I feel like I haven’t really, like REALLY talked to you guys in a while. I’m trying to bring you so much new and fun stuff, that sometimes I forget what’s really important here: building our friendship. Is it weird that we’ve never met in person and we still have some sort of connection? Of course it’s weird, but it’s just us. Other people just don’t understand.
Well…honestly not a lot has been going on over here. Back to normal life since I’m not traveling. Which means lots of working. Especially since football season is here. I’ve complained about it before, but my husband works Mon-Sat and now spends his Sundays watching football. Don’t get me wrong, I still find it completely f*cking annoying, but I’ve learned to deal with it a little better with each week. Mostly by just filling my time with more work. So then I’m working Mon-Sun. Luckily, I really love my job. But I love having a husband as well, so it’s a fine line. If we ever end up going to therapy, it will be because of football. Not because he likes to watch it, but because of my extreme hatred for it. We will have to seek therapy because I hate football THAT much. Until then, I’ll be making cake balls and brunching with friends on Sundays.
A couple days ago on a Sunday, when football was going on in the background and I already got all my work done, I decided to sit with him while listening to podcasts. Ever since starting my own, I can’t stop listening to others. It’s super inspiring and I love hearing the banter between people. And of course, I got hooked on murder mystery podcasts. But when you get hooked on that kind of sh*t, it’s a never ending hole into gloom and despair. And then you think everyone is a murderer. And now at night, I obsessively checked all the doors and windows to make sure they are locked. And here every single sound when I’m trying to fall asleep.
So I took a break that night and turned to Anna Faris and her interview with Olivia Munn, who is a total babe and dating Aaron Rodgers (the only football player I know by name since his brother was on the Bachelor and talked sh*t about him. yaaaaaassss to all the drama) and they went on to talk about childbirth. And how no downstairs is the same afterwards. Which led me to think about a podcast episode entitled “why having children scares the ish out of me” and all the subtopics I would cover in this episode. Which led me to sleep a total of 3 hours. Because I was having nightmares of someone outside my door and birthing a human.
This is what has been going on in PaleOMG world. Not a lot, but yet, soooooo much.
KLOVEYOUBYE.
PS – I wonder how many people stopped following me based on this one post. Shame, they are really missing out on a super delicious and easy recipe.
Slow Cooker Al Pastor Loaded Tacos
- Yield: about 10 tacos 1x
Ingredients
For the pork
- 2 cups fresh diced pineapple
- ½ white onion, roughly chopped
- 2 garlic cloves
- ½ cup orange juice
- 2 tablespoons white vinegar
- 2 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
- 1 tablespoon chipotle chili powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon salt
- juice of 1 lime
- 2 pound pork loin, cubed
For the tacos
- Siete Foods Tortillas (I prefer the coconut & cassava) or make your own from Juli Bauer’s Paleo Cookbook
- ¾ cup diced pineapple
- ½ white onion, minced
- handful of fresh cilantro, minced
- Tessemae’s Creamy Ranch (optional)
- lime wedges
Instructions
- Place all pork ingredients (except for the pork) in a high speed blender and blend until smooth. Place cubed pork loin in a crockpot and cover pork with pureed mixture. Cover crockpot and cook on low for about 8 hours.
- Once pork has cooked through, use two forks to shred the meat and mix to coat with the cooked down sauce.
- To heat tortillas: place tortilla over a gas stovetop until slightly browned on both sides (about 10-15 seconds per side).
- To build tacos: use a slotted spoon to scoop out the meat and place in taco shell. Top with pineapple, onion, cilantro, a small amount of creamy ranch, and squeeze fresh lime juice on top!
- Serve up, buttercup!
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These literally look MAGICAL. Going to try this recipe — thank you!
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I imagine these are delicious! Love the addition of the pineapple. Your food photography is just stunning!
I do feel like I know you! And not just in a “I just read two of your posts and now I know everything about you” kind of a way. More in a I feel like we’ve had this long lasting friendship since I went paleo 5 years ago and we were still dating idiots and hating it kind of a way. But I feel like it’s pretty one sided because I see you on snapchat and instagram and feel sort of like I stalk you. But I think you’re okay with it. I just listened to your latest podcast and you read my comment and it finally felt like we were having a real life conversation!! … Maybe one day.
Ugh, good on you for even trying to deal with the football. I told myself I’d never date another football watcher again and thankfully my husband doesn’t watch any sports. I consider myself spoiled in that regard and you have my sympathies.
These look delicious. Pineapple + pork forever.
my husband wasn’t into sports before i married him. he tricked me. the bastard.
First off, I am obsessed with your podcast. KEEP EM COMING. I wish you had one everyday but I guess that is what snap is for. Second, this recipe was the best. I have been making paleo recipes lately (against my boyfriends will) and he has loved every single one of your recipes. Third, i wish we were friends because I would totes love to hang out. Am I creepy? probs but you’re just the coolest! huge fan
not creepy at all! let’s be besties!
Omg yes!! Perfect timing, I was literally just thinking what the eff can I do with the pork loin sitting in my fridge and this is perfect! Also, your podcast rocks! You make me laugh.
Ummm, same and same! Have been listening to way too many crime podcasts and freaked myself out. Then everyone is having babies (I’m 29) and that’s freaked me out even more…baby bumps remind me of the movie alien when an alien is growing inside (i think) Sigourney Weaver which is pretty much what being pregnant is. And I don’t even want to think about what happens to your v. sad face all around.
What murder mystery podcasts have you been listening to? I was super into the first Serial (and even the follow-up one about the appeals that wasn’t by Sarah Koenig) and I’ve been looking for more that are in a similar vein. Any recommendations?
My boyfriend is the SAME WAY…..about car shows.
There is an ENTIRE FREAKING NETWORK dedicated to cars:old cars, new cars, car renovations, car auctions (literally he watches super freaking expensive cars be sold at an auction….HOW IS THAT ENTERTAINING???) He monopolizes the downstairs tv with that one channel and it literally pisses me off every time I even HEAR the car show downstairs (and I’m upstairs taking my sweet a$$ time getting ready…I’m not even near the car show….but the fact that its on makes me mad). I agree….a tv station will send us to therapy one day.
Sidenote: I love my boyfriend very much…I just wish he didn’t watch re-runs of the same car being renovated all the time.
Ok. Rant over. Thanks for the new recipe Juli!
Ok, I love crime dramas (books, TV, etc.) but have just started Serial…and I’m hooked! What other similar podcasts have you found since finishing Serial??
undisclosed, serial, in the dark, accused and now my favorite murder!
This recipe looks fantastic!
People ask others about having babies so often and don’t realize how personal and emotional the question can be. I’ve considered answering people who I barely know in detail and describing what I’ve struggled through on this subject in order to shed some light on how loaded this topic is.
Also, is having a blog that readers comment and reply to like have a diary that writes back?!