"Mexican Chocolate" Pudding

One night, I wanted to make Pudding for One, but had no chocolate chips. I whipped up this cinnamon-y pudding that's become a staple in our house.

1/4 C cocoa powder
4 T flour
1 1/2 C milk
1/3 C sugar
1 t vanilla
1/4 t cinnamon

Combine the cocoa powder and the flour. Gradually whisk in the milk.

Microwave on high for 2 minutes and stir.

Now lower the microwave to medium, and microwave for 90 seconds, then stir. Do this twice more, or until it's thickened.

Add your sugar, vanilla and cinnamon. Spoon into individual cups and refrigerate, or eat right out of the bowl while it's still hot.

Sweet Spiced Pork Roast

The other day we bought a pork roast for dinner and didn't know what to do with it, so we threw it in the crock pot with two ingredients, cooked it for about five hours, and were rather surprised when it was amazingly delicious. It's no Slow Cooked, Seasoned Pulled Pork, but it involves some similar flavors and takes five hours instead of two days.

All I did was pat some Crash Hot Sweet Potato Spice over the roast, brown in it a skillet, drop it in the crock pot, and pour over a can of Coke. (If you don't feel like clicking through to the recipe: combine brown sugar with cumin, garlic powder, onion powder, and every kind of chili powder you have in the house, plus a bit of salt and pepper, in whatever proportions seem appropriate).

That's it! It turned out tender and flavorful. We used a $6 pork roast and a generic soda and fed six people off of it, so it works well on your shoestring budget meals.