Ribs!!

It's Memorial Day weekend, yo! But the weather isn't cooperating for the kick-off to summer grill season. Pork Spareribs were on sale this week, and I just went for it today.

Without your own smoker, this recipe works well for creating a smoker-environment on your charcoal grill.
You can get the recipe HERE

It was a gloomy day in LA today, but nonetheless, we barbecued on & this corn is straight off the cob. If you're not microwaving your corn cobs to beat the heat, you definitely should. I take about 1 layer off the husk, rinse them in water, and cover them with a wet paper towel. 2 min (for one ear) and they are perfect! 

Maryland Style Shrimp

Once again stealing from my cousin, a Baltimore-area native. I'm in agreement that Old Bay is the greatest seafood spice on the planet! I adapted it to a smaller portion size, since my husband wouldn't dare eat shellfish. I also left out the onion so I could share it with my son, but for myself, I'd add that back in.

Ingredients
1 # shrimp (raw, tail & shell on)
3 T Old Bay
1/2 bottle of beer
1/4 c water
1/2 onion (cut in two)

Directions
In a large pot with a steamer insert tightly fitted, add beer and roughly 1/2 cup water. You want to be sure that when boiling, the liquid will not reach the bottom of the steamer so this will depend on the size of your pot.

Bring to a boil, dumping liquid if it reaches steamer.

Add shrimp and chopped onion to the steamer basket.

Cover with Old Bay (or more if you like it spicy)

Steam for roughly 5 minutes, or until the shrimp is completely pink and cooked through.

One from the cuz

Trying something posted by my cousin on her BLOG ~ Beauty From Burnt Toast

I've had a bag of orecchiette in my pantry for a month, and today I decided to use it up and give this a go: 

Orecchiette with Sausage and Garlicky Greens