Crockpot Pork Country Style Ribs – with cut up carrots, peppers and berries with homemade whipped cream for dessert

Very simple recipe

INGREDIENTS

* Country style ribs – 2.5 to 3.5 lbs

* 4 oz of cola (or water)

* medium onion diced

* 2 garlic cloves, minced

* spice rub: I used 2 TBS smoked Spanish paprika, 1tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper and 1/4 c packed brown sugar

* 3 TBS liquid smoke (I did not have this so used the smoked paprika as an alternative)

INSTRUCTIONS

* Get your 5 to 6 qt slow-cooker and spray inside with cooking spray.

* Place spice rub into a large bowl

* If you have the country style ribs cut near the loin, remove membrane from the bone side.

* Thoroughly coat ribs with the rub and place in slow-cooker.

* Layer onions and garlic in cooker

* Pour half cup of cola or water over ribs

* Cook on low for 8 hours.

* Remove ribs from cooker and discard liquid and onions and garlic

* Add your preferred bbq sauce (1.5 to 2 cups) to a large mixing bowl. I included the bbq sauce recipe I used as a photo.

* Add ribs to bowl one at a time, coat and place back in slow-cooker. Pour red of sauce over ribs

* Cook on low for another hour.

* Serve

Note on sauce: I chose to use 1TBS of dried minced onion and 1/4 tsp of dried minced garlic instead of fresh.

Note on rib recipe: Original recipe is for cut up baby back ribs. I changed to country style since those are cheaper m.

I included 2 pics of the original recipes for the ribs (Betty Crocker slow cooker cookbook) and the sauce (Better Homes and Gardens grill cookbook).