Due to a fun and busy weekend I didn’t post my menu plan on Friday as usual, so this one covers a few days less than normal.
(images from recipes linked below)
- Monday: Holiday from work! Enough time to make slow cooker barbecue ribs, sweet potato fries, and green beans
- Make-ahead lunch: Green wraps (with homemade hummus if I get ambitious)
- Tuesday: Grilled chicken with mango salsa and wild rice
- Wednesday: Leftovers (getting home late)
- Thursday: Grilled steak with roasted cumin-lime carrots and green salad
I’m most intrigued by the slow cooker ribs. Can they really be good compared to restaurants that have big smokers and fancy equipment? We shall see!
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the ribs are MOST intriguing. are ribs hard to find at the store? are they expensive? did you caramelize the sauce after? TELL ME EVERYTHING.
YUM RIBS! They weren’t that hard to find at the store. At Ralphs they were labeled “pork back ribs” and I asked the butcher to make sure they were the same thing. They were $11 for 2.25 lbs (I made about half the recipe) which was enough for 3 medium-large servings. I didn’t add anything to my BBQ sauce – used a hickory flavor where the first ingredient was tomato, not corn syrup. Dan would like me to try sweetening the sauce next time as recommended in the recipe. I didn’t carmelize it at the end because we just wanted to eat! They were delicious – not as good as a restaurant, but very tender and way better than I figured could happen at home.