Crockpot ribs Another new recipe

Another new way to make pork spareribs or a full rack of ribs.

I had bought a buy one get one free rack of pork spare ribs at our local grocery store.  

I’ve made them before but decided to try another way to season and cook them.

I made ribs today in my crockpot. 

 2.5 lbs. pork ribs

salt, pepper

1/2 large onion  

1 large clove garlic 

1/2 cup water. 

Your favorite barbecue sauce (approximately 1/2 to 3/4 cup)

Cook 6 hours low. 

 Remove ribs from crockpot.  Discard cooking drippings.

Place on cookie sheet.  Brush with BBQ sauce and bake 375° until sauce starts to bake on to ribs. Approximately 15 to 20 minutes.  Enjoy!

Delicious!

 

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Crockpot Pineapple beef

Tonight’s early dinner. 

I didn’t feel like making a brown gravy with this roast so I improvised and we enjoyed this crockpot  meal.

Small top round roast, ( about 1 lb. 4 oz.) salt and pepper and seared in oil

and added to my crockpot with one jar pineapple salsa. Slow cooked for about 5 hours. 

Removed roast allow to rest for 5 minutes and slice.  Add sliced roast to liquid salsa drippings.

Our side tonight.

Sautéed thin slices of zucchini with onions, salt and pepper.  Served with brown rice.  Easy summer meal. Slight bite to the salsa. Enjoy!!

Simple crockpot beef in salsa

Summer convenient meal.

1 lb. Beef cubes cut into small pieces

1 jar organic salsa

1/4 cup beef broth (optional)

Refrigerated macaroni and cheese or

****steamed rice 

Place beef in crockpot.  Add salsa and broth cook  3 to 4 hours on low.

Enjoy!

I served it over store bought macaroni and cheese.  Yummy.

Side salad to make it a very nice summer meal.

 

Crockpot Barbecue Beef Brisket

Today I am using the other half of a beef brisket I had in my freezer.

Onion should be on bottom of crockpot first.  Brisket on top of the onion.

I made this recipe my own by taking a few ingredients from two recipes.  It’s delicious!

Ingredients:

3  to 4 lb.  Beef brisket 

1 small onion sliced thick

Sauce

1 Tablespoon brown sugar

2 T paprika 

1  Tablespoon chili powder

1 Tablespoons cumin

2 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon pepper

1 Tablespoon Worshireshire sauce

1 cup Barbecue sauce

1/2 cup water 

  Mix all sauce ingredients in a small bowl. Set aside.

Place sliced onion on bottom.  Place fat side up beef brisket on top of onion..  Mine was trimmed but did have some fat exposed.

  

Top with sauce.

Cook high 5 hours

Low 8 to 10 hours

Shred and serve.  Top with remaining sauce. I strained the sauce before adding it to the Brisket.

I think the paprika gave this a slight bite which complimented the rest of the ingredients.  Slightly sweet but not overly sweet.  Perfect imo.

Delicious!

Served Over mashed potatoes and a side of sweet corn.

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Lasagna sauce

Let’s make some hearty lasagna sauce today.  

Today it’s a little different than I usually do because I used bulk sausage more than I usually do in a red sauce recipe.

My typical ***meat sauce is usually a  combination of ground beef and pork.

Note:  I used what I had in my pantry today.  It is delicious!

1 -28 oz. red pack crushed tomatoes 

1 -28 oz.. Hunts tomato purée  large 

1 - 28oz. Happy Harvest crushed tomatoes ( Aldi brand)

1 -15 oz. Hunts sauce 

1 - 4 oz. small Happy Harvest tomato paste

3 minced garlic cloves

4 fresh basil leaves

I lb. Bulk ground sweet Italian sausage

1/2 lb.  Bulk ground Hot Italian sausage

1 lb.  Ground Chuck 

To assemble lasagna you will need:

A 13 x9 inch casserole dish

Fresh above sauce 

1-15 oz. Whole milk Ricotta

1-egg beaten

Shredded or sliced mozzarella cheese

Pecorino Romano cheese for top.

I package Barilla no boil lasagna pasta 

Here’s my baked lasagna

Fresh garlic and basil.  3 or 4 minced garlic.  3 large basil leaves.

I fried the ground (bulk) meat in olive oil while breaking it apart.  Added the garlic and then added  the sautéed  ground mixture it my crockpot with fresh basil.  Cooked on high for 2 hours.  Then low for 2hours. Delicious! 

Enjoy!

****Note:  this recipe can be made on top of the stove in a large Dutch oven making sure to stir often so it won’t stick to pan. Cover slightly with a lid.

Crockpot country style ribs, my way

I decided to try my own recipe for my country style boneless spareribs and we were very pleased..

Approximately I lb.  Boneless style country style spareribs 

1/2 cup Sweet Baby Rays Barbecue sauce

1/2 cup regular Gingerale 

Brown ribs on cookie sheet in oven at 425 for about 10 minutes

In your crockpot on high,  add sauce and gingerale.  Stir to combine. Place browned spareribs making sure ribs are covered with sauce mixture.. Add more gingerale if necessary.  

I cooked on high for 2 hours and then 2hours on low.  Pulled apart ribs with two forks . Easy to shred.  So tender!

Cook 4 to 6 hours depending on desired cooking temperature.

Pile on roll adding some sauce!  Add French fries as a side.  Cole slaw would have been nice but I didn’t have the ingredients for it.

Enjoy!

Crockpot rice pudding

An old favorite that my mom made long ago.  She would stand over the stove for more than a hour making creamy rice pudding.  I decided to try her  recipe in the crockpot.  Creamy and delicious and I didn’t have to stand over the stove for an hour or better.  Great solution to those who want a hands free option.

Enjoy!

3/4 cup pudding rice (Arborio)

1/2 cup Sugar

4 cups whole milk

2T butter

Pinch salt 

Pinch cinnamon

Place all ingredients in your crockpot. Stir well.  Set temperature to high.  I stir again after and hour and cook approximately 1 to 1/2 hours. Check after 1 hour and stir.

Note:  if it thickens too much add some milk and stir.

Easy cabbage

Repeat performance!

This time I sautéed meat and onion first in pan and then continued in crockpot on low about 4 hours.


I was up early and seem to be moving at a good pace so here’s what’s for dinner in my crockpot.

1 lb. ground lean pork ( you can use beef)
1 whole sweet onion sliced thin
1/2 head cabbage sliced thin.
Salt and pepper.
1-8 oz. can tomato sauce

In a medium pan place 2 tablespoons vegetable oil.  Add ingredients(except  tomato sauce) and brown slightly.  After pork is browned place in crockpot. Place sliced cabbage over pork and then tomato sauce.  Cook on low 4 to 6 hours

I use pork because my grandmother used pork as my mother.  It’s basically piggies in the blanket or stuffed cabbage done in the crockpot.

Delicious!  I ate my dinner as shown.  *** for my hubby I  cooked a small amount of rice and topped it with the cabbage.  Optional:  fresh bread and butter to dip it the delicious flavored juice.

Enjoy!