Recipes Archives - My Bacon-Wrapped Life

12
Jul
2015

BBQ Chicken, Bacon, and Blue Cheese Naan Pizzas

categories: Bacon, Pizza, Recipes, Savory, Whole Grains

I’d like to formally introduce you to what will be henceforth be known as The Summer of Quick and Easy Recipes on My Bacon-Wrapped Life.

It’s not ideal, but it’s real life, people. With a crazy (at least, crazy for my super-homebody self) travel schedule that’s packed my summer with weddings and wedding-errands and lake vacations and friend visits, my summer is lookin’ a lotta wonderful but also a little nutso. Which means keeping up with this blog is going to be an adventure and a half for this working girl. So I just wanted to throw out some advance warning that this here space will tend more towards the quick and easy and less towards the slow-simmered Bolognese/homemade cinnamon rolls/fancy-pants stuff for the next few months. Which I think is actually quite perfect for the summer, ya know? Don’t we all really just want something fast and mindless and delicious and hot-kitchen-time minimizing?

That’s the summer dream, people.

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05
Jul
2015

Fresh Blueberry Crumble Bars

categories: Bar Cookies / Brownies, Crisps and Crumbles, Fruit, Recipes

Every year, when the blueberries and strawberries first hit the markets in all their big, sweet, juicy glory in the early months of summer, I experience the same feeling: I just can’t bear to bake or make them into anything. I shovel cartons and cartons into my cart, visions of blueberry pie and strawberry shortcake dancing happily in my head, and then I get home and I just…eat the whole carton in one sitting. The goodness of plain, unadulterated berries is just too powerful, and I cave easily, with stained hands and a happy heart.

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28
Jun
2015

Kitchen Sink Summer Farro Salad

categories: Recipes, Salads, Savory, Sides, Vegetarian, Whole Grains

I don’t want to be totally cliché and say the 4^th of July totally snuck up on me and I CAN’T BELIEVE it’s next weekend, but like. There. I said it. It’s true. How is it not-June as of Wednesday?!

Not that I’m complaining. Although the summer always flies by way too fast, I love this time of year – poised right at the beginning of months and months of long, warm, sunny days, the promise of relaxed alfresco meals and lots of ice cream dangling right in front of us. Even in perpetually-sunny California, there’s something about summer that just makes you want to relax, take a deep breath, and just be. And that is always a good thing in my book!

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21
Jun
2015

Brownie Tart with Salted Caramel Bacon Topping

categories: Bacon, Bar Cookies / Brownies, Recipes

And in a blink of an eye, it’s that time of year again. Guys, this week is my two-year blogiversary!

It feels like just yesterday we were celebrating one year of bacon and lovin’ with this salted caramel bacon ice cream pie. I mean seriously. How was that one year ago?!

So while I can’t believe it’s been two years that we’ve been hangin’ out in this here corner of the internet, I definitely knew we’d be in need of some major celebration. As you probably know by now, in my book, that usually takes the form of an ultra-decadent sweet-and-salty bacon dessert. Also, it’s Father’s Day! If meat in a dessert doesn’t scream “Dad’s day”, I don’t know what does. I know my super sweet-tooth (and bacon-tooth?) Dad would agree!

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