Warmer weather makes us lazy as a species. Unfortunately, ice cream for dinner every night will lead to a myriad of problems, such as running out of pants that fit. Thankfully there are some easy and relatively healthy recipes that require no attention to the stove. Someone once told me, “You don’t have to cook cabbage, it cooks itself.” All cabbage on the stove asks is that you add liquid and leave it alone. With a little apple, onion and chicken broth, a beautiful and tasty head of purple cabbage cooks itself into a delightful side dish which is even better cold the next day. This is a bonus because a head of cabbage is not easy to finish in one sitting, no matter how good. This purple cabbage recipe goes very well with another lazy dish: oven cooked pulled pork. The making of this version of pulled pork is less complicated than following the directions on boxed macaroni and cheese. You cut up pork shoulder into large chunks, cutting off as much fat as possible, and put it in an oven safe dish with a whole bottle of your favorite barbeque sauce. I have used Baby Ray’s successfully. Cover with foil and stick in the oven at 250 degrees and completely forget about it for 5 hours. Your nose will remind you. After the slow cooking, the pork will be fork tender and easy to shred. Add a squirt of ketchup if it needs a little tang. Eat this pulled pork with the following purple cabbage recipe, and potato salad if you can get a hold of it. Cole slaw, cornbread and lemonade are other good ideas. Find someone else to take care of the dishes. Purple Cabbage and Apples I head purple cabbage, chopped coarsely 2 small apples, diced, you can...

Dear reader, tonight I am questioning whether I am truly the right person to be writing a food column because darn it, all I want for dinner is cereal.  I love the initial crunchiness, the salty sweetness, and finally gulping down the survivors sopping with milk.  Rather than dairy, I prefer a light vanilla soy to accompany my preferred cereals.  And like a good girl, I always drink up the left over cereal milk, when I am not using it in my coffee. Okay, so I’ve bared my lazy self.  Now you know that if I say something is easy to make, it really, really is.  This is a recipe for pulled pork from my friend Mary, and it is so easy it is criminal.  It is amazing with coleslaw and cornbread.  Please to enjoy! Mary’s Easiest Pulled Pork Ever 2-3 lbs of boneless pork ribs 1 bottle of barbecue sauce, your choice (we like Sweet Baby Ray’s) 1 large onion or 2 medium, chopped Take pork and put in hot oiled grill pan or on a hot grill.  Brush with barbecue sauce and cook until seared on outside, 5-7 minutes per side.  Next, preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Take pork and put in a foil lined pan, cover with raw onion and rest of the bottle of barbecue sauce.  Cover with foil and cook for 2 hours.  Remove and pull apart with fork.  Too good to be so easy! If you liked this post, please do us the further boon of Liking the Fierce and Nerdy page on FaceBook. Also, we’re giving great stream on Twitter, so do give us follow. featured image credit:...