Freezer meals: Slow Cooker BBQ Spareribs

The two weeks before my surgery I started to stock pile freezer meals. I wasn't sure how much I could do. Turns out I can probably do more than I thought but any use of my left arm is limited and I'm left handed. I am really glad I did this, it made me feel prepared, even if I wasn't totally prepared emotionally. It was a great distraction. I think in all I had 15 meals prepared plus frozen blueberry scones, banana bread, apple pie, and muffins. So I was trying to distract myself a bit...

Reese's mom just left this morning so tonight was the first night that I needed to cook dinner. I made BBQ spareribs. They were really good. I served them with baked beans and broccoli.

Slow Cooker BBQ Spareribs

1-2 lbs country style pork ribs
1 1/2 cups ketchup
1 1/2 Tbsp seasoned salt
1/2 tsp liquid smoke
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white vinegar

Place ribs in gallon freezer bag. Mix together remaining ingredients and pour over ribs. Freeze
When ready to eat, remove from freezer and thaw in fridge for 24 hours. Put in slow cooker on high for 3-4 hours or on low for 6-7 hours.

Sorry didn't get a picture of the finished product but it was really tasty! This would've been easy for me to put together one handed, but it was still nice to know I had it in the freezer ready to go.

The rest of the pictures are from our hike yesterday. Yep, I went on a hike. Probably not the best idea, since I was really tired and sore today. I will blame Reese, he told me it'd be a 10 minute walk each way. Wrong! Either way it was good to get some fresh air and as always, there were BEAUTIFUL views! We hiked down to a beach that had a cabin made out of driftwood. Laura got to see some of Kodiak too, which was great.