Sunday, September 27, 2009

Sunday 09-27-09 Country Ribs, Collard Greens, Potato Soup & Salad

I found family packs of pork country ribs on sale for Buy One Get One.  I'm cooking both packs today. 

COUNTRY RIBS:
Preheat oven to 350
Wash meat.  (Dunno why but I always wash my meat before cooking)
Place into a large cooking tin or lazagne pan. (I used a large rectangular metal pan)
Season with your fave herbs & spices. (Grandma Evie's doc restricted her sodium intake because of her hypertention so I've been cooking with very little or no salt. Today I used Mrs Dash Grilling Blend for steak, cumin, ground mustard & liquid smoke. Salt to taste.)
Bake for 30 minutes @ 350 then lower oven temp to 250 for another half hour to an hour or when the meat is easily flaked into stings with a fork.

*TIP*
Some of what we don't eat with dinner today will be made into pulled BBQ for sloppy joes and some will be thinly sliced for sandwich meat.  Both will go into the freezer for another day.

COLLARD GREENS:
I cheated and used canned collards that were on sale.
Place in saucepan
Add ham chunks (from leftover ham)
Place on back burner with lid on and leave it. (My back burner is where the oven heat rises out of so it's great for slow warming like this)

POTATO SOUP:
I pulled a 2 person portion of leftover potatoe/ham soup out of the freezer so there's no recipe to write today.  But don't worry.  I'll be making more soon and will write the recipe then.
Add leftover smashed potatoes to existing potatoe soup. Same thing here.  I'll write the recipe for that when I make it next time.
Warm in large sauce pan on low. Careful with the heat.  The milk can scortch and ruin the soup.

SALAD:
Left over from another meal
Romaine Lettuce
Fresh Baby Spinach Leaves
Red Onion sliced into thin rings