Midweek Dinner: Make it easy!

OK so I love my crock pot.  It makes life so much less stressful.  Especially when I can throw dinner in the crock pot on a Tuesday (or Wednesday or any day) and come home from work to dinner mostly (or completely) done.

This week I made ribs in the crock pot for the first time (lets face it I made ribs for the first time - crock pot or no)  I talked to my great friend Ruth and she gave me a few tips and I figured the worst that could happen was I thaw out some chicken if they didn't turn out.

No chicken for dinner I can tell you that :)

They turned out fabulous!  I used Walden Farms Smoky and Spicy BBQ sauce (1 whole jar plus a little extra), a pound of pork back ribs, and half an onion.

I quartered the onion half and laid it in the bottom of the crock pot, poured a little sauce one it and then layered the ribs on top.  I had to cut the rack down to fit but that was easy.  I poured some sauce on each layer of ribs then dumped the rest of the bottle on the top once I had them all in the crock pot.

I let them cook on low all day, added a little extra sauce when I got home then let them settle while I made turnip fries.  .  I used the rutabaga fry recipe form Novice Housewife again and just used julienned turnips instead.  These tuned out just as good as the rutabaga ones.  And they aren't restricted so um, yeah, turnip fries is on the menu to stay!

Spices I tried this time were sea salt, fresh ground pepper, Essence of Emeril, and garlic powder. I didn't measure I just sprinkled it in, but I'd start with 2 turnips and about 1/4 to 1/2 tsp of each spice.

Here is the dinner plate:

Here is the dinner plate approximately 7 minutes later.  I felt like such a carnivore, but mmm mmmmmmm was this good.

and on plan.  So on plan.

So enjoy yourselves an easy midweek dinner.  Just make sure you have plenty of napkins on hand :)

So long for now!!