Short Ribs & Snowshoes

Snowstorm #4 was in the process of dumping another 17 inches on South Brunswick so I decided to make a slow cooker hearty meal for the family. I came across this Guinness Short Rib recipe in a recent issue of Men's Health. It looked really good so I knew I wanted to try it.

The snow started coming down at 6:30 am on Wednesday and according to the weather folks, it wasn't going to stop until Thursday, so I needed to get out of the house to buy the ribs and Guinness. I am not a huge Guinness drinker but I like to drink it every so often and I don't usually have it in the house. My only concern was that Glendale Liquors wasn't open until 10am. I left at 8:45am and once I left the house to get the ribs, I wasn't planning on going out again. I didn't think the roads were going to be bad so early, but I was wrong. Once I get a recipe in my head, I have to make it, so I needed to get everything in one shot.

I got the ribs, then headed over to the liquor store to get the Guinness. The recipe would only take 4 hours in the slow cooker so I didn't need to do anything for a few hours. I got some work done then headed out to shovel and plow.

At 2pm I began prepping the dinner. I browned the ribs and cut the veggies and threw everything in the crock pot.

While that was slowly cooking, I decided to go snowshoeing. I tried it last week and it was fun. I did about 2 miles on the shoes which felt like 4 miles with my Brooks. This time I was planning on going out for 30 minutes through the woods behind my house. There are some good trails and it leads to Woodlot Park.

I headed out the door and through my yard and began running. It had stopped snowing briefly and the sun was out so I though it would fun. This time around it was much more difficult. The snow was so deep that I really had to pick up my feet and the snow was flying all over my legs and ass. I did this for about 6 minutes and decided just to hike. I was mildly disappointed, but I just started using the snowshoes so I have to work out the kinks. I hiked for about 20 minutes and returned home before it got dark. I was hoping to see some deer but that never happened.

Dinner was ready at 7pm and Leigh, Mike, Ro and I enjoyed the short ribs. I also made some polenta and biscuits to go with it. I think they all enjoyed it. Leigh and I also shared a Guinness with the dinner.