Pork

I love ham roll ups.  They are easy to make and have great flavor.  That is a good combination for me.   Here’s the cast of characters:

The first thing you are going to do is make the stuffing according to the package directions.

Melt the butter in the water.

Add the stuffing.

Put on the lid and let it steam.

Then take your ham and put the swiss cheese slices on top.  You can use any kind of deli ham for this.  You can see I have a couple of different varieties here.

Put a heaping tablespoon of stuffing in the center.

Then roll them up and secure them with a toothpick.  *Side note here:  If you make these earlier in the day, you can stack them on a plate and cover them with saran wrap and keep them in the fridge until you are ready for dinner.  If you do that, they “set up” so that you can really take the toothpick out of them, which is kind of nice.  If you are cooking them immediately, keep the toothpick in so they don’t unravel.   (Evidently I did not put toothpicks in these– could have been out, or just trying to see if it would work with out them. I test rules like that.) ;o)

When you have them all rolled, put your breadcrumbs on a plate.

Then make your egg wash with egg and milk.

Dip the ham rolls in the egg,

and then into the bread crumbs.

Melt your butter in a pan (I do prefer real butter to the other stuff you saw in the picture.)

and place the ham roll ups seam side down in the pan.  This seals them and keeps them from popping open.

Load your pan up.  Then turn them after a few minutes, browning them on all sides.  It does not take too long for them to brown up and the cheese to melt.

YUMMY!  These don’t look quite as good as some of my others.  But they still taste great!!  If you’re one of those picture perfect cookers, this is a great little meal idea to use when you have to take dinner into someone.

This is an easy and great meal.  Perfect in the summer or winter. What you’ll need: 1-2 Racks of ribs, kosher salt, pepper, garlic powder, ketchup, liquid smoke, and brown sugar.

Get your large cookie sheet and a piece of tinfoil long enough to wrap around and seal the ribs.  Make sure the tinfoil is really heavy duty.  I get mine at Costco.  If you do not have the really heavy stuff, you will probably need to double wrap it. I also got these ribs at Costco.  They are the pork ribs and have two racks in a package. I place them on the tinfoil to keep the mess confined to one spot.

Take the ribs out of the package and sprinkle both sides generously with kosher salt, pepper, and garlic powder.  I tried to show you the amount sprinkled on, but it soaked in quick.  Just get plenty on there.  Pork needs the seasoning to be good.

Kind of stack them back up….

Then wrap them up.   Go ahead and wear your sweats.  I’ll feel better.

Fold it over this way….

Add a piece of tinfoil if your’s is not long enough….

Then seal up the sides….

Now put them in your 300 degree oven  to cook for 3 hours.

Make your BBQ sauce by mixing ketchup, brown sugar, and liquid smoke.

Before you get ready to serve theribs, take them out to your grill.  It was raining, so I didn’t dare go out with my camera.  So use your imagination here until I cook them again and add these pictures.

Take the whole pan to the grill and unwrap it.  Take your rack of ribs and place them meaty side down first and let them cook for about 5 minutes.  Flip them over and slather on your BBQ sauce and let them sit for another 5 minutes.

When they are done cooking, you can set them right back on your tinfoil pan and bring them back in the house.  Ready to eat!!  YUM!  Keep some extra BBQ sauce on had just in case you need a little more while eating.

BBQ Ribs

1-2 Racks of ribs Salt, Pepper, Garlic Powder

Generously season both sides of ribs with salt, pepper, and garlic powder.  Wrap in tinfoil and bake on cookie sheet in 300 degree oven for 3 hours.

Remove to grill and brown meat side down for 5 minutes.  Turn over and cover with BBQ sauce.  Grill 5 more minutes.  Slice between bones.

BBQ Sauce

1 C Ketchup

1 C Brown Sugar

1 t Liquid Smoke (Can add more if you’d like)

Here is another Sauce recipe from my friend, Jill, who showed me how to do these ribs.  She said that she makes her sauce using equal portions of ketchup, honey, and brown sugar.

For example:

1 C Ketchup

1 C Brown Sugar

1 C Honey

Try them out and see which one you like best and let me know!