Soul Food Sunday Dinner – This Southern-style Sunday dinner is what comfort food dreams are made of.
We’re talking fall-off-the-bone spare ribs, a creamy macaroni salad with salmon, smoky baked beans, buttery green beans with neck bones, and fluffy honey butter cornbread.
If you’re feeding your family or showing out for a crowd — this is the meal that makes you MVP of the kitchen.
📝 What’s on the Plate:
- Juicy, tender oven-baked spare ribs
- Salmon macaroni salad (better than tuna!)
- Sweet & savory barbecue baked beans with ground beef and sausage
- Fresh green beans with smoked neck bones
- Honey butter cornbread
🔥 Soul Food Sunday Dinner: Juicy Ribs, Macaroni Salad, BBQ Baked Beans & More
🍖 How to Make Juicy Spare Ribs
Ingredients:
- 2 slabs of spare ribs
- Olive oil
- Yellow mustard
- Brown sugar
- Rib seasoning blend (paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, salt, cayenne)
- 1 onion, chopped
- Your favorite BBQ sauce (we used Pearson’s BBQ Sauce — hands down the best)
Instructions:
Prep the Ribs:
Remove the membrane and excess fat from the back of your ribs.
Season:
Rub them with olive oil and mustard. Coat generously with brown sugar and dry seasonings.
Bake:
Place in a pan, top with chopped onions, cover tightly with foil, and bake at 325°F for 2 hours.
Sauce + Finish:
Remove juice, brush with BBQ sauce, and return to oven uncovered for 20 minutes. Ribs should be falling off the bone!
🥗 Salmon Macaroni Salad
Ingredients:
- Elbow macaroni (boiled in chicken bouillon)
- 2 cups mayo
- 6 boiled eggs, chopped
- 1 small cooked salmon filet, flaked (sub tuna if preferred)
- ⅓ cup red onions
- ⅓ cup chopped celery
- 1 red pimento pepper, diced
- ⅓ cup sweet relish
- 4 tbsp yellow mustard
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tbsp fresh parsley
- Seasonings to taste (paprika, garlic, salt, pepper)
Directions:
Cook the pasta in chicken bouillon water for extra flavor.
Mix everything in a large bowl until creamy.
Chill in the fridge for at least 30 minutes before serving.
🍲 Barbecue Baked Beans
Ingredients:
- 2 lbs ground beef
- ½ pack Jimmy Dean sausage
- 2 large cans baked beans
- 1 onion + 1 bell pepper, sautéed
- ¼ cup ketchup
- 2 tbsp mustard
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- 2 tbsp white sugar
- ⅓ cup BBQ sauce
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ½ stick butter
Directions:
Brown meat with onions and bell pepper, season well.
Mix everything together in a baking dish and top with butter.
Bake covered at 350°F for 35 minutes.
🥬 Southern Green Beans with Smoked Neck Bones
Ingredients:
- Smoked neck bones
- Fresh green beans, snapped
- Seasonings to taste
- 2 tbsp vinegar
- ½ stick butter
Directions:
- Simmer neck bones for 1 hour with your favorite seasonings.
- Add green beans, butter, and vinegar. Cover and steam until tender.
🍞 Honey Butter Cornbread (Quick Fix)
Make your favorite cornbread mix and serve warm with a slab of honey butter:
- ½ stick softened butter + 2 tbsp honey
