The ingredients are simple. Fresh carrots, fresh potatoes, onions, sauerkraut and meaty country ribs. A crock pot meal extraordinaire; filling the house with tantalizing aromas that excite the taste buds. I have the extravagance of time; so I boil my ribs first and boil my carrots until cooked second; then boil my potatoes until they are par cooked. I layer my ribs on the bottom, onions, sauerkraut with juice, a dash of course ground pepper and cooked carrots on top finishing with blanched potatoes. This way the meal is done in about an hour. But for a young working mother follow the same layering, forget the precooking and set the crock pot for the day and enjoy. The ribs on the bottom will get the best cooking heat, the onions will meld with the sauerkraut, which you can not over cook. The carrots will cook before the potatoes, which will finish at the same time as everything else. A delicious meal ready and waiting after a busy day. I enjoy mustard and horseradish as a compliment to this winter comfort meal.
