salad
- 2 hearts of romaine lettuce, roughly chopped
- 1 red bell pepper, cored and diced
- 1 (4 ounce) container of button mushrooms, sliced
- 2 cups pineapple, diced
- 1/2 cup pepperoni, diced
- Tessemae’s cracked pepper dressing (optional)
- 2 tablespoons fat (I used grass fed butter, but you could use bacon fat or coconut oil)
Instructions
- First you gotta cook your pork, because it’s going to take about 8-10 hours.
- Place the sliced onions in the bottom of your crockpot then add the pork shoulder. Take a sharp knife and poke 4 holes in different places in the pork. Press the peeled garlic cloves into the holes.
- Sprinkle garlic powder and salt on the pork and onions.
- Cover and let cook on low for 8-10 hours. Then shred directly in the crockpot. You won’t need any liquid for this meat if it has enough fat on it, it will render a good amount of liquid into the crockpot.
- Once your meat is shredded, start making the rest of your salad.
- Place a medium skillet over medium-high heat, add 2 tablespoons of fat, then add the mushrooms with a pinch of salt and cook down until soft and brown.
- When the mushrooms are done and the everything else has been chopped, add it all together.
- Top the salad with any dressing you like. I didn’t use any dressing and didn’t think it needed it. Delish.
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What other type of meat could you use? I would like to use turkey or chicken but how long would it need to cook in the crockpot?
same amount of time!! just make sure to use more liquid so it doesn’t dry up!
ok i had to put you on my favorites bar after your comments on giada’s teeth..just made me laugh out loud. saw you from elanas post..as i live in boulder and am GF..look forward to more of your site
Loved it. Husband loved it. And the crockpot filled the apartment with deliciousness. I definitely added avocado because, let’s be real: it IS good on everything. Thanks for the yummy recipe–I’m a new reader, but I am loving everything here. Can’t wait to get my hands on your cookbook!
I’m not a fan of pork…… Is there another type of protein you coud substitute this recipe with? I’m a newbie to the paleo diet and so far I’ve been struggling a lot!!!!
Yeah just do shredded chicken instead!!
Hey Juli-I wanted to know how the mango is okay on the 21 dsd? Or is this off the detox? Thanks! You rock.
No ma’am
I just made this last night and it was the bomb! My husband really enjoyed it too and he has no idea about paleo 🙂
Made this tonight for dinner with left-over pulled pork and it was delicious! I put a dressing on it, but probably won’t next time. It’s plenty rich enough without it. I also sautéed the chopped red bell pepper with the mushrooms (in coconut oil).
Your arms are boss in the video!
Heck Yes! Making this today! Sounds amazing….
This is a fantastic salad full of flavor and perfect for a quick weekday meal. I just put in the pork in the morning before work and prepped everything else when I got home and threw it together. My only changes were that I left out the mushrooms and added a little bit of bbq sauce on top. I will definitely be making this again!