Bacon Recipes and Other Yummmmmmy Stuff!

Woooooohooooo, nana! Thank you! That potato-bacon-Cheddar tart sounds awesome, but even more so the Bacon-Wrapped Onion Rings! Two of my favorites rolled into one!

Bacon and leeks is also a good take on bacon and onions. I like bacon, leeks, and peas with Alfredo sauce amd noodles when it gets cold out.

I usually roast large garlic heads before making this sauce.

Remove any loose paper on garlic, Cut top part of garlic off, pointy end, place on double folded foil big enough to seal. Drizzle olive oil on top, season with salt and pepper and seal shut. Put in a 400 degree oven for at least 40 to 50 minutes, the longer the more caramelized it will get. Let cool until you can handle them.


Your house will smell wonderful too. I usually do a few at a time to make compound butter or a dip, you can spread them right onto bread too.


Red Marinara Spaghetti Sauce

2-28 oz cans crushed tomatoes, or if you want it more chunky use 1 can crushed and 1 can petite
1 to 2 roasted garlic clove heads depending on how much garlic you want.
1 large onion finely chopped
2 teaspoons dried basil
2 teaspoons dried oregano
White sugar, add to suit your taste, 1/2 cup is what I use
Red pepper flake, optional

In tall pan bring up to heat then add a couple tablespoons olive oil. (if you add oil to the hot pan it keeps things from sticking much better) Add the onions and cook until soft. about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes bring to a simmer. In a small bowl squeeze the desired amount of garlic out from the heads and mash with a fork, add to pan and stir. Add basil, oregano and sugar, (and pepper flakes if desired) Stir. Cook at a simmer in an open tall pot 1 to 1 1/2 hours stirring occasionally.

You want a tall pan to keep the splatters in the pan because it will molt as it cooks and thickens. this is also why you do not use a lid, you want it to thicken up.

You can add ground beef and make a meat sauce too.

Keto (low-carb, sugar-free) Chocolate Pie

Crust:

1 1/2 cups almond flour
1/4 cup Truvia
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter (8 Tbsp), melted

Mix together almond flour, Truvia and salt. Stir in melted butter until dough comes together and resembles coarse crumbs. Press dough into pie plate and prick all over with a fork before baking. Preheat oven to 325 degrees and bake approxitmately 20 minutes.

Filling:

· 16 oz. cream cheese
· 8 Tbsp Truvia
· 6 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder

Nuke the cream cheese for two minutes to soften it. Whip it with a spoon until creamy. Add the Truvia. Whip it with a spoon again. Add the cocoa. Whip it with a spoon again. Whip it until it’s awesome! Spoon into the pie crust and spread with a spoon until even.

Topping:

· 1 cup Heavy Whipping Cream
· 2 Tbsp powdered erythritol or Truvia

Add the powdered sweetener/Truvia to the HWC and beat with a mixer until you have whipped cream and then spread over the top of the pie. Chill in the fridge for a few hours, or overnight. Enjoy!

Tropical Salad:

1 large head iceberg lettuce
1 larges head of romaine or leaf or butter lettuce
1-16 oz can pineapple tidbits, well drained
1 small can mandarin orange, well drained
1 pint strawberries, hulled and sliced
1 cup blueberries
1/4 to 1/3 cup pecans pieces, plain, candied or any you have on hand

Wash and tear lettuces, add everything and toss. Serve with a sweet dressing.
You can also make this a main dish by adding one of the following. Cut up chicken, scoop of chicken salad, turkey, scoop of turkey salad, shrimp, crab. Serve with muffins of your choice as a side.
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Winter Salad
1 large head iceberg lettuce
1 head of any lettuce you like
1/2 cup dried cranberries
4 to 6 green onions, sliced or onions ringed or diced
1/2 cup celery
1 avocado, chopped
1 apple or pear, chopped
1/4 cup pecans

Wash and tear lettuces, add everything and toss.
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Poppy Seed Dressing:
1 1/2 cups sugar
5 oz white vinegar
13 oz oil
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 Tablespoons poppy seeds
1/8 cup dried onion flakes

In blender add sugar, vinegar, oil, mustard, salt. Blend. Add poppy seeds and onion flakes, blend. Store in fridge up to 3 weeks. You can drizzle the oil in if desired when making.
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Use things in season and change up your salads to rotate with the seasons.
In winter you can always use dried or well drained canned fruit.
Summer fresh fruit.


A salad with a sandwich or bowl of soup or slice of quiche are a perfect match.

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Make it super simple for a plain salad with onions and cucumbers.

Lettuce of your choice or what you have on hand
1 onion, sweet, white or red, ringed
cucumber

1 to 2 tablespoons sugar
1 to 2 tablespoons white vinegar
pepper, large pinch
pinch of salt
Stir together until sugar is incorporated. Pour over simple salad, toss, toss a few times for about 5 minutes, serve. Suprisingly, the 2 tablespoons of each will be enough for half a head of lettuce.
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I do not like bottle dressing and homemade can be quick and simple.

Wisk mayo with a splash of vinegar, sugar and black pepper to taste.

Wisk 60% mayo with 40% miracle whip, add sugar, nature seasonings and black pepper, wisk, add 1/2 and 1/2 or milk to thin to the consistency you desire.

Sorry I don't have measurements for these, I just do it till I like the flavor.