Ribs....again

I found a GREAT package of ribs at Super One...have I mentioned how great Super One's meet typically is?!
Made bbq sauce with tomato sauce, garlic powder, worcestershire, salt, pepper, brown sugar, cumin, chili powder, paprika, and hot pepper jelly.

We had canned corn with it.  Ewwww!  But the girls love it.  And we had mac n cheese.  Now, my friends, that's high class there at the Stute household.  Need I say we had a very yellow meal?!

The ribs were good though, and a little spicy.  Not too spicy.  Good spicy.

Garden Burgers, (Thank you Food Network Magazine!)

It's summer!  You know what that means???  Time for more burgers!  Plus we got a new grill so we had to try it out.
We made small burgers and grilled them.
Put them on a small kaiser roll with alfalfa sprouts, sliced avacado, tomato, spring greens, and homemade green goddess dressing.

MMMMM........that's all I can say.  It was delicious, it was fresh, and it tasted like summer!
We ate it with a fresh salad and corn on the cob.

Hello, Summer!

pulled pork tacos, yummmmm!

Hello faithful readers of mine!  Okay, so I found this most fabulous recipe on Allrecipes.com.
Went to Oles (our small town grocery store) and found this massive pork roast on sale for $5.99!  So, put it in a dutch oven.  Meanwhile, mix a can of diced tomatoes with chiles, chili powder, garlic, chopped onion, lime juice, salt, and pepper.  Pour that over the top.  Then put it in the oven at 350 for 4 hours.  I did mine a little longer since it was so big.  Then I took it out, shredded it, (after finding the pieces of grisel cuz I HATE biting into grisel!) and then add fresh chopped cilantro, a full bunch.

To assemble, take a warm corn tortilla, add the pork mixture, sliced fresh avacado, and some sour cream.  We added some shredded cheddar for good measure.

SSSSSOOOOOOOO good!

The next night we ate the pork mixture on delicious fresh chewy hard rolls and it almost just as divine!  What can I say, I love corn tortillas...

chili dog hotdish

Sounds icky.  It was wierd.  Mike loved it though!  I had nothing for supper except turkey polishes with cheese.  No buns, no bread.  No potatoes.
So...I found a pack of cornbread mix.  Mix it up and put half of it in a baking dish.  Meanwhile, create chili (I had nothing so I made it out of tomato soup) and add hamburger (I had none, but I had leftover taco meat)  Then I added chili powder, onions, cumin, and the polishes cut up.  Put that on the cornbread mix, more cornbread mix, and cheese.  Then bake.

A man's dish.
Meaty.  salty.  cheesy.  and oniony.

Funnel Cakes

We had funnel cakes for supper on Sunday night.  That's right, funnel cakes.
I made a giant thing of pizza hotdish for lunch.....and we ate late, so when mom and dad came over I was TRYING  to make beignet's, but failed miserably.  They were far too dense and the other ones were far too thin so they were like cracker beignets.  Plus it was a HUGE mess with flour, and have I mentioned before that I HATE flour?!  Truly, really, that's why I don't bake.....I HATE flour.  Although I have it in my house, I avoid using it at all costs, which is why my poor children are void of homemade cookies in their lives.  It is something that stresses me out but I'm working on, for the kids.
Anyhow, funnel cakes sounded like a good idea to me since I had the hot oil going anyway.  They turned out surprisingly easy and not really messy....too bad.  Compared to the beignets....okay, it was still messy.

You put all the batter into a ziploc, cut off the end, and lace the batter around in the pan really fast.
The first one I made was dense, the oil wasn't hot enough and I didn't let it cook long enough.  So the second one I let it sit for what seemed like forever.  And it was perfect!  Totally almost tasted like the fair.  (Caution....it's still messy.  My second enemy in the world besides flour is powdered sugar.  What I need is a powdered sugar shaker.  Then I'd be okay with making these all the time...)  Like the fair except not the same.  I'm not sure why, maybe it was because there was no carnie music and ferris wheels spinning around above us.  Can I get some ferris wheels here please?!

ribs n asparagus

For some reason I haven't been into cooking so much.  Maybe it's because it's blah weather outside and I seem to always need groceries....
But we're having ribs tonight, and I'm making some sweet bbq sauce to put on them.  Made with:  crushed tomatoes, garlic, onion, salt, pepper, chili powder, paprika, worcestershire, and brown sugar.  It smells good, so it should be good!
We're having it with asparagus and either fresh pineapple or watermelon.  Which one sounds best with it?  Pineapple would be more colorful.

Poor hubby had scrambled eggs with cheese and salsa ontop last night.  The night before was tacos.  So...we do eat, people.  It just doesn't seem like it lately!

Spaghetti

We had spaghetti last night.

I didn't buy spaghetti sauce, which I usually use as a base, but I wanted to make my own this time.  Everyone else seems to make delicious spaghetti....
But it was horrible!  Super bland.
The girls fell in love with it though....

So sometimes bland wins over.