BBQ Ribbs

Last week I made BBQ ribs an they went over really well. They turned out really tender and juicy.

Ingredients:

Ribs (I used western style spare ribs bc they were on sale)
BBQ Sauce (Your fave)

Directions:

1) Boil ribs in a large pot for about an hour.
2) Drain ribs and love to deep oven proof pan.
3) Cover all sides with BBQ Sauce.
4) Bake at 375 F for 45 min-1 hr.
5) I like to turn them and add more BBQ Sauce (if needed) about half way through.

Enjoy!

Pasta with Meat Sauce

This week I got a bunch of pasta free at Kroger (sale and coupons), so I wanted to share one way that I enjoy topping it.

Meat Sauce

Ingredients:

1 lb Ground beef (or sausage)
1/2 Sweet Onion
Salt, Pepper, Garlic, and Paprika to taste Paprika is one of my fave spices, but it's great with
Italian spices or whatever you fave is)
1 can of diced tomatoes

Directions:

1) Brown the ground beef with onions, and drain the grease.
2) Return beef to heat and add everything else stirring until heated through.
3) Pour over pasta and enjoy.

Easy Chinese Dinner

Hey, tonight we had a really easy Chinese dinner.

Ingredients:

1 lb. Chicken breasts
1 large bag of frozen stir fry veggies
1/2 cup Kikkoman stir fry sauce
Rice (as much as your family will eat, and any type you prefer)
just enough oil to fry the meat and veggies in (about 2 Tbs.)

Direction:

1) Cut the chicken into small strips, and fry in the oil until fully cooked. Set aside.
2) Fry the veggies until they reach desired tenderness.
3) Add the chicken and the stir-fry sauce stirring until well coated.
4) Serve with rice and enjoy.

If you like you can always add egg-rolls and fortune cookies or anything else you prefer (I usually purchase these pre-cooked and just warm them in the oven)

Enjoy!

Chocolate Popcorn and Apple Crisp

Okay, so I have completely neglected this site for quite a while. Recently Patricia asked me to share some new recipes, so to kick it off again I will start with one we just tried for the first time tonight. Recently I went to the store looking for some Gluten Free snacks for my son, and he found this chocolate covered popcorn. It did not sound so good to me at first, but when I tried it I was hooked. The catch is it is not cheap, so I decided to try my own at home.

Chocolate covered Popcorn:

I popped some plain popping corn in a large pot (5 quarts).
Pour 1/4 cup veggie oil (or popcorn oil) in pot with one kernel. Cover and heat on Med-High.
When the kernel pops, add enough corn to cover the bottom of pot with a single layer.
Slide the pot back and forth as they kernels pop.
When popping slows, remove from heat.
Pour the popcorn out onto a cookie sheet in a thin layer (be sure to cover sheet well so the
chocolate stays on the popcorn).
Sprinkle with some salt and set aside.

Then I melted some semi-sweet chocolate chips in the microwave.
Pour some chocolate chips in a microwave safe container and microwave on high for about 1
min.
Then stir and pour over popcorn.
If you like you can repeat this with white chocolate (the way the store brand did)
*Note: I found that a 12oz bag seemed to cover just right.

Set it in the fridge to cool for a while. (You can stir it first if you want a more even coating, I like the nice lines you get from pouring).

I thought you may also like the Apple Crisp:
This one is from my old Betty Crocker Cookbook.

You need:
4 cup sliced apples (I like to you red delicious)
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup oats
3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
3/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/3 cup margarine or butter, softened (I prefer butter)

1-Heat oven to 375 F.
2-Arrange apples in greased 8x8 pan.
3-Mix remaining ingredients and sprinkle over apples.
4-Bake until topping is golden brown and apples are tender (about 30 min).
5-Serve warm, and I like to add ice cream (the cookbook also suggested pouring cream over it).

Hope you enjoy these, and I will be sure to add more soon.