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Baby back ribs by Geoff Lane

My mother-in-law came to visit, so I bought pastured pork ribs from Live Springs Farm. She liked Larry’s ribs recipe, but it’s full of unhealthy sugar.  I found a recipe Calgary Stampede Ribs, which had less sugar.  We decided to combine the two recipes to come up with something with less sugar and a very tasty sauce.

The ribs were so tender that they fell off the bone.  We’ll be making this again.  Since I only had 1/2 cup of ketchup, we substituted 1 1/2 cups of medium salsa.  The sauce was quite good. (more…)

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