Prep/Cooking Time: 35 minutes

Ingredients:

6 slices bacon
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tablespoons white sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
4 teaspoons dried chives
1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup condensed cream of mushroom soup

Directions:

Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) and lightly grease 12 muffin cups or use paper liners.

In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, garlic powder, chives, Parmesan cheese, cheddar cheese and crumbled bacon.

In a separate bowl, combine egg, milk, cream of mushroom soup and vegetable oil. Stir this mixture into the flour mixture just until moistened. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin pans.

Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into a muffin comes out clean.

Prep/Cooking Time: Prep Time: 25 Minutes / Cook Time: 5 Minutes

Ingredients:

1 pound sliced bacon
2 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
2 tablespoons prepared mustard
1 cup mayonnaise
1 pound sliced pumpernickel party bread

Directions:

Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium-high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside.

Preheat oven to broil.

In a medium bowl combine the bacon, cheese, mustard and mayonnaise. Stir well. Arrange party bread on a cookie sheet. Spoon mixture onto each slice of bread.

Broil for 5 minutes, or until bubbly.

Ingredients:

2 slices bacon
1 pound ground beef
1 tablespoon beef bullion powder
1 large green pepper (seeded and chopped)
2 stalks celery, chopped
1/2 pound shredded mild cheddar cheese
4 cups milk
4 tablespoons flour
1/8 teaspoon Lawry’s Seasoned Salt

Directions:

Fry bacon in medium pot. Remove bacon from grease and leave 1 1/2 tablespoons bacon drippings in pot. Stir in onion, celery and green pepper, lightly cook until done. Stir in the ground been and cook over medium heat until browned.

Slowly stir in the beef bullion and the seasoned salt. Stir in the flour, mixing well. Turn down heat to low and mix in the milk slowly. Mix thoroughly. Stir in the cheese and allow to melt.

Serve hot sprinkling some of the crumbled bacon bits in each bowl.

Prep/Cooking Time: Prep Time: 15min / Cook Time: 25min

Ingredients:

6 slices bacon
1 Tbsp. butter
1 Tbsp. olive oil
6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1-1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

Directions:

Cook bacon in 12″ skillet until crisp, about 4-6 minutes. Crumble bacon and set aside. Pour bacon grease out of skillet, but don’t wash or wipe it. Add butter and olive oil to skillet. Saute chicken breasts in this mixture over medium heat, turning once, until chicken is cooked and no longer pink in center. Place chicken in ungreased 12×8″ baking dish.

Cook onion and garlic in drippings remaining in skillet. Cook until onion is softened, then stir in salt, pepper, and cooked bacon. Spoon over chicken breasts and sprinkle with cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes until cheese is melted.

Serves 6.

You’ll need:

Townhouse crackers
Cream cheese
Bacon
Toothpicks

Directions:

Let the cream cheese set out and soften. Spread a little on the crackers and make a sandwich out of it. Wrap a half of slice of bacon around it and poke a toothpick through it, keep going until all of the cream cheese and bacon is gone. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place each “sandwich” on a flat baking sheet. Cook for about 15 or 20 minutes rotating them about half way through.

Ingredients:

4 Tbsp olive oil
2 onions, diced
2 red bell peppers, diced
1 Tbsp roasted chopped garlic
1 cup ham or cooked sausage, diced
2 cups tomato sauce
to taste: salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, red chili flakes
6 eggs

Directions:

Saute onion and red bell pepper in oil until soft. Add garlic, ham (or sausage) and heat through. Add tomato sauce and season to taste. Simmer 5 minutes. Pour sauce into flat baking dish and smooth flat. Make 6 indentations with a spoon and break an egg in each. Bake at 350F until eggs are done.

Prep/Cooking Time: Prep Time: 20 Min / Cook Time: 15 Min

Ingredients:

4 slices bacon
1 (10 ounce) can refrigerated pizza crust dough
1 teaspoon olive oil
2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
1 tomato, chopped
2 cups shredded iceberg lettuce
2 tablespoons mayonnaise, or to taste
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C), or according to package directions for pizza dough.

Place bacon in a heavy skillet over medium-high heat, and fry until browned, but not crisp. Drain on paper towels.

Stretch pizza dough out over a pizza stone, pan, or cookie sheet. Brush the dough with olive oil. Spread the shredded mozzarella over the crust, and arrange the tomatoes over the cheese. Chop bacon, and sprinkle evenly over the pizza.

Bake pizza for 10 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, until the crust is golden and cheese is melted in the center. While the pizza is in the oven, toss the shredded lettuce with mayonnaise, and season lightly with salt and pepper. Top the finished pizza with the dressed lettuce, and serve immediately.

Nicki’s Note:

I substituted Ranch dressing for the mayo and it was delicious!

This is great for thin crust, you can slice it up and serve as an appetizer.

Ingredients:

3 lbs. pork roast
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon flour
1 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon salt
ground black pepper
1/4 cup water
1/8 cup cooking sherry
chopped parsley
1 bay leaf
1/4 cup bourbon

Directions:

Place the pork roast fat side up in a roaster. Rub the roast with lemon juice. Mix together the brown sugar, flour, paprika and salt. Rub this mixture all over the roast. Generously sprinkle with ground black pepper.

Combine water, 1/8 cup sherry, and 1/8 cup bourbon, and pour over the roast. Place a bay leaf in the pan and sprinkle the roast with parsley. Baste heavily and often.

After 1 1/4 hours, pour the remaining bourbon over the roast, and continue to baste until you are ready to serve roast. Bake approximately 2 1/2 hours or 45 minutes per pound.

Prep/Cooking Time: 40 mins

Ingredients:

2 pounds ground pork sausage
12 eggs, beaten
1 (4 ounce) can chopped green chile peppers, drained
8 (10 inch) flour tortillas
8 ounces Cheddar cheese, shredded
1 teaspoon all-purpose flour
1 cup milk

Directions:

Place sausage in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, reserving 2 tablespoons drippings; set sausage aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Add the eggs and green chiles to the skillet; cook, stirring occasionally, until eggs are scrambled and set.

Lightly grease a 9×13 inch baking pan. Place the tortillas on a counter top or other clean surface. Cover each tortillas with portions on sausage, cheese and eggs. Roll up the tortillas and place them seam side down in the baking dish.

Heat reserved sausage drippings in the skillet. Sprinkle on the flour and stir. Add milk, stirring constantly, until the gravy begins to thicken. Pour the gravy on top of the tortilla rolls.

Bake in preheated oven for 10 to 15 minutes, until gravy is bubbly.

2 cans Pork and Beans or baked beans
1 can small green Lima beans
1 can large butter beans (or garbanzo beans if can’t find b.b.)
1 can red kidney beans
1/2 lb. bacon
2 medium onions, chopped

Drain all but the Pork and Beans.

Cut bacon into small squares, about 1″ wide. Cook in skillet until nearly crisp. Discard all or nearly all drippings. Sauté onions in drippings or oil. Drain if desired.

To onions, add:

1 tsp. dry mustard
1 tsp. garlic powder
1/2 cup mild vinegar
1/2 cup brown sugar

Return bacon to mixture. Simmer 20 minutes. Place in large oven-proof pot and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hr. or cook in crock pot for 4-6 hours.

Ingredients:

1 can flaky buttermilk biscuits
8 oz. cream cheese
3/4 cup parmesan cheese
3 tablespoons chopped onions
1 jar real bacon bits
2 tablespoons milk

Directions:

Separate each biscuit into 3 layers. Press each layer into bottom of mini-muffin pans. Mix cheeses, bacon bits, milk, and onion; place a small amount on each biscuit. Bake for 15 minutes at 350 degrees F.

Prep/Cooking Time: Prep Time: 10 Minutes / Cook Time: 30 Minutes

Ingredients:

2 slices bacon
2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon diced onion
4 potatoes, peeled and sliced
salt and pepper to taste
2 eggs
1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese

Directions:

Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Remove bacon from pan, drain and crumble; leave grease in pan.

Heat bacon grease over medium heat and stir in butter. Add onion and potatoes. Cover pan and cook, stirring occasionally, until potatoes are golden brown.

Crack eggs on top of potatoes and stir gently to combine. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, cheese and bacon. Continue cooking until eggs are firm and cheese is melted.