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08
Jun
2014

Mango Bacon Guacamole

categories: Appetizers / Finger Foods, Bacon, Mexican, Recipes, Savory

Guys, today we need to talk about something really important.

Something called…mango bacon guacamole.

Last week, we talked about how important great snacks are to summer fun (um, absolutely critical, obviously). I think the ultimate summer snack has to be chips and guac. Maybe it’s the California girl in me, but I seriously need to be restrained around any form of guacamole. I will eat the whole bowl and go looking for more. I wish I was exaggerating, but I’m totally not. I know my fellow guacamole devotees understand.

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18
May
2014

Bacon-y Spring Panzanella Salad

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

Last summer, I waxed poetic about my all-time favorite kind of salad: panzanella. I mean, it’s a bread salad. What’s not to absolutely love? I made this salad a million times last summer and I don’t see this summer being any different. But while I’m waiting for those perfectly plump tomatoes to hit the farmers market, I decided to whip up a spring version that I have to say I – gasp! – might like better than the original.

I think the giant hunks of thick-cut bacon and the bread toasted up in bacon fat might have something to do with it. Maybe.

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04
May
2014

Bacon, Onion, and Ricotta Frittata

categories: Bacon, Breakfast, Recipes, Savory

I have a life lesson for you that I personally think is best learned as early in life as possible.

If you want to host a brunch and look super fancy and put together and Martha Stewart-y…make a frittata. I mean, just the word sounds fancy! It’s everything you want in a brunch dish – eggs and cheese and delicious fresh veggie things (and bacon, of course). Only you have to know that it’s really just a quiche without the work, a quick sauté and a whisk and a few minutes in the oven. Really, it’s the easiest thing in the entire world. Add a fruit salad and some mimosas and sit back and let the compliments come in!

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27
Apr
2014

Maple Bacon Shortbread Cookies

categories: Bacon, Cookies, Recipes

Guys. I finally did it.

I put bacon in a baked good and it’s exactly as so-wrong-it’s-right as I wanted it to be.

Bacon in baked goods has been a little food trend for a while now, but I’ve always been skeptical. I obviously love bacon in just about everything, but I just feel that there is a time and a place for bacon baked goods. I didn’t want to just add bacon to my brownies just BECAUSE. I wanted to find something sweet that the bacon flavor would really complement, a baked good that was just screaming for some smoky MEAT, ya know?

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