We had a small birthday celebration for Zaim last Saturday. Did not invite anyone, just our small family. After much contemplation, we decided on a simple afternoon cookout at home. Since we are currently on a Rib's Craze, hubby decided that we should give it a go, BBQed Ribs as the main dish. So the menu was, Beef and Lamb Ribs, Chicken, Garlic Butter Mussels, Roasted Vegies (Capiscums, Zucchini, Portobello Mushroom, Eggplant, Onions & Garlic), Pumpkin Soup (specially for the birthday boy, since he cannot be expected to eat the Ribs!! ha!ha!) and also Mash Potato. I ordered a cake and some balloons just to lighten things up!!! It was our first experience preparing Ribs for BBQ, so it was quite nerve wrecking because these things don't come cheap, and we bought quite a lot, so if we wreck it, that's a couple of hundreds down the drain. I spent some time studying recipes and recipes of BBQ marinades and methods of BBQing ribs. So here's the result. I must say that we are quite pleased as to how it turned out. The ribs came out soft and juicy, yum yum yum!
Lamb Ribs
Chicken and some zucchinies.
Beef ribs on the left.
Some of the roasted vegies.
The bell peppers.
Me and the clueless birthday boy!
As long as he is fed well, he is happy.
Nayli and cousins.
"Chef Wan" - slicing his ribs.
All ready to go.
Garlic Butter Mussels.
Gifts for Zaim.
Zaim's 1st birthday cake.
1st birthday candles.
Zaim's fav uncle with the Pavlova.
Zaim helping himself to his sis's cake. There were plenty leftover food from Saturday, so last night, we had another round of ribs, just re-roasted ribs this time, no grilling. The roasted vegies we turned into roasted vegies spaghettini, with mussels on the side.
The pumpkin soup.
Leftover ribs.
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