Day 233 - OMG Yummiest Pork Ribs EVER

I have an OBSESSION with pork. most of my favorite dishes have some form of pork in them at the moment. my friend Dean Flint posted how amazing his ribs were on facebook and I begged for him to share his secret. Dean is an amazing "chef" and you can following his tasty food combinations on his blog Food Romance.

How To:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Score through the membrane on the back side of the ribs with a sharp knife to allow seasoning to penetrate the meat.
3. Rub with olive oil and a dry rub, I used McCormick's Montreal Steak Rub. Cook the ribs for 20 minutes bone side down in a roasting pan.
4. Turn the oven down to 250 degrees and cook for 3 hours.
5. In a small pan, boil 1 cup of water. Add 1 cup of brown sugar and 1 tablespoon of hickory liquid smoke. Cook for a few minutes and remove from heat.
6. Pour the brown sugar sauce over the ribs and return to oven for 30 minutes.
7. Remove ribs from oven and let rest approximately 10 minutes.
8. Serve with more yummy food {and don't forget to brag about Food Romance}

~drizzled~

~♥~

the cook has to sample the yummy ribs first ~

Thanks Dean!!! They are seriously "ah-MAZ-ing". Promise to follow your Food Romance blog and try more of your recommendations. :)

Day 231 - banana bread by b

Day 223 - stirfry

~veggies sliced on an angle make a pretty presentation~

~ginger & cilantro are the secret ingredients~

~Addington chicken stirfry is the BEST EVER~

Day 219 - voodoo doughnut

yummy selection of voodoo doughnuts
{my fav was the miami vice berry}

Day 216 - paino recital

♪♫♪ ~cupcakes made for our piano recital~ ♪♫♪

Day 209 - dining out

we have become friends with the owner of
La Casa Tapatia
Jose

if you are looking for yummy Mexican food in La Center, WA
with great customer service and well served drinks
this is the place for you

please be sure to tell Jose that you heard about the restaurant
from Theresa's blog

he promised that if I brought my girlfriends in for Ladies Night
that he would treat us "very good" :)

Think it's time for another Ladies Night!

Day 205 - homemade breakfast ♥

pancakes made from scratch = best ever
recipe from
William-Sonoma Family Meals
Creating Traditions in the Kitchen
cookbook {p #29}

if you want to start cooking with your children,
this is the cookbook I would recommend~

something i love
vintage family photos of family gatherings around the dining table or in the kitchen
creating my own nostalgia
♥it

Day 204 - snickerdoodle "cookies"

{ok, so my trade secret for creating happy smiles in photographs of people}
{instead of saying "cheese", I smile really big and ask them to say "cookies"}
{creates the best smiles, every time}
{it has become a bit of an inside joke}
{i love it}
♥

note: the plate the cookies are being served on are special from 9/11
I use them for Memorial Day and 4th of July

my cousin Sunni and I
"cheers" to family that is the best ;)

Day 203 - big chief

smoked salmon is one of my all time favorite foods in the whole world~

finally!!!!!!!!
this was a gift to Addington several Christmases ago
and it has finally made it out of the box, for a minute there I thought maybe we were preserving it as a collectible.

salmon was a bit salty.
but stirred in with cream cheese and spread on my favorite cracker = yum :P
{note to self: take photo of the smoked salmon and insert here} ;) ooops!

Day 201 - breakfast for a teen

b made her own breakfast today because she didn't want to have german pancakes with the rest of the girls. she did and amazing job. i am so proud of her. she even filled her strawberries with chocolate chips and i think that is such a clever little treat idea ;)

Day 199 - giant roasted marshmallows

{daddy spoiling his girls}

{regular marshmallow vs giant marshmallow}

Day 194 - shot of espresso

Day 189 - lasagna & italian breadsticks

yeast

dough in the bread machine

getting ready to roll out the breadsticks

b layering the lasagna

our yummy homemade lasagna dinner ;)