Evelyn’s Crockpot Short Ribs and Cabbage

Hello, Darlings

I hope this first month of the New Year has treated you well. Yes, darlings I am still alive, a bit slower but alive.

Last night, just as I was on the brink of sleep, I remembered an old recipe for short ribs and cabbage. Luckily, I found that I had all the ingredients on hand; so before I made my morning cup of coffee, I started dinner. This recipe is an old family favorite, one in which I usually cooked on the stove with a half pot of water. However, today, I want to savor the flavors of the meat and vegetables by cooking in them a crockpot. 

Evelyn’s Crockpot Short Ribs and Cabbage

Ingredients

• One pack of boneless short ribs
•  ½ cup water
• 3 tablespoon garlic infused olive oil
• 3 large carrots, chopped2 medium red bell peppers, chopped
• 1 medium or ½ large cabbage
• ½ to ¾ bag baby potatoes, whole
• ½ large onion, chopped
• 4 stalks celery, chopped
• ½ teaspoon dried chives
• ¼ teaspoons crushed red pepper
• 1 teaspoons salt
• ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon bacon grease
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Directions

1. Microwave chopped carrots and baby potatoes for 25 minutes
2. Rinse and pat dry short ribs; cut in ribs in half
3. Seasons ribs salt and pepper in all sides
4. Heat garlic infused olive oil in large skillet
5. Add short ribs and brown each piece on all four sides
6. Remove ribs from skillet, save the drippings and deglaze the skillet with 2-3 tablespoons of water.
7. Add ribs to a six quart or more Crockpot
8. In a large mixing bowl add chopped celery, onion, cabbage, and bell peppers
9. Add save the drippings, water, bacon grease, dried chives salt, crushed red pepper and ground black pepper to mixing bowl. Mix well
10. When easy to pierce add drained potatoes and carrots and discard water
11. Add drained potatoes and carrots into the large mixing bowl with the other ingredients.
12. Mix ingredients well to coat everything with short rib drippings and bacon grease.
13. Then add on top of short ribs in crockpot. Set crockpot on high for four hours;
14. After the first hour stir short ribs vegetables together.
15. After  about 45 minutes pull ribs on top on the vegetable
16. Cook for another 45 minutes, then cook every 45 minutes but in the last 45 minutes or so, stir short ribs in with vegetable again and cook until short ribs are tender.
17.  Enjoy with fresh baked yellow corn muffins 

Despite not having any corned beef in it, this recipe would still make a great meal for Saint Patrick’s Day.

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Until next time,

          Chow, Darlings

 

A Widescreen Online Review Plus Recipe@2026

 

A Statement on the Retirement of Several of “Widescreen Online Review Plus®” Websites

Hello, Darlings

By now you, my young and old faithful followers know that Widescreen Online Review Plus® Websites was comprised of many sites spanning twenty plus years. However, for me and as time passed, I recognized that my websites had expanded further than I could handle, and that the entertainment industry and those personalities responsible for trusting me to write open and honest reviews on their creative works were no longer out there. Like me, a 75 year old gal, they are either retired or no longer with us.  Understanding this, in 2025, I stop publishing articles on my major websites, and closed them up.

However, it has come to my attention that whenever, I post articles on Seven Ninety Seven "Home Of The Bargain Queen" or its blog, Evelyn’s Twigs, Thyme and Stranger Things Gardens, the privacy setting on the retired sites, My Anime Nook, Widescreen Anime Links, Widescreen Comic Review ( the three favorites of the youths), and Widescreen Online Review will be public for viewing.

As I see it, this in itself is no problem. I put a lot of time and effort onto each page of these websites over the past twenty years, so should you stumble upon them when I am posting on Seven Ninety Seven "Home Of The Bargain Queen" or its blog, Evelyn’s Twigs, Thyme and Stranger Things Gardens, feel free to read to your hearts contend with the understanding that these website will no longer be updated, and because the industry has change many of the links to other websites and videos may not exist any longer. Nevertheless, I will post this message on each of the websites and leave them open for a short period of time for the curious of minds.

 

All this being stated, you might also enjoy my current websites, is more about current events, diets (I have loads of interesting and tasty recipes), from outdoor container gardening, potted houseplants, and the newest trend, indoor hydroponic gardening, which I, and millions of other people find fascinating and rewarding, not just as a hobby but as wonderful way to supplement ones diet with homegrown vegetable and fruit during the entire year.

 

Current websites:

·         Seven Ninety Seven "Home Of The Bargain Queen"

·         Evelyn’s Twigs, Thyme and Stranger Things Gardens

·         A Catholic's Life, Anew, my faith, do not trample upon.

·         La Création De Moi!, me, me and who, me.

·         Tito's Cavern, the love of animals

·         Just Another Anti-Rip-Off Website, crime may not have a face, the evidence remains

·         Widescreen Network News, bad sh_t does happen to good people.

 

Retired websites:

·         The Woman Within, my first, and the grandmother of all my past and present websites

·         Widescreen Anime Links, I still love anime

·         Widescreen Comic Review, I still love the comics

·         Widescreen Online Review, the world is a theater

·         First Look Showcase, latest in film

 

Until next time,

 

     Evelyn, signing off.