Garden Meal Collection

This was Mondays dinner and was half from the garden. Not the most healthy garden meal but I never said I was a health nut. This is ribs cooked low & slow with a sweet rub and finished with bbq sauce. Along side is Kohlrabi slaw from the garden. Here are the recipes:


Kansas City Rub: This is a sweet rub that is good on anything that will be cooked on low indirect heat. I found the recipe on about.com along with many other bbq rub recipes.

• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup paprika
• 1 tablespoon each of black pepper, salt, chili powder, garlic powder & onion powder
• 1 teaspoon cayenne

Mix all the ingredients together and rub liberally on the meat or even veggies like zucchini, onions or eggplant. Then allow to marinate for a while before grilling. This recipe makes a lot of rub.


Kohlrabi Slaw: Over time I have made my own slaw recipe and it always seems to change. Below are the ingredients that I add and adjust until the slaw is a nice mix of sweet, sour, & creamy.

• shredded kohlrabi or cabbage
• shredded carrot
• mayonnaise (of the real variety!)
• white sugar
• cider vinegar
• s&p
• onion powder (fresh onions can be used but they tend to be a little strong)

Coconut Shrimp w/ Pea Risotto

For the shrimp:

• shrimp
• 1/2 cup coconut
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/4 each of salt, pepper & paprika
• 1 tablespoon of garlic (powder or fresh)
• egg

In a shallow bowl combine all ingredients except the egg. In another bowl whisk egg with a little water. Dip the shrimp in the egg wash, then the coconut mixture and pan fry in butter until just cooked.

For the risotto:

• risotto
• water
• cream
• butter
• salt
• peas

I followed the package direction for the rice expect I used 1/4 cream and 3/4 water for the required amount of liquid. Well the rice was cooking I hulled the peas and then pureed half well keeping half whole. Once the rice was cooked through and creamy I added the pureed & whole peas along with the butter & salt. I then allow it to cook for about 4-5minutes until the peas were just cooked well still retaining a little crunch.