Friday, September 12, 2008

Recipe #1: Beginner Barbeque Ribs

I think I did something good for my chef-training today!
I woke up this morning and decided I was going to go to the grocery store after dropping my oldest son off at school and I was determined to walk over to the meat aisle and grab something that I would never buy on a normal *1-star cook* trip to the grocery store.
Well, there it was.....the biggest, juiciest package of pork ribs and it was on sale.
Okay, I think we have a Winner!
So, I picked it up and back-tracked over to the sauce aisle for a few bottles of barbecue sauce (which was off brand but was on sale too for 70 cents a bottle! WHOOHOO! I love sale prices!)

Here's the easy way I made them:
I came home, dug out my slow-cooker and dumped those ribs in the crockpot after I rinsed them off. I added one-&-a-half bottles of barbecue sauce, added sea salt, pepper, a pinch of garlic salt and a 1/2 green pepper- cut up. I set the cooker on LOW and cooked the ribs for approx. 8 hours. They were tender and pretty much falling off the bone when I took them out of the slow cooker.

This is what my critics had to say:
Critic #1 (age: 28) - "These are really good. What made you decide to make ribs today?"
"Did you make these?"
Critic #2 (age: 9): "Mom, these are good. I love ribs. Did you 'customize' these?"
(otherwise known as did you make this meal by yourself, or from a box, or takeout! lol)
Critic #3 (age: 3): "Yum, barbeque sauce!"

Overall- this meal could be rated as a 4. Definitely something a little more unique than the weekday meal from a box or quick fast food alternatives.

Okay.......so not bad for my first attempt to do something different! I might just make these again in a few weeks! :)

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Fashion + Food = Fashionable Food, right?


Paisley-2-Parsley
Welcome to a Diary of a Fashionable Cook Learning to be a Fancy Chef!
This is going to be interesting!
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The Scoop:
I have always loved food. I love to eat it and eat it and eat it....
I, however, do not like to make it!
Some people love to cook, some people don't-
I am ONE of those people!
So, What do I like to do?
I like to shop.....
Not for Food, though........Just clothes & fun stuff! lol
I sure don't sound like much of a Domestic Goddess, do I?
Well.....that's all about to change! :)
I am ready to get busy in the kitchen and start getting fancy with food making!
How hard can it be?
I can put great outfits & accessories together.......
Ingredients have to be kinda like that, right?
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Here's my Math equation of the day:
Fashion + Food = Fashionable Food!
(Atleast I think so?)
I guess we'll find out soon!
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Paisley-2-Parsley
will help me keep track of what's new in my kitchen!
(Uhhh...what's parsley, again? lol)
So..........Can I take your order?