Kitchen Creations: Mean Green Beans

Isn't my name catchy? It rhymes.  And I am pretty pleased with it. 

Anyhow, green beans are one of my favorite vegetables, and one of the few vegetables I can get Jeffrey to eat.  So we eat them pretty often.  And I wanted to share my no-fail (unhealthy) green bean recipe, since I get a good bit of compliments on them.  

Ya'll, I try to eat healthy and feed my family healthy food.  But I cook often with butter and salt, and that's like the very definition of unhealthy.  A salted green bean is still a green bean, so the good and bad cancel each other, right? (Well, that's what I tell myself.) 

Here's how I make my mean green beans! 

Ingredients: 

Everything is measured to-taste.  

1. Canned green beans (If you use fresh or frozen, you have to up the cooking time.)

2. Butter (I use 1/2 stick to a whole stick.) 

3. Garlic powder 

4. Onion powder 

5. Pepper 

6. Salt 

7. Hot Sauce 

8. Chicken Boilloin Cubes (I use one cube per can) 

9. A few tablespoons of vinegar 

10. Seasoning Salt 

Directions: 

1. Rinse and drain the green beans.

2. Throw all the ingredients into a skillet.  

3. Cook on medium high heat for 10 to 15 minutes, the green beans will be a darker shade of green when they are done cooking,  

Kitchen Creations: Buffalo & BBQ Ribs

For a while now, I've been baking our chicken tenders this way, but today we tried it out on ribs. We were not disappointed.

 My boys don't mind a little spice when I can get them to eat dinner, and Jeffrey likes a little too much spice. (Seriously, the man puts Tabasco in his grits.) So I thought this would be fun and harmless to try today.

Ingredients:
Seasonings of choice-- used salt, pepper, oregano, and seasoning salt.
BBQ Sauce-- I used Sweet Baby Rays Sweet 'N' Spicy
Buffalo Sauce-- I used Louisiana Supreme Chicken Wing Sauce, it's one dollar at Dollar Tree.
Ribs

I did not do any measuring. Everything was "to taste".
First, I seasoned the ribs and boiled them for about 20 minutes. Around 10 minutes in, I preheated the oven to 400F.
Then I placed them in a pan. (Make sure to line it with foil; I forgot that step at first as you can see). Put a good amount of buffalo sauce on each one, and even more barbecue on each one (You can also mix the buffalo and barbecue together, but I enjoy the delightful surprise of  "buffalo sauce spots".) I then put the ribs in the oven.
After 30 minutes in the oven, I flipped them, completely covered them with more buffalo & barbecue sauce, then baked them another 30-40 minutes .
 You can cook them longer to make them more tender, but I was hungry so they only baked 60-70 minutes. They were done & they were fantastic! My husband had sauce all over his hands, chin, and neck- that's how good they were.  I'm just sorry I didn't have more than one rack of ribs!