St. Louis BBQ Pork Ribs

I’m at ribs again and this time I purchased St. Louis pork ribs. I’ve tried beef ribs and baby back pork ribs all with the same homemade rub and favorite BBQ sauce. I bake them in the oven at 350 degrees F and in about 2 hours you have awesome ribs.

How did the St. Louis ribs turn out?? For me not a favorite at all. They were very fatty and had a more pork flavor to them. My boyfriend enjoyed them but agreed that the best by far were the baby back pork ribs!

My life is finally getting back to normal, well normal for me. I had a wonderful visit with my mom for 5 days. We did a food tour in Athens, GA that I can’t wait to write about. It was amazing! I’ll be getting back to my usually blogging soon, just trying to fit it all in with full work days, cooking dinner, working out and finding time to chill with my man!

Love you guys and I appreciate you hanging out while I get through this slow time!

Oh and did I mentioned my birthday is now 19 days away? ;)

Fallon

Baked BBQ Pork Ribs

A few weeks ago I made baked BBQ beef ribs in my oven. We thought they turned out pretty good for being baked in an oven. I shared with you the rub I made and felt like the cumin was a bit overpowering but other then that it was pretty tasty. The rub recipe made a ton so I had to store it in a glass jar for future use.

I decided to try my baked ribs again with the same rub and use pork ribs! I’m not a fan of pork chops or a pork tenderloin but being my boyfriend loves meat I have to change it up for him. I’ve tried pork ribs in restaurants before from someone else’s plate and I actually like them. I like to eat my meat off a bone covered in BBQ sauce! But chicken on a bone grosses me out.

Long story short, the pork ribs came out AMAZING and we both agreed that these tasted way better then the beef ribs. The rub with the too much cumin couldn’t be detected at all with the pork ribs. So I can now say that this rub is best on pork and baking these pork ribs in the oven produced a moist and succulent rib!

 

Click HERE for the rub recipe. That link will also explain to you how to bake your ribs in the oven! Very easy, peasy. ;)

Fallon

Oh and Happy SUNDAY! My favorite day of the week. ;)

Hoisin-Marinated Pork Chops

If I have learned anything in this past month it is that the guys eat anything and everything. Every meal better have an animal protein or else it isn’t a complete meal. Well before moving I was doing good eating animal protein twice a week and finding vegetarian options to be just as satisfying. Some nights I just don’t eat the animal protein and I’ll opt for extra vegetables instead.

Pork. Yeah, pork. I didn’t grow up eating pork, so it hasn’t always been a favorite for me. I tried eating it again since living here and I just don’t like it! BUT I do like some extra crispy bacon once in a while ;).

 

This marinade is great and easy to put together. It worked really well for the pork chops but chicken would be just as good! I marinated the pork chops in a plastic bag early morning till it was time to grill them outside. It was easy to put together and they cooked up in no time. I paired my pork chops with a whole grain couscous with added soy and flax and cooked it in chicken broth, steamed edamame and roasted carrots with salt and pepper.

I really enjoyed this couscous. I found it at the commissary.

To get this Cooking Light recipe for Hoisin-Marinated Pork Chops click this link HERE.

 

Are you a pork chop fan?

Fallon