Pulled Chicken, Sweet Potato Muffins, and Flowers for a Rainy Day

Ok. I made pulled pork, and it was extravagant. So, when I saw chicken on sale at the grocery store yesterday, I figured, why not?

Same recipe as the pulled pork:

3-4 onions, chopped
8 boneless chicken breasts (You can easily replace this recipe with a pork shoulder)
2 cups gingerale
BBQ Sauce--I used an entire bottle of Sweet Baby Ray's Honey BBQ and had extra for the sandwiches.

Put half of the onions on the bottom of slow cooker. Add the chicken. Put the rest of the onions on top. Pour the gingerale over everything. Set for 10 hours on low.

After 10 hours, it should resemble this:

Strain the chicken and onions and place in a pot. Shred the chicken using 2 forks. Now doesn't this look scrumptious?

Now, put the chicken and onions back in the pot, and toss it with BBQ sauce. Let it cook for another hour on low.

Then, I made a sandwich using whole wheat rolls, cheddar cheese, extra BBQ sauce, and the chicken. Deliciousness!

Next, sweet potato muffins. This comes from Runner's World Mag.

First, I threw 2 sweet potatoes in the oven at 400 for an hour.

Then, turn oven down to 375

Next, I added:
the insides of the sweet potato, mashed
1 egg, beaten
1/4 cup butter (half a stick)
1/2 cup buttermilk

to a bowl and mix.

Fold in:
2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp salt

Mix it up:

Put cupcake liners into the muffin tin, and fill about 2/3 of the way. Put in oven for about 20-25 minutes.

Voila:

And to make your day even brighter, Bradford flowers!: