Every now and then I let my husband Larry into the kitchen too. It’s pretty rare, but on occasion, it does happen. He doesn’t really like to cook so much, but he does likes to grill and smoke things. A few months ago, he “inherited” a smoker from one of his brothers when he replaced it for a new one. We still have a few kinks to work out, but mostly things come out pretty good. My biggest complaint with using the smoker is that things often come out dry and/or overcooked. I admit, I do not even know how to use the smoker, so I am not to blame for this. I much prefer to cook than to use either the smoker or grill. The smoker and the grill is in Larry’s repertoire, not mine.
The other day when we had our Christmas party, Holiday Fun, while Larry was smoking the bacon wrapped turkey, he also added a rack of ribs that I had rubbed with a Cajun rub. Larry was so proud of his ribs and how they turned out.
Larry is adding the last of the apple butter BBQ sauce to the ribs before putting them in the oven (I really don’t remember what ingredients I used to make the apple butter BBQ sauce, but I am sure I could easily replicate it when I need to).
Before putting the ribs into the oven.
After they came out of the oven.
Cajun Rub
2 TBSP Cajun spice rub
2 tsp paprika
2 tsp dried thyme
2 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp cayenne pepper
1 TBSP garlic
1 TBSP brown sugar
Mix everything together well and rub over your favorite meat.
Vinnie is carefully watching Daddy, hoping desperately that some will fall his way.
And dinner is served. We had Cajun ribs with apple butter BBQ sauce, leftover mashed sweet potatoes, leftover Brussels sprouts slaw, and an herbed cheese bread with a red smooth, full bodied red blend to make the meal complete.
I’m coming over! That food sounds delicious! Sooo yummy 😀
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Anytime. 🙂
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😗🙏💟
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That looks amazing. All those wonderful flavours together. I love the idea of your apple butter BBQ sauce 😋
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Thank you. I remember it being easy to make, I just can’t remember what I put in it. 🙂
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Ha ha I’m always creating dishes and wishing I had written down the ingredients afterwards. 👍
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Yummmy
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I’ll let him know. Thanks.
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sebby holmes I do that all the time too, then my husband asks me to make it again, and I have to really think hard about what I did. 🙂
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You’ve taught him well! 😁
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He is still a work in progress. :))
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Is that a “guy” thing? What is their obsession with starting a fire and throwing raw meat on it.
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Yummmmm!!! I can almost smell it from here!
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🙂 🙂 🙂
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yummm… I love ribs. an the dogs looks hungry there…
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Thank you. I will tell Larry he did well. Vinnie is ALWAYS hungry when food is around. 🙂
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ha..ha.. I think he can smell it and can´t wait to get his paw on it:)
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Oh trust me, if we had turned our backs for just a split second, he would have had those ribs. he’s done it before. 🙂
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Omg, this looks amazing!! 🙂
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Thank you. i will pass that along to Larry. 🙂
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Mmmm good.
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I’ve trained him pretty well. 🙂
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Lol, you could write a self-help books for us.
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🙂 🙂 🙂
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