Baking these fluffy, aromatic muffins filled the house with the seasonal flavors of pumpkin and spice that we all know and love. I chose to add a few - not too many - semi-sweet chocolate chips and chopped walnuts to bring some layers of complexity to the muffin experience. They turned out really yummy.
Oakland Dust Steak Rubbed BBQ Pork Spare Ribs – Indoor Style!
So delicious oven BBQ'd pork spare ribs covered generously in Oakland Dust Steak Rub is our new favorite meal. I realize BBQ purists may scoff at the idea of using the oven to create a BBQ style rib, but some of us city folk – without an outdoor option – have to resort to other measures to get our BBQ rib fix. My boyfriend wants this dish on a weekly basis. Totally fine with me. :) It's so simple, incredibly delicious and low-carb!
How to Make It:
Heat oven to 300 (f). Pull aluminum foil to twice the length of a cookie sheet. Generously season a slab of pork spare ribs with Oakland Dust Steak Rub all over. Lay ribs on the bottom half of the aluminum foil meat side up. Wrap the top layer of aluminum foil over the ribs and seal the top and bottom sheets tightly together all around the ribs. Bake for 2.5 hours. Remove the top layer of aluminum foil and brush ribs lightly with BBQ sauce. Continue baking for 20 minutes. Done and done! I serve this with cob corn grilled on a stove grill pan and traditional slaw for the full BBQ meal effect.
P.S. Last time I made this recipe I ran out of the Oakland Dust Steak Rub and used an alternative rub. My boyfriend was so disappointed and we both agreed that while the ribs where still quite good, they were a distant second to the Oakland Dust Steak Rub version. Thanks for such a delicious product, Oakland Dust!
Wall Herb Garden Project Showing Signs of Life
We have some exciting progress on our Wall Herb Garden Project. There are signs of life in Chives, Oregano, Thyme, Sage and particularly Basil! Oh yeah! I'm a little concerned about no signs in Rosemary and Parsley. Might need to re-do those. And Cilantro was planted late, so we have yet to see how that will go. Can't wait to see what the next couple of weeks brings! I got these awesome Ball jars in a set of six from Sur la Table. Check them out!
GEFU Spirelli Spiral Slicer
We do spiralized zucchini a lot (if you haven't noticed). The GEFU Spirelli Spiral Slicer is one of my favorite tools. It's quick and easy and so compact it fits easily into my accessories drawer, a key element when you're in a city kitchen. As usual, it's available at Sur la Table.
Roast Spatchcocked Lemon Chicken
Ryan showed me this picture of his dinner the other night and I asked if I could post it because it looked so cool. I, for one, had not heard of "spatchcocking". You? Apparently, the technique involves flattening the chicken allowing more of the skin to crisp at high temperatures. Ryan followed Martha's recipe — you can find it here.
