Celebration Meal Plans: Joan's Birthday Dinner
Joan's BBQ Ribs | Fabulous Coleslaw | Green Bean Almondine | Joan's Strawberry Birthday Cake
Joan's BBQ Ribs
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 6 |
| Category: | Cooking for the Kids |
| Meal: | Joan's Birthday Dinner (Celebration Meal Plans) |
| 3 | lb | ribs, baby back |
| 1 | medium | onions, chopped |
| 2 | Tb | butter, salted |
| 2 | Tb | vinegar, cider |
| 3 | Tb | sugar, brown |
| 0.25 | cup | lemon, juice of |
| 1 | 10 oz bottle | ketchup |
| 3 | Tb | Worcestershire sauce |
| 1 | Tb | mustard, dried |
| 1 | cup | water |
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Brown onion in butter in large Dutch oven, add remaining ingredients (with the exception of the ribs) Simmer for 15 minutes. Add individual ribs and bake at 350 degrees for two hours.
Fabulous Coleslaw
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Medium |
| Serves: | 10 |
| Category: | Salad |
| Meal: | Joan's Birthday Dinner (Celebration Meal Plans) |
| 8 | cup | cabbage, shredded |
| 1 | medium | carrots, fresh, whole |
| 2 | Tb | onions, diced |
| 0.33 | cup | sugar, granulated |
| 0.5 | tsp | salt, table |
| 0.25 | tsp | Nature's Seasonings |
| 1 | pinch | pepper, fresh ground |
| 0.25 | cup | milk, whole |
| 0.5 | cup | mayonnaise |
| 0.25 | cup | buttermilk |
| 1.5 | Tb | vinegar, white |
| 2.5 | Tb | lemon, juice of |
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Shred one medium carrot and mix with shredded cabbage and minced onion. In a separate bowl, combine sugar, salt, Nature's Seasonings, pepper, milk, buttermilk, vinegar, lemon juice, and mayonnaise and beat until smooth. Add cabbage mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving.
Green Bean Almondine
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 4 |
| Category: | Vegetables |
| Meal: | Joan's Birthday Dinner (Celebration Meal Plans) |
| 1 | lb | beans, green |
| 0.5 | cup | water |
| 2 | Tb | butter, salted |
| 0.75 | tsp | salt, table |
| 3 | Tb | almonds, sliced |
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Wash fresh green beans and remove ends. Leave beans whole and put in saucepan with water, butter, and salt. Cover and cook on low heat for 20 to 25 minutes or until beans are tender. Toast almonds in a skillet over low heat until golden brown- be careful not to burn! Remove beans to bowl and sprinkle almonds over.
Joan's Strawberry Birthday Cake
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 10 |
| Category: | Dessert |
| Meal: | Joan's Birthday Dinner (Celebration Meal Plans) |
| 1 | 18.25 oz. box | cake mix, white |
| 3 | Tb | flour, all-purpose |
| 4 | large | egg |
| 0.5 | cup | oil, vegetable |
| 3 | oz | strawberry gelatin |
| 1 | 16 oz can | frozen sliced strawberries |
| 0.75 | cup | water |
| 1 | lb | sugar, powdered |
| 0.5 | cup | butter, unsalted |
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Thaw container of frozen strawberries. Mix cake mix, 3 T. of flour, 4 eggs, 1/2-cup oil, water, dry gelatin, and 3/4 of the thawed strawberries. Mix at medium speed for two minutes and pour into two greased and floured 9-inch cake pans or one 9 by 13-cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes. In mixer beat softened butter, powdered sugar, and remaining strawberries. When cake has completely cooled, frost with frosting. Store in refrigerator.
