Be-lated Vday Dinner

Since DH and I have been pretty busy with work, we decided to have our be-lated vday dinner today instead. This will be the first year we will be celebrating it as husband and wife. For tonights menu, I'll be making him a 4 course meal.. Yea, lucky hubby huh? You're probably thinking shouldn't he be doing something for me? Well, he took the day off of work just to take me out on the 14th to a nice restaurant and I enjoyed every moment of it. Well, here are the dishes I will be preparing tonight..

• Spinach salad with blasamic vinegarette sauce topped with glazed walnuts





• Seared scallops with black pepper sauce topped over snow peas sprouts
  



• Dry rub slow cooked baby back ribs
  
  
  
• Chocolate Dipped Strawberries

Yum, blogging about it is making me hungry. I've already done some prepping this morning. Stay tuned for my reviews and recipes for the meal.

Ok, here's the recipe for the dry rub ribs. This was for 2 1/2 lb of ribs.

Dry rub slow cooked baby back ribs

• 3 tbsps brown sugar
  
• 1 1/2 tbsps paprika


• 1 1/2 tbsps salt


• 1 1/2 tbsps ground blk pepper
  
• 1 tsp garlic powder

Cook at 350 degrees. Make sure to check occasionally. It should be ready in 15-20 minutes dependent on thickness of meat , make sure to wrap the ribs in aluminum foil to prevent the meat from drying.
Feel free to reduce the amount of salt according to your taste. My ribs were a little thicker and I only had enough time to let it sit and marinate for 2 hrs. Next time I'll marinate for 4 hrs to ensure the marinade can fully soak in.

Chocolate Dipped Strawberries

While shopping for the ingredients to this menu, I found a great product at Costco for my chocolate dipped strawberries. Here it is.


Pretty convienent, I must add. All you have to do it pop the container in the microwave for 1 minute and the chocolate pieces will begin to melt. Make sure to stir the chocolate mix to allow them to melt evenly. Continue to dip your strawberries in the chocolate holding the strawberries by the stem. Tip: I used some kitchen knives to hold the strawberries in place while dipping. (Do not refrigerate final product) They should be ready to serve within 1-2 hrs. Enjoy!