I had a funny experience at the gym yesterday. I've gotten into the habit of doing wall sits with various arm raises. Yesterday I went to a Goodlife location I don't normally visit and found it hard to find open wall space as most of the walls are either mirrors or blocked by equipment. I finally found a decent spot behind a pillar and some old equipment people we not using. I did my wall sits then took a step back to do some burpees. When I turned around to return to my weights some buff guy was using my little 5 pounders for arm raises himself. I gave him a look and he immediately returned my weight and apologized, then continued doing arm raises with some other weight right next to me. I'm going to reiterate that I was in the most awkward spot in the gym, behind a PILLAR, far away from the free weight area. The gym was nearly empty. Why, why, why was this big gym rat using wimpy 5lb weights and why did he have to be in my little, secluded area?! This and the guy sitting behind me in the stretching area wearing dark sunglasses made for an interesting gym visit.
It's probably what drove me to eating a bunch of chocolate yesterday afternoon.
I'm also admiring these lovely roses Bryan got me for Valentine's Day. Sorry to rub it in. But, these flowers are beautiful and are only looking prettier with time.
Now how about some food?
Even though I won't eat meat I'll make it for Bryan if he buys the meat and asks nicely. So, the other night I made him ribs in the slow cooker. I've made them in the oven before but on a weeknight that's a lot of work. These ribs did go in the oven for about 15 minutes once out of the slow cooker but other than that they were really no work. And according to him they were delicious!
I found an easy rib recipe from Mmm...is for Mommy and went with it, making changes that worked for us.
The night before putting them in the cooker I wrapped them up in foil with a rub made from paprika, brown sugar, cayenne pepper and salt and pepper.
After spending the night soaking up the spices I threw them in the slow cooker, meat side down, and slathered them in a whole lotta BBQ sauce. My slow cooker is much too big so the more sauce the better to prevent the ribs from drying out.
8 hours later on low they came out of the cooker so tender and smelled incredible. The meat was already falling off the bone but they still had some time under the broiler to go.
Using the BBQ sauce left in the slow cooker we basted the ribs and put them in the oven on broil for about 5 - 7 minutes each side. Basting each side as we flipped them.
Once on the table they didn't last long!
Ingredients
1.5 tbsp sweet paprika
1 tbsp light brown sugar, lightly packed
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
S&P to taste
2 lbs pork (baby) back ribs - leave the membrane on the ribs to help hold them together
1 cup barbecue sauce (I used what ever it took to cover the ribs and more. You can never have too much, especially if you like it saucy!)
Directions
In a small bowl, mix together paprika, brown sugar, cayenne and S&P. Rub this mixture all over both sides of your ribs well. Wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
In the morning cover bottom of the slow cooker with some BBQ sauce then arrange ribs in the slow cooker meaty side down, flat on the bottom. Pour barbecue sauce over the ribs, cover completely and cook for 6-8 hours on low (I did 8 hours).
Remove the ribs from the slow cooker and place them on a baking pan, bone side up. Set to the side. Turn on the oven broiler and make sure there is a rack 10 - 12 inches from the element.
Remove any fat that has risen to the top of the remaining sauce/juices from the slow cooker and throw it into a small saucepan. Bring to boil and allow to simmer for about 15 minutes.
Brush the ribs with half the sauce sauce and broil for 5 minutes. Take them out and very carefully flip them over, and cover in sauce and broil again for approximately 7 minutes. The top will get a little chewy with the sauce but the meat will remain very tender. Serve and enjoy!
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