Oven-Roasted Ribs with Barbecue Sauce

Ingredients

Serves 6 to 8

• 4 racks (about 8 pounds) Saint Louis style pork ribs, or baby back ribs, or spareribs, rinsed well and patted dry
• 1/4 cup packed dark-brown sugar
• 1/4 cup paprika
• 4 1/2 teaspoons coarse salt
• 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• Barbecue Sauce

Directions

1. Line 2 rimmed baking sheets with foil, and place a wire rack on top of each. Transfer 2 racks of ribs to each wire rack, meat side up.
2. Using a sieve, sift sugar, paprika, salt, cocoa, cayenne, and cumin together into a small bowl. (Use the back of a spoon to break up any lumps and to press ingredients through a sieve.) Stir to combine.
3. Sprinkle spice mixture evenly over both sides of each rack of ribs. Lightly rub mixture into the ribs to coat completely. Cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate on racks on sheets at least 20 minutes (or up to 2 hours for maximum flavor).
4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with racks in upper and lower thirds. Cook ribs on racks on sheets, switching positions of baking sheets about halfway through, until meat pulls away easily from the bones, 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Let cool completely. Refrigerate, covered, until ready to finish cooking, up to 2 days. (If finishing cooking immediately, raise oven temperature to 425 degrees and continue with step 6.)
5. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Let ribs stand at room temperature 20 minutes.
6. Using 2 cups reserved barbecue sauce, brush both sides of ribs. Cook ribs on wire racks set over rimmed baking sheets lined with foil until sauce is slightly caramelized and ribs are heated through, about 15 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes; serve with more barbecue sauce.

Barbecued Turkey Slices

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup grapefruit or citrus soda
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 2 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon prepared horseradish
• 2 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless turkey breast, cut into 3/4-inch slices

Directions

1. In a large resealable plastic bag, combine the soda, soy sauce, oil, garlic powder and horseradish. Add turkey slices. Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate for 6-8 hours or overnight.
2. Drain and discard the marinade. Grill the turkey, uncovered, over medium heat for 4-5 minutes on each side or until the turkey juices run clear.

Super Bowl: Dip Buffet

For a successful Super Bowl party, you'll need plenty of food and drink. Keep it simple by serving snacks and appetizers that can be prepared in advance.

When your team takes the field, be ready to cheer them on by hosting a dip buffet.

Have plenty of these staples on hand for your dips.

• Tortilla chips
• Pita triangles
• Vegetables
• Chips
• Crackers
• Bread rounds or sliced baguettes
• Shrimp

Setting the scene for game day can be fun: get creative and serve your dips in vegetables such as peppers or acorn squash, hollowed bread, or beer mugs.

Game-Day Dips

The following recipes will definitely score you some points with your team:

Sun-dried Tomato and Fennel Seed Hummus Hummus III Double Chili Cheese Dip Hot Pizza Dip Martha's Hot Almond Spread Reuben Dip Baba Ghanoush Tapenade Best Guacamole Seven Layer Dip I

Easy Super Bowl Chili Recipe for your barbecue

15.5 ounce cans:

1 can pork and beans
1 can kidney beans
1 can pinto beans
1 can black beans
1 can crushed tomatoes
1 can chopped tomatoes
1 medium green pepper diced
1 medium onion, diced
4 ounces tomato paste
1 pkg chili seasoning (any brand)
1 pound beef stew meat

Drain and rinse: kidney, pinto, and black beansIn Crock-Pot add: tomato products and chili seasoning then stir together. (You may optionally pre-brown the meat before adding to Crock-Pot.) Add all remaining ingredients (beans, onion, pepper & meat)
Simmer on low 6-8 hours or on high 3-4 hours, stir at times double recipe in large Crock-Pot requires no change in cook time serve with shredded cheese and a dollop of sour cream.
Makes a great Navajo taco: just buy frozen scone dough, thaw, stretch and fry. Top with chili, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, cheese and sour cream.

Grill BBQ - Cooking Made Easy

Grill bbq cooks tasty food by generating heat from below. With a framework of metalbars used as partition, the grills are categorized into gas and charcoal. There are many varieties of grilling, and a barbecue is incomplete without a grill. There are certain tips to consider before grilling your favorite cuisines.

While grilling meat, it is good to place the meat on the grill bbq for more than fifteen minutes. If you are using a charcoal grill, always make certain to heat the coal properly. It is quite important to gain a thorough knowledge on using direct and indirect heat. In addition, know the specification of your grilling equipment. Finally, ensure to leave space on the grill for appropriate grilling.

Grilling Steak - Delicious Steak for all Occasions

Cooking a perfect grilling steak is no more a tedious job. It is indeed a simple task as toasting a piece of meat on hot grill. Grilling steak is an ideal barbeque main course and obviously the most desired meat for many. Start with choosing a good cut and quality meat or steak. Heat the grill by ensuring that heat is evenly distributed, trim, season it and use a meat thermometer or a tap to cut the steak open only to determine the tenderness of the steak. Once the steak is cooked to the desired doneness, it can be served.

Chicken on the Grill - Tasty Chicken, Grilled Perfectly

Tasty chicken on the grill with a pinch of light seasoning is all time favorite for all occasions. Be it grilling chicken breasts or the whole chicken, grilled chicken cooking always enhances the flavor. Place broiler fryer halves or parts on the grill with a rack of 8 inches above the heat source, then turn the pieces frequently with tongs, not a fork. Grill for 45 minutes or an hour and make certain that the chicken is well cooked. Now, mix them with the homemade or barbecue sauce during the last 10 minutes of cooking time. Serving this grilled chicken out on the back terrace with all your friends and family is a pure delight.

Clean Eating BBQ Chicken Pizza Roll for the Super Bowl

Clean eating is simply the art of eating foods that are not processed and are as close to the way nature intended them as possible. If something has ingredients in it that you can’t pronounce, or that you wouldn’t use in your own kitchen, it’s probably not clean. This may sound a bit overwhelming when you think of your typical day of eating. But it’s really quite simple, and can easily be applied to your Super Bowl meal. To prove it, here’s one clean eating recipe the guys are sure to love! The recipe is here

Budget cut bombshell during Gov’s $2 mil black tie bbq

Governor Rick Perry’s words from his inauguration speech still echoes in Austin.

‘We must continue investing in our people, developing young minds, grooming and attracting the best and brightest in the fields of science and medicine, giving individuals the tools and the freedom to prosper,’ Perry declared, as unfortunate news loomed, waiting to be revealed later.

The Governor and some 10,000 party goers tripped the light fantastic during his inauguration festivities last night. A $2 million dollar dance and celebration, paid for by state lobbyists.  Postponed, so as not to dampen party spirits, the new budget proposal was announced late Tuesday. The draft (available online), expected to be filed with the Texas House of Representatives later this week, proposed major budget cuts across the board for state funding.

The state is facing a budget shortfall estimated between $15 and $27 billion. The state constitution requires a balanced budget, and because Republican leaders pledged not to raise taxes, as well as not to touch the state's projected $9.4 billion rainy day fund, that left no choice but wielding the budget axe.

'As legislators do the hard work of trimming agency budgets, the headlines will be dominated by impacted constituencies, but these tough times dictate government doing more with less’, said the Governor during his inaugural address.

Public education will see a 13% budget cut, which would not include funding for the additional 170,000 new students expected to be enrolled over the next two years in TX public schools. Funding for pre-k programs would be dropped, denying access for over 100,000 children from public school. In addition, a 7.6% drop in higher education is slated. Financial aid for incoming freshmen and new students will be generally eliminated. Over the next two years, more than 70,000 students would be dropped from the Texas Grants scholarship program. Some community colleges will also be shut down.

Health and Human serviced will see nearly a 25% budget cut. It’s recommended Medicaid, Chip and food stamps be cut by $2 billion. Also included is a 10% cut to Medicaid provider rates, which is what Dr.’s and hospitals are paid. The draft cuts also include a $241 million dollar cut in state health services, including the Children’s Health Insurance Program and $36 million in assisted living funds and $2 million to the Department of Aging.

The plan would eliminate 9,600 state jobs over the next two years. The Department of Criminal Justice faces $459 million in cuts. More than 3,100 guards, parole officers and corrections employee jobs will be eliminated. Many privately run prisons will be closed and there will be major cutbacks in treatment and rehabilitation programs and medical care.

‘It’s a catastrophe. No financial aid for kids to go to college. No pre-kindergarten for kids to learn their numbers and their letters. Health and human services slashed,” said Rep. Pete Gallego, D-Alpine. ‘No Texan can be proud of this.’