Tuesday nights are fun!! I go to Mommy & Me-In-The-Womb yoga and Matt makes dinner. He came home a little early this afternoon to get started on a crock-pot dish with some local pork spare ribs.
Our plates were full of delicious vegetables – and a little meat in the center.
He even wrote out the recipe to share with all of you!
Cumin Carrots with BBQ Spare Ribs
Ingredients
- 3-4 cups carrot chunks
- 3/4 lb spare ribs would be fine with a little more too
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 3/4 cup water
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon each salt pepper, cumin, smoked paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- Dash of red pepper flakes
Instructions
- Sear ribs in a skillet for 3-5 minutes per side, until brown
- Place into crock-pot
- Top with carrots
- Top with remaining ingredients
- Set crock-pot to high for 5 hours
- If desired, once carrots and pork are removed, reduce the remaining juice in a medium pot until nice and thick and pour over dish.
The ribs were divine, but the star of this dish was the carrots!
And the side of purple potatoes that we roasted in the oven! LOVE purple potatoes!
And finally, a few grilled peppers
This was one of those “feel good” local meals – the pork was Babes in the Wood, the carrots were Local Food Hub, the pepper was from our garden and the potatoes from the city market!
Goodness this food tasted good tonight!
I also just wanted to note that I don’t show everything I eat on KERF if you guys think I’m 35.5 weeks pregnant and not eating a bite between lunch and dinner! If I assemble a big snack, you’ll see it, but today I had 2 graham cracker + almond butter bites before yoga that were consumed in a hurry so I could get to class! I don’t always mention these smaller snacks or if I have something light in the evening like a mug of cereal before bed.
And now – it’s time for gymnastics!!
nom nom, love all that roasted goodness. blue taters remind me of home <3
Whoa, these carrots look incredible. Must make soon! Do you concoct your own sauce recipes or do you draw ideas from somewhere? Usually I throw everything I own into the pan… hahaha.
We do too : )
Love those all-local meals, too! Just turned on the Olympics — first I’ve watched this year. Hoping I don’t get too sucked in — morning comes early with my 12-month-old.
That looks scrumptous, especially the carrots!
That looks so amazing! I just finished an elliptical workout while watching gymnastics too :))) So exciting–go USA!
Those carrots look out of this world! I’m watching the gymnastics too – can’t believe just how awesome Mckayla Maroney’s vault was. WOW. Go USA!
I love that you and Matt take turns with making dinner 🙂 Hopefully that transitions into diaper changing 😉
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yum, looks great! i have some spare ribs in the freezer, ill have to try this recipe out! when you sear them on the stove, do you put any oil in the pan or just sear them without anything in the pan?
Yes, in a little oil
Who knew carrots could be so exciting? I have most of these ingredients in my kitchen—will definitely be making this recipe. Thanks for sharing!
i’m definitely with you on the “quick bites in between.” it sounded like you simply wouldn’t be able to get over it when hunger hit, when you talked about it earlier in the pregnancy. it stinks that things are sometimes scrutinized when you share life through a blog.
those glazed carrots look incredible! i wonder if they would be delicious without simmering away with the meat. i’m sure they would. 😉
Oh no one has said anything, I just wanted to mention it 🙂
good to hear. 🙂 there I go making assumptions.
YUM! That’s how I like to eat.. a little meat, and lots of veggies!
I dig the shiny glaze of the carrots!
WOW – I know what we’re doing next with all those carrots we’re growing! What a brilliant little pot of goodies.
the marinade/sauce for those carrots….ACV, maple, cumin, oh Kath, they are PERFECT! Wow, this post felt like a hint of fall. Break out the pumpkin & we’ll be good 🙂
I’m 20 weeks pregnant, and I’m living graham crackers and pb before workouts! Yum!
Real talk, Matt is the best husb ever. If you ever find a suitable suiter for yours truly…… send him my way.
Thanks for writing out the recipe, Papa BERF!
I love love love roasted vegetables. I think that’s one of my favorite things about fall!
Love the sound of those carrots!
The phrasing in this threw me off a bit– almost suggests that if one can’t get/afford local or organic produce, they should feel bad…? Probably not your intention but just wanted to give some reader response. It’s a hard lesson for me to emulate sometimes in my writing, too– that a writer’s intentions don’t always mesh with audience reception. Anyway, yummy looking dinner. Those potatoes are so fun!
not my intention at all, but I’m puzzled what it is about the wording that would make you think that?
“feel good”= comfort
Dinner looks awesome! And I love it when meals are almost entirely local. That was like my dinner last night. I actually made a pasta inspired by the one you had the other night – and the tomatoes, zucchini, eggplant, and basil I used were all local!
Hi Kath,
I’ve been lurking around your blog for about 3 months and I really enjoy it! I’m 15 weeks pregnant, so it’s been really interesting to see into the day-to-day life of someone 20 weeks or so ahead of me! I’m glad you mentioned the snacks, I already can’t go more than a few hours without a little something, so I’d kind of wondered how you make do with three squares a day! Best of luck to you in the months to come!
good luck to you too!
Yay! Thanks for sharing this recipe. I’ve never made spare ribs and would love to some time.
Dinner looks great! I love purple potatoes. I’ve only had them once. Those carrots look really tasty too 🙂
I am obsessed with purple potatoes! More stores need to carry them.
My crock pot is supposed to be delivered in the mail today – I’m definitely trying this recipe!
That looks amazing!!!
Glad you mentioned those mugs of cereal! I’m 35 weeks pregnant and also usually have a mug of cereal before bed (isn’t it the best to eat cereal out of mugs? I guess I feel like I eat less that way). I’m getting REALLY excited for baby to be here as I’m sure you are too!
I’m just now getting those “I can’t wait to meet him!” moments!
I went through a phase of being SO obsessed with purple potatoes. Why does their purple color just make them feel so much more exciting??
How great was gymnastics!?!?
I’ve never heard of purple potatoes! Do they taste any different than regular white potatoes? They look fun. 🙂
I don’t think they are supposed to, but I think they do – slightly starchier or something?
Hmmm, I think I need to find some of these.
Over here in Japan we have purple potato ice cream. It’s delicious. 🙂
Great comfort meal! It would be a great meal during the winter months as well!
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I totally know what you mean by “feel good” meal! We can’t always do local/organic/sustainable/whatever, but when we manage to get everything in there, it really DOES feel good! 🙂 In the meantime, we do our best to be ethical eaters as often as we can. Those carrots look amaaaazing!
As I was reading this post, I could literally smell the BBQ sauce. To the point where it was way too strong to not be real. Turns out someone in my office just heated up something that had BBQ sauce on it for lunch! Thought I was smelling your dish through the screen, haha..