Tropical Ginger Crock Pot Pork

This is one of those meals made from what I had on hand. While it didn't turn out as scrumptious as some of my favorites, I did want seconds.

In the crock pot on high until tender:

(I started this around 11 a.m. with a frozen chunk of meat and we ate at 4 p.m.)

- the leftover pork loin from Christmas which at most was two pounds

- two cups frozen butternut squash

- 8 ounces apple juice

- about 12 ounces Simply Balanced organic mango lemonade

- about 1/4 cup Dijon mustard

- about 1/2 cup dark brown sugar

- one packet ginger honey crystals 

Super Cherry Lemonade with bubbles

Any mom will probably agree that keeping your child well-hydrated can be impossible. I drink a lot of water. On my good days, I used to drink 90 ounces a day. So I always poured my daughter a drink when I got one. Nowadays, it seems like they get left all over the house more than they get drunk.

And if you give them too much milk or juice, then you worry about filling up little bellies with the "wrong" calories.

Plus, now my daughter's at the age where relatives have given her a root beer here or a cream soda there and she's starting to think bubbles are cool.

Here's my solution:
Super Cherry Lemonade with Bubbles
1/3 glass your favorite lemonade
2/3 glass seltzer
1 tablespoon maraschino cherry juice
1 maraschino cherry

And you tell child he/she can't eat the cherry until she finishes the drink. This also works with diluting any juice with "bubbles." Experimenting with different seltzer flavors can create some crazy combos. My daughter loves picking the "bubbles" because the seltzer bottles usually have big cherries or limes on them to show the flavor.