Super Easy Entertaining - Pulled Pork

This past weekend we had some dear friends and their kids over for dinner.  I thought hard about what to serve since we try to feed the girls eat what we eat.  We don't want to get into the habit of having to make numerous dishes for the kids.  We settled on pulled pork, jicama slaw, potato salad and mashed sweet potatoes.

For the Pulled Pork: I used a pork shoulder (heavily seasoned with salt & pepper) and seared all sides in 1 tbsp of olive oil.  After it was caramelized on all sides I transfered into the slow cooker.  I add a starter from Williams Sonoma and set it to high.  That's it.  After 6 hours it was perfectly tender and the flavor was delicious.

The Jicama Slaw was Bobby Flays recipe and was quickly gobbled up.

I made the potato salad by boiling 6 potatoes and 2 eggs.  Added mayo, dijon, capers and a little white vinegar to a bowl and combined it with the potatoes and chopped eggs.  Add a little salt and pepper and garnished with fresh parsley and voila.

Dessert was strawberry cupcakes and of course, s'mores.