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Ever since I had a crock pot, over 9 years I have made the same crock pot pulled pork. You know the Pulled Pork Crock Pot recipe that came with the Crock pot. You can find it here. I am going to have to ditch that old pulled pork recipe. I found an amazing and even simpler crock pot pulled pork recipe from Allrecipes that is taking over!
Are you counting the days until school is over? Or maybe you have college kids home already. No matter what you are anticipating take a break and come enter some great sweepstakes, contests and giveaways and share your give a ways too.
This is a fun hop to break up your week just a bit. Bloggers can list a current giveaway that is running on your site this week. Then come back later and find more giveaways to enter for yourself!! Feel free to list as many giveaway as you have running this week, but make sure to put the ending date in your title, if possible. Also please link to the actual giveaway and not just your home page. Have fun and I hope you all win something 
LIVE in NYC, and want to meet Jennifer Aniston? Well maybe not in person….
I’m excited to announce that AVEENO® is kicking off the unofficial start of summer with the debut of a new Jennifer Aniston “I Love Summer” Ad in Times Square next week. To celebrate, AVEENO® will be offering free samples of the new AVEENO® Protect + Hydrate® SPF 30 outside of the Walgreens in Time Square on Thursday, May 23rd. Lucky if you are a New Yorker to get some free sunscreen before Memorial Day Continue reading Don’t forget sunscreen for Memorial Day? Aveeno free samples & Giveaway! This week on Cooking With Caitlin I will be talking about a new Ina Garten recipe that can be found in her new cookbook called Barefoot Contessa Foolproof: Recipes You Can Trust
Continue reading Barefoot Contessa Recipes- Blondies by Cooking with Caitlin #Kidscookmonday Disclosure of Material Connection: I received one or more of the products or services mentioned above for free in hope that I would mention it on my blog. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising. Got kids? Dirty dishes? Smelly sports equipment or pets? I think we all can answer yes to that. The big question is how to eliminate odor in your home without the obvious chemical smells of a plug-in or spray. I was recently introduced to a unique product from Honeywell that combines a fan with an air freshener. I was provided a fan to test and provide one lucky reader a giveaway. The fan comes in 2 sizes the smaller one I will be giving away and the larger one available at Target.
Continue reading How to eliminate odor in your home? Giveaway and Sweepstakes. This is a guest post from Danielle McMann working with Cannings Free Range Butchers.
Free range is usually applied to meat, dairy or egg farming. Free range meat varieties usually include free range pork, grass-fed beef and lamb, and free range chicken, turkey and duck. These animals are the most popular types meats that we consume. Consumers are now more aware of the need to make sure that their food is free of containments like hormones. Using free range meat varieties will ensure that your meat is healthier as free range meats are farmed with fewer chemicals, less cruelty and better care. Continue reading Health benefits of grass fed beef and free range meat varieties–Guest Post Strawberries are just starting to peak here in Virginia. They go bad pretty quickly so I thought I would share some tried and true strawberry recipes from Close to Home archives. Get your apron on because these will keep you busy and full throughout the Strawberry Season. Picked too many strawberries to possibly get through this season? No worries, I will be sharing a post next week on how to best preserve your berries or you can check out this post on tips to quick freeze them.
Hope you all had a wonderful Mother’s Day but the regular duties of motherhood never stop. What have you been busy cooking up in the kitchen this week. Love for you to share your recipes with us again this week or just browse for some recipe inspiration. Warmer days are approaching will you be doing as much cooking in the kitchen? Love for you to share your recipes for the warmer weather.  Have parties with little ones and adults and want to be sure the kids don’t drink the Sangria by accident? I have the perfect craft for you. I saw some Pitcher Labels in my most recent Ballard Designs Magazine and for $15 I thought I can make those much cheaper…. These make amazing Hostess gifts, Birthday gifts, Teacher Appreciation gifts or Mother’s Day Gifts for your friends.
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