Chopped Cauliflower & Broccoli Quinoa Salad

I made this refreshing, colourful salad to be served with the Marmite BBQ Ribs I made for dinner… a very simple salad with just lemon for dressing … very suitable served with grilled meat or fish or even on it’s own by adding some salad beans

for 2 of us, I used ½ cup quinoa … I like to toast my quinoa in a heated hot pan …

…add 1½ cups water and boil until the quinoa is tender  …

…drain the quinoa and set aside to cool …

I’m preparing only for 2 of us so I merely use 2 small florets …chopped into small bits …

…likewise with broccoli …

…other ingredients I used are : 1 chopped celery; 1 small bunch chopped scallions/spring onion; ¼ cup chopped parsley; …1 used 1 seeded chopped tomato for added colours but you may use capsicums

Mix all the ingredients in a bowl, squeeze in juice of one lemon and mix thoroughly and set aside in the refrigerator for the flavours to develop

Marmite BBQ Spare Ribs

This tender, slow-cooked ribs simply fall-off-the-bone and melt in the mouth delish!!! I resorted to making my own BBQ sauce after failing to find a good bottle searching through several stores …hence the emergence of Marmite BBQ Spare Ribs 😉

Ingredients needed for my Marmite BBQ Sauce ….from top, left to right, clockwise … ¼ cup dark muscovado sugar;  ½ cup tomato ketchup; ¼ vinegar (I used ginger infused vinegar); 1 Tbsp smoked paprika; 2 Tbsp Marmite; 2 Tbsp English Mustard; 3 cloves chopped garlic (not shown here) ….

…and 2 Tbsp Sweet Plum Sauce …

…mix all the sauce ingredients together and bring to a boil and slightly thickened …. off flame and set aside

This step is optional but I prefer to do this …I parboil the ribs (I’d sliced the whole long slab of ribs into 2 pieces as seen here) for about 15 mins …drain and pat dry with some kitchen paper towels

Brush the par-boiled ribs with some of the Marmite BBQ Sauce and marinade for 4 hours in the refrigerator

Preheat oven to 150°C ….wrap dish tightly with foil and cook int he pre-heated oven for 2½ hours until tender …

…2 hours after cooking, remove the foil …

…brush the ribs with some of the remainder of the Marmite BBQ Sauce …raise heat of oven to 200°C and continue cooking the ribs …

…turn the ribs every 5-8 mins and continue to brush on the rest of the Marmite BBQ Sauce with each turn and continue to cook until ribs is sticky and caramelised

We prefer the ribs not to be too dry but to have a thick layer of the sticky Marmite BBQ sauce on it …. finger-licking, lip smacking delectable!!! I served up with my Chopped Cauliflower & Broccoli Quinoa Salad 😉