Cooked: Haitian Spareribs

I know, I know ribs again, but they were on sale & call me B.O.B. (Baller on a budget). Aside from Korean, Mongolian & Chinese BBQ I don't like barbeque. The smoky flavor gets to me & although I can tolerate a sweet sauce I can do without it. Haitians, well Islanders usually boil the ribs before hand, some Latin cultures too, Costillas they call them. Then roast in a thick sauce.

I chose to skip the boiling process to keep my ribs whole. Nice & tight. My family likes to use a mix of mayo, mustard & tomato paste as the thickener. I once again helped myself to Dan's Jamaica Me Crazy spices & mashed some garlic, oregano & mixed with some of the virgin (olive oil) & made a mojo sauce. Then it was off to the oven.

I found this Ore-Ida Steam n' Mash at the 99 Cent Only store, thinking heck it'll save me some time & costs me a buck.... EW that stuff was so gnarly! It looked just like diced up frozen potatoes but tasted just like powdered boxed ones with nasty processed cheese, definitely not worth the buck, 11 minute cook time & the damn near steam burn I got opening that puppy. Gross!

The ribs on the other hand were slam-MING!♥

YUMMILICIOUS!
GRODY-ICIOUS!

Cooked: Lemony Farfalle with Wild Arugula & Asiago sauce with Pollo Empanizado & Crispy Beef

All that cupcake making had us hun-GRY! We decided to do the frosting on Sunday so I made a quick & easy dinner & enough pasta to last us for Sunday's frosting. I wanted a spa like pasta but with a light sauce so you felt like you actually ate something. 

My Buddhist Goddess Vinda  ♥, the dame that Shaka Buku'd me into the practice (Buddhism) I invited over to cruise by. We're both from Miami & have been club girls for YEARS, this was honest to God the VERY first time I had someone at my home on a Saturday night for dinner my whole life. I've been working at a club since the week after I graduated from High School, it was such an incredible feeling♥

It was for her the first time she had a home cooked dinner on a Saturday night for years & she appreciated it SO much. I am forever indebted to that girl. Here's our dinner.

The Star Studded Cast

Getting to use Dan's Jamaica Me Crazy spice again... SO good!
Turning the buttery club crackers into breading I got to de-virginize my brand new KitchenAid extremely sexy candy apple red processor I won from Bakespace.com

I ♥heart♥ Babette!

Ghetto Breading Station

Figured I'd spoil the Broads





Cheated, couldn't wait til Sunday so we had some samples of the Bellini Cupcakes for dessert

Perri had me over for Pilates before we finished the cupcakes & we were starving! I had enough pasta left over from the night before, but the chicken was a goner. I had some ribeye in the icebox (HA how retro) I defrosted it, whipped out the Jamaica Me Crazy & added the crispy beef & some romano on top of the pasta.

Why does pasta ALWAYS taste better the next day? My goodness this was so good. I especially loved the contrast between the crispy chicken & beef with the creamy pasta! ♥

Crispy Beef