Girls Make Ribs (While Wearing Dresses)

Ribs may be the messiest food on the planet, but I'd risk my cutest shirt for a half-rack any day.

I was hanging out with Tayler the other day when she said, "I bought some ribs at the grocery store. Do you know how to make them?" Umm...I know my dad makes them on the grill and I like to order them at Chili's. Oh, and one time I saw my mom make them in the oven.

Despite not having a clue what we were doing ("Mom, is it okay if we've only had them in the oven for a couple of hours? We're really hungry. We won't die, right?") we managed to make ourselves a yummy dinner of Ben & Jerry's Oatmeal Cookie Chunk, salt & vinegar chips, potatoes, green beans, and oven-baked ribs. In that order.

We seared the ribs in a pan with some olive oil before placing them in an aluminum baking pan with onions, garlic, barbecue sauce, and honey.

We sustained ourselves on chips and ice cream during the excruciatingly long baking time (2 hours)

Lemon and crushed red pepper make for the most delicious green beans imaginable.

Russet potatoes with olive oil, basil, and thyme, baked for half an hour. Delish.

Yes, an entire roll of paper towels was necessary.

The carnage. The aftermath.

I wish I could include some sort of recipe, but honestly our efforts were driven mostly by a combination of random ingenuity and advice from our mothers: "I don't know Andrea, Google it."