Ribs

This is a 6 recipe meal... but it's easy enough.

The ribs take the longest to cook, so prepare them first. We used beef short ribs, because the grocery had no spare ribs, but I would suggest those. Place them in casserole dish and season with salt, pepper, thyme and rosemary. Seal them completely with aluminum foil and bake for an hour in the oven at 325˚F.

BBQ WHISKEY GLAZE

1 cup Whiskey (whatever's in your price bracket)

1 cup ketchup

1/2 cup dark brown sugar

1/4 cup apple cider vinegar

1 tbs. lemon juice

3 gloves garlic, minced

1 tbs. mustard

Combine all the ingredients into a sauce pan, and simmer through the course of the cooking with a sprig of rosemary, stirring occasionally. This will allow the sauce to thicken.

SPICY APPLE SALAD

1/2 a red cabbage, diced

3 tbs. lime juice

1 tbs. lemon juice

1 tsp. grated ginger

2 granny smith apples, sliced into spears

1/2 cup chopped cilantro

1 jalapeno, chopped and seeded

1/3 cup apple cider vinegar

After chopping all the ingredients, place in a bowl and combine thoroughly. Cover tightly and place in the refrigerator til the meal is ready to be served.

For the cornbread use the Jiffy corn mix recipe but substitute buttermilk for milk.

For the mashed red skin potatoes, soften the potatoes by boiling potato cubes in boiling water for about 15-20 minutes. Once they are soft, drain and return to the pot, then mash with half a stick of salted butter, thyme, 3/4 cup buttermilk, salt and pepper til creamy.

MAGGIE'S (a real person) APPLE CRISP

4 Gala apples cubed

1/2 tbs. cinnamon

3 tbs. sugar

1/2 tsp. salt

Combine the above ingredients in a large mixing bowl then place in a baking pan. For the crispy topping...

1 1/3 cup flour

1 1/2 light brown sugar, lightly packed

1/3 cup old fashion steel cut oats

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1 stick of butter, softened

Combine all the ingredients then pack tightly on top of the apple mixture in the baking pan.

So to be able to get all the food baked and done in an hour and a half using one oven, refer to the following time schedule... After the ribs have baked for one hour, remove from the oven and remove the top part of the foil and add half of the BBQ glaze. Before returning to the oven, raise the temperature to 375˚F. Leave the ribs in for 15 minutes. Also add the cornbread and apple crisp to the oven. Bake the cornbread for 25 minutes, leave the apple crisp in for another 45 minutes.

Delicious meal.

Tastes Like Chocolate?

1 small package of bacon (the real kind, I don't want no turkey substitute)

Vermicelli pasta

1/2 sweet onion

fresh green beans julienned

balsamic vinegar

sugar

parmesean cheese

This one was a collaborative effort. My friend came over for dinner, and we were trying to eat cheap by making food from what we had. I knew we needed some protein to avoid hunger after two hours, so I asked her to bring home the bacon. She suggested we cook with balsamic vinegar. At first I disagreed, but I was trying to be reasonable and not a control freak, so I suggested we cook it in the bacon with sugar to caramelize it. Do not, I repeat, do not, add the balsamic vinegar to the heating oil, it will sizzle up and burn the crap out of you. After the bacon was almost done frying we added more balsamic vinegar and sprinkled a bit of sugar on it. The bacon turned out delicious, surprisingly un-bacony, and super crispy. It wasn't until the end of the meal that I realized it kind of tasted like chocolate.

Frenchie

Green Beans julienned
1/2 Sweet Onion
1 Clove Garlic
Olive Oil
1 tbs. Butter
Salt & Pepper
Angel Hair Pasta

I used to work at a restaurant that had a delicious spring beans side dish. They would thinly slice them and sauteed them so that the beans were a little charred and crunchy. For this I sauteed the garlic and onions as well as the julienned green beans and served it atop a bed of angel hair pasta garnished with some freshly grated parmesean. Simple, and probably the most delicious meal I've had in a long long time.

This Makes Your Apartment Smell Really Good

Watermelon
Salt
Sugar
Cinnamon
Cloves
All Spice
Lemon
White Vinegar
Water

I went to this restaurant near by me and ate a pickled watermelon rind salad. It was absolutely delicious; I went in the next week to get it again, and it was gone. So this one is really hard to make. It should probably only take 3 days, but it took me 5. I got the recipe from this blog. Aaaand I just noticed my mason jar looks nothing like theirs...

It's Not About Hunger, It's About Indulgence

Jiffy Brownie Mix
Aunt Jamima pancake/waffle mix
Ghirardelli Cocoa Powder
Ground Coffee
Vanilla Extract
Almond Extract
Cinnamon
Water

Ya... So this is a total winger. Mix together what you think would taste good, make it a good thick consistency and MAKE SURE TO GREASE THE WAFFLE IRON. It's a bitch to clean.

Round One:



Boo!!!
Round Two:

Steak and ...Pork? Quesadillas

some meat
corn tortillas
monterey jack cheese
cilantro
tomato
sauteed onions

My roommate had visitors who brought us their leftovers from a delicious restaurant. In the box was an assortment of different meats. We took steak and what we assumed was pork and shredded it into our quesadillas. I recently acquired a waffle iron which I learned can make many things other than waffles. Such as: brownies, omelets, french toast, and guess what, quesadillas. But if you use a waffle iron to make your quesadillas, make sure you get flour tortillas, cause the corn ones can't handle the heat (and moisture).



So we switched to the stove top griddle. And it worked excellently. Cook it up!

Just Easy

1/2 cup elbow macaroni

1/4 cup alfredo sauce

8 basil leaves, chopped

1/4 cup marinara sauce

4 baby bella mushrooms

Cook pasta al dente, saute mushrooms then add sauces, and lastly mix in with pasta and add basil.