I’m celebrating the release of my latest Contemporary Romance, Hill Country Reunion. The way things are going, the Corona Virus may tank me since people probably won’t be going to Walmart to buy books. I figure since a lot of people are staying in, comfort food is in order, so I’m sharing my recipe for Pork Roast. Follow the blog tour at the bottom of this post to enter multiple times for my giveaway. Comment or answer the question in this post to enter the drawing for a copy of my newest book. Deadline: March 28th, 11:59 pm central time.
So last year, my husband was told to cut down on beef in his diet. He loves steak and hamburgers, anything with ground beef in it. I had to get creative and introduced him to my old standby dishes, but with pork, turkey, or chicken. It seems like if I spice it up enough, he likes it. He also loves ribs, but barbecue sauce doesn’t like him. So I set out to find a way to cook ribs without barbecue sauce. I discovered by using rib meat instead of pork roast, it turns out more moist and tender.
Usually when I figure out a new recipe, it ends up in my fiction. In Hill Country Redemption, the hero, Rance Shepherd learns he has a daughter. Back in high school, he and the heroine, were sweethearts. They weren’t Christians and made mistakes that resulted in a breakup and a child. Once the truth comes out eight years later, Larae invites him over to dinner, so they can tell their daughter, Jayda, the news. She serves pork roast and pineapple million dollar cake. For the cake recipe, I’m sharing it on Catherine Castle’s blog on April 7th.
Pork Rib Roast Recipe
Ingredients
1 pkg Country Boneless Ribs
1 envelope Lipton Onion Soup Mix
3 envelopes Ranch Dressing Mix
44 oz Chicken Broth
1 can Cream of Mushroom Soup
3 cans sliced Potatoes
2 cans sliced Carrots
Directions
Cook ribs in crok pot on high in 1 can of broth with 1 envelope soup mix and 1 envelope ranch mix. Once meat is tender, remove and cut out fat. Pour in remaining broth and ranch mix along with veggies. Cook until flavors blend about thirty more minutes.
Notes: I’m a buy it in the can kind of gal, so I don’t slice and dice vegetables. If you do, put the vegetables in with the meat at the beginning so they’ll be tender. Saving 2 envelopes of ranch mix until the meat is done makes it more flavorful.
To go along with your comfort food, how about some comfort verses:
1 Cortinthians 14:33 – For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
Matthew 24:6-7 – And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye not be troubled: for all these things must come to pass but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
Matthew 10:28 – And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Romans 8:38 – 39 – For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
John 14: 1 – Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
About Shannon: Award winning author, Shannon Taylor Vannatter writes contemporary Christian cowboy romance and has over a dozen published titles. A romance reader since her teens, she hopes to entertain Christian women and plant seeds in the non-believer’s heart as she demonstrates that love doesn’t conquer all—Jesus does.
She gleans fodder for her fiction in rural Arkansas where she spent her teenage summers working the concession stand with her rodeo announcing dad and married a Texan who morphed into a pastor. In her spare time, she loves hanging out with her husband and son, flea marketing, and doing craft projects.
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About the book – Hill Country Redemption:
This cowboy has one more chance to make it right…
He already lost her once…
Now he’s fighting for her—and their daughter.
When Rance Shepherd takes a job stocking cattle for a local rodeo, he’s shocked that his new client is his ex-sweetheart, Larae Collins. Now he’s determined to prove to the single mother that he isn’t the restless cowboy she remembers. But when he discovers her little girl is his, they both must forgive past mistakes for a second shot at a future together.
Worried you won’t win? Get your copy now!
Hill Country Redemption – Amazon Hill Country Redemption – BarnesandNoble
(Available at Walmart from mid-March until mid-April)
Question for Readers: What’s your favorite comfort food?
Follow my blog tour for more chances to win:
Feb 23rd – Reading Is My Superpower Blog: https://readingismysuperpower.org/2020/02/23/love-stories-giveaway-hill-country-redemption/ (The giveaway on this blog has ended, but if you comment here, you’ll be in my drawing)
March 1st – Becky Van Vleet’s Blog: http://www.beckyvanvleet.com/home-decor-with-nostalgia/
March 17th – Shannon’s Blog: https://shannontaylorvannatter.com/inkslinger-blog/
March 20th – https://shannontaylorvannatter.com/inkslinger-blog/
March 25th – The Seriously Write Blog: http://www.seriouslywrite.blogspot.com (Seriously Write doesn’t participate in giveaways, but I thought you might want to check out my writing advice)
April 1st – Regina Rudd Merrick’s Blog: www.reginaruddmerrick.com/blog
April 2nd – Joy Avery Melville’s Blog: https://www.journeystojoy.net/
April 6th – June Foster’s Blog: https://junefoster.com/?page_id=855
April 7th – Jennifer Hereen’s Blog: http://jenniferheeren.com/blog/
April 7th – Catherine Castle’s Blog: https://catherinecastle1.wordpress.com/blog/
April 9th – Laurie Wood’s Blog: https://www.lauriewoodauthor.com/author-my-blog
Come back March 20th for part 2!
meatloaf
Yum, bn. I love meatloaf.
My favorite comfort food is baked macaroni and cheese. Thanks for the chance to win a copy of your book.
My husband loves any kind of macaroni and cheese, Vickie. But I’m not a fan. To me, it needs meat or spice or something. More like goulash.
My favorite comfort food this time of year is cornbeef and cabbage. I have a March 17th birthday and I am part Irish.
Hamburger
Can’t beat a cheeseburger with lettuce, pickle, and onion. Yum, Linda. Y’all are making me hungry.
favorite comfort food-chicken and dumplings ; favorite verse: Phil 4 :13
One of my favorites, Shelia. The verse too.
My mom’s chicken and dumplings
Yes, Lisa. I like the fluffy ones like my mom makes. I cheat and use Grands biscuits in mine. Turns out pretty good, but not as good as my mom’s.
One of my favorite comfort foods is potato soup with cornbread.
Yum. My husband had surgery last year and one of the ladies from our church brought potato soup for us. It was the best I’ve ever eaten. Really creamy. I need to hit her up for the recipe.
I love a good pot of chili and homemade cornbread! It’s great to cook it all day in a crockpot 🙂
Thank you for a chance to win a copy of “Hill Country Redemption”!
I love chili, Trixi. It goes with so many things. I love frito pie and chili dogs too.
I like meatloaf too!
Can’t beat a good meatloaf. A lady in our church makes the best. She gave me the recipe, but I haven’t tried it yet.
Does comfort food have to be savory? For me, it is Hershey’s Cocoa Fudge.
It can be any food that comforts you, Deb. Chocolate and fudge is right up my alley.
My sweet hubs had to cut back on his beef too, thanks for sharing this Pork Rib Roast recipe! And your Pineapple Million Dollar Cake sounds divine! Can’t wait until things go back to normal to be able to make it for a church gathering! So glad God’s in charge, not man.
Hmmm…my favorite comfort food, that’s a tough one! I’m such an equal opportunity food lover. 😉 I guess mashed potatoes have to rank right on up there with meatloaf, chicken pastry, pot roast, ice cream & Peanut M&M’s. Stay safe.
I’m ready for normal too, Robin. Your list sounds yummy, but I’m not familiar with chicken pastry. I’ll have to google it.
LOL!! Chicken pastry is a southern way of saying chicken & dumplins. 🙂
My favorite comfort food is a piece of fresh sourdough bread with melted butter. I have some rising this morning.
Yum, Lucy. When I was in cosmetology school studying to be a hairdresser, another student’s grandmother made the best sourdough bread. The student would bring it about once a month and we gobbled it up. So good!
Dark chocolate is my Go To comfort food. I have individual squares of several different kinds in zip-lock baggies in my frig. You just never know. My stash usually lasts for months. I have been sharing my favorite verses w friends. Some of mine overlap yours. Jere 29:11 & Ps 46:10 are 2 I’ve been pondering. We worship a God who knows.
I’ve always been a milk or white chocolate kind of gal. But in the last few years, I’ve gotten to where I enjoy dark too.