My Birthday 2013

Well as I mentioned in my last post, this past week was my Birthday

(This came up when I signed into Google..SO COOL!!!)

and I had a little party this weekend celebrating along with  a friend who also had his Birthday this weekend

The day of my Birthday was great, spent some time with my folks and we had cake…I made this cake with bright food coloring…I loved it!!

Before we cut it

A slice

I love my Tye-Dye Cake

Then later that night I met up with a friend of mine and he took me out to dinner, we went to the “Blue Elephant”

and I had “Pad See Ew” and I ordered this only because  Miranti  from the blog “The High Heel Gourmet” post this recipe click here http://highheelgourmet.com/2013/04/18/pad-see-ew/ and I thought is sounded so good, that I would make it sometime 🙂

It was really good, I would definitely go back to this restaurant again for sure 😛

So Saturday the 14th was my party and I shared this party with my good friend Paul, we had food, drinks, cake and lots good times with a few friends 🙂

Oh and if you were wondering…Pinnacle Rainbow Sherbet Vodka mixed with Fruit Punch…is really good 😛

So here is how is went 🙂

Making my candle holders 

My candles

Little touches to my flatware holders

The cake – Which was made at one our stores,
by Linda she is awesome 🙂

The table

Outside on the deck

Some friends ready to eat

Sam’s says bring on the food 🙂

Okay Food is Ready, picture is kind of dark, but we had
BBQ Ribs, BBQ Chicken Legs, Apple Slaw, Bean Salad, Fresh Tomatoes, Caramelized onions on grilled Bread
my homemade Pickles, deviled eggs, and what is not in the picture is Paul’s Haluski 🙂

More Friends

Then we sang and had Cake

It was a great Birthday and I thank Paul for sharing with me and all my friends that made it
Abe, Laura and little Ben
Chris, Shannon, Sam and little Anna
Jason and Jamie
Danny, Joe, Monika and Michael Todd 🙂

And thanks to all you who took the time to read this, thank you for indulging me!!!

Father’s Day & BBQ Ribs!

Well I hope any Dad’s out there that are reading this had a Great Father’s Day yesterday, I believe that my Dad did 🙂

At least his belly was full 😛

We had Ribs, grilled cabbage and onions which came from his garden, mashed potatoes and I made him a Banana Cream Pie which is his favorite 🙂
Check out my blog on the Banana Cream Pie in the archives.

I also posted in the past my recipe for the BBQ ribs, but I changed it up a little this time.  
For Christmas someone gave me some “Bacon BBQ Salt” so instead of the kosher salt I use that instead and I add a little cumin this time as well.

I like doing a dry rub first then adding BBQ sauce  on them at the end, but everyone has there own method but if you try my recipe here I know you will not be disappointed 🙂

These ribs were so dang gone lip smack-in delicious, you will be making them all the time 🙂

And this recipe is really really so easy, there is NO excuse not to make these ribs!!!!!

Now I made 4 racks so everyone would have plenty of leftovers 😛

Spices used

mix all in bowl, then I added the brown sugar

all my ribs

Pull the skin off the back of the racks

I like cutting them in half

spray my foil

add the rub to the ribs all over

put them in foil on baking sheets

cover with another piece of foil

make packets and I put the entire baking sheets in my fridge 
for 24 hours 🙂

Take them out of fridge 1 hour before cooking,
bake for 3 hours in a 300 degree oven

after 3 hours, I cut the top piece of foil off

look at how tender the meat is 🙂

add your favorite BBQ Sauce and put back in the oven

Done

1 full rack of Baby Back Ribs

Rub – Makes about 1 cup

1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
1 tbsp. black pepper
1 tbsp. kosher salt or 1 tbsp. Bacon BBQ Salt
1 1/2 tbsp. paprika
1 1/2 tbsp. garlic powder
1 1/2 tbsp. onion powder
3 tbsp. chili powder
1/2 tbsp. oregano
1 tbsp. cumin

1 bottle of your favorite BBQ Sauce

Preheat oven to 300 degrees.

Mix all spices together in a bowl, set aside.  Flip ribs over to the back, there is a thin piece of skin that needs to be removed, at one end of the ribs with a knife or with your finger nail start at an edge to peel up a little of the skin. With a paper towel grasp the skin and pull gently as the skin comes up, using the paper towel helps it from slipping out of your grasp.
Rub a the entire rack with all the rub on both sides, put into a jumbo zip-loc bag, or you can cut ribs in half and use a gallon size bag.
Place in refrigerator over night.

 

Take ribs out of the refrigerator about 1 hour before cooking.

Using heavy-duty aluminum foil, lay one sheet out 8 inches longer then the rack of ribs. spray sheet with non stick cooking spray and place ribs face up, take another sheet same length and spray one side as well, putting that side down on top of ribs.  Fold both edges of the foil together rolling the edges towards the ribs, stopping about 1 inch before the ribs.

(I went ahead and put them in my foil packets instead of zip loc bags, and put them on the baking sheets and set them in fridge, then I just pulled them out and they were ready for the oven)

Place the package on a baking sheet and bake for 3 hours, after 3 hours  take out of the oven, increase heat to 425 degrees.
Remove the top piece of foil and add your favorite BBQ sauce to the top of the ribs all over, then place back in over without foil for 15 minutes.

The meat just melts off the bones, so GOOD!

Bones clean 🙂  enjoy!!

BBQ Baby Back Ribs

These ribs are fall off the bone finger licking good!!!  I put them in the oven, I like this method for me because is less hassle,  I prep them the night before, then the day of I can put them in the oven and forget it about for a few hours.

1 full rack of Baby Back Ribs

Rub – Makes 1 cup

1/4 cup + 2 tbsp. brown sugar, packed
2 tbsp. black pepper
1 tbsp. kosher salt
1 tbsp. paprika
1 1/2 tbsp. garlic powder
1 1/2 tbsp. onion powder
3 tbsp. chili powder

Preheat oven to 300 degrees.

Mix all spices together in a bowl, set aside.  Flip ribs over to the back, there is a thin piece of skin that needs to be removed, at one end of the ribs with a knife start at an edge to peel up a little of the skin. With a paper towel grasp the skin and pull gently as the skin comes up, using the paper towel helps it from slipping out of your grasp.
Rub a the entire rack with all the rub on both sides, put into a jumbo zip-loc bag, or you can cut ribs in half and use a gallon size bag.  Place in refrigerator over night.  Take ribs out of the refrigerator about 1 hour before cooking.
Using heavy-duty alumium foil, lay one sheet out 8 inches longer then the rack of ribs. spray sheet with non stick cooking spray and place ribs face up, take another sheet same length and spray one side as well, putting that side down on top of ribs.  Fold both edges of the foil together rolling the edges towards the ribs, stopping about 1 inch before the ribs.
Place the package on a baking sheet and bake for 3 hours, after 3 hours  take out of the oven, increase heat to 400 degrees.  Remove the top piece of foil and add your favorite BBQ sauce to the top of the ribs all over, then place back in over without foil for 15 minutes.

I love serving roasted vegetables  with the ribs, like pieces of corn on the cob, red potatoes etc. I put those in the oven 30 minutes before the ribs are done.