Dinner Tonight: Crockpot ribs and Veggie Rice

Tonight I made some yummy, moist and tender ribs in the crockpot and Veggie Rice as a side.  It's super hot here now, so the crockpot is very handy for keeping the kitchen cool.  Plus I throw dinner in in the morning and can concentrate on school and the kids for the rest of the day!  Here are the recipes.

Polynesian Spareribs

3 to 4 pounds pork spareribs
5 tbs sugar
3 tbs honey
3 tbs soy sauce
2 tbs ketchup
1 tsp seasoning salt
1 cup chicken broth

Place ribs in slow cooker.  Mix remaining ingredients and pour over ribs.  Cover and cook on low for 8 to 9 hours.  This comes from my favorite slow cooker cookbook, Home Folk's Old Fashioned Slow Cooker Recipes.  Every recipe in this book is simple but so delicious.

Veggie Rice

1 cup rice
2 1/4 cups water
2 tbs onion soup mix (my family doesn't like this, so I just add a chicken bouillon cube.)
1/4 tsp salt
2 cups frozen corn, peas, or mixed veggies (or any combo that adds up to 2 cups...our fave is corn and peas or peas and carrots.)

In a saucepan, combine the rice, water, soup mix (or bouillon cube) and salt (which I omit if using the bouillon.)  Bring to a boil.  Add the veggies and return to a boil.  Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until veggies are tender.  This comes from the very first issue of Quick Cooking magazine.  My kiddos eat this up!  A great way to get the veggies in there.

I was cleaning out my pantry in preparation for the big grocery shopping tomorrow, and found a can of apple pie filling.  On the back was this recipe for Apple Crisp.  We had all the ingredients, so I impressed my kiddos by whipping up a dessert as well lol!

Apple Crisp

1 can apple pie filling
1/2 cup corn syrup
1/4 cup hot water
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup quick oats
1/4 cup flour
1/4 cup butter
1 tsp salt

Place pie filling in a 8x8 baking dish.  Mix corn syrup and water, and pour over pie filling.  Mix remaining ingredients until crumbly and sprinkle over top.  Bake at 350 for 40 minutes.  Yum!