I have been experimenting with pizza crusts. So I have a ton of pizza dough lying around. You can only have so many pepperoni pizzas before you need to find something different. So I decided to try my hand at breakfast pizza. If you have been near a TV at all over the past couple of days you know that it has snowed here in DC. It has snowed a lot, roughly 27 inches. I have a front wheel drive car and there is no chance of me getting out of my house for another day at least. So I had to substitute a few ingredients in my breakfast pizza. Normally I would use salsa as the base, but since I had none and there was no way of me getting to the market. However, I did have a can of diced tomatoes. So I substituted that. It was still good, but salsa is the best.
The pizza browned nicely and allowed the eggs to finish setting. The best way to start the morning.
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Last week I went to the local Safeway and they had an amazing deal on rotisserie chickens. Only $5. So I decided to purchase one and make a couple of recipes. Using the roasted chicken you can quickly make a couple of meals. There is plenty of meat on the bird and the bones can be used to make a nice stock or even a whole chicken noodle soup. The first recipe is inspired by the upcoming football game weekend. You know the one. I would call it by its name but I don’t want to get sued. Hand-held foods are the best for football parties.
This quesadilla is quick, easy, portable and totally delicious.
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on January 12, 2010 -
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While bacon is the ultimate food, not all bacon is created equal. Granted all bacon is good, but some bacon is just a tad bit better. Today I turned the ordinary bacon in to extraordinary bacon. How do you do this? With a bit of brown sugar, Pure Grade A Michigan Maple Syrup and some thick cut apple smoked bacon, that is how.
Maple Brown Sugar Bacon
The bacon was so tasty, 1lb was not enough for me.
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Posted by Rex
on December 21, 2009 -
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Around the holidays my family usually gets together for dinner, but before we eat we usually have appetizers. So this week I wanted to showcase some great appetizers. Today is the simplest appetizer of all. It just happens that it might be the most delicious too.
Bacon Wrapped Pineapple
These lasted about 2 minutes. Yep, they are good.
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Well all of that bacon, butter, ice cream and deep frying has gone to my waist. Time to start eating healthier. Well, at least once a week. Also, not too healthy as I need to have my daily dose of bacon. But, here is the start.
Bacon Quinoa with a Poached Egg
Quinoa sounds like (key-new-a) is a grain-like crop that is full of protein, contains essential amino acids and is also gluten free. Unlike cereals like wheat or rice, quinoa is a edible seed from chenopod which is a close relative of the tumbleweed. Sounds gross, I know, but this stuff is good for you. For being a complete protein source it tastes really good. Although, that maybe because I started with bacon fat, but anyways it goes great with bacon. It has a texture similar to couscous and can be used an alternative for couscous or rice.
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The other week I was asked by my friend Sean to make and post a grilled shrimp recipe. I am always looking for new ideas so I jumped on the chance. What kind of shrimp would I make? Bacon wrapped shrimp, of course. So I went to the store picked up a couple of pounds of shrimp and a couple of pounds of bacon and started experimenting. I have never wrapped bacon around shrimp before so it was a learning experience. The first batch was bad. I wrapped a whole strip of bacon around the shrimp and started to grill. Way too much bacon, plus by the time that the bacon was cooked, the shrimp were like bricks. Back to the drawing board. So I partially cooked the bacon and cut it in half so that there was not too much bacony goodness and we had a winner. I know that sounds weird, why would I want less bacony goodness, but there was so much bacon that it overwhelmed the shrimp. I never thought I would say it, but sometimes there can be too much bacon. I still can’t believe that I just wrote that.
Grilled Bacon Wrapped Shrimp - Awesome!!
The bacon is crispy that the shrimp are perfectly cooked. A great recipe.
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The other day I needed a tasty side dish to serve with some juicy grillled steaks. I looked around my kitchen and I found a couple baking potatoes. I decided to make some twice baked potatoes. To spice it up, I added some white truffle oil to the mix. I know this is cheating, but I can not afford white truffles. At around $2000 a pound I don’t think most of us could afford them. Truffle oil is a great alternative to add that magnificent earthy flavor to dishes.
White Truffle Twice Baked Potato
With the addition of cheddar cheese, this pototo is amazing.
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on July 12, 2009 -
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I love brunch and I love quiche. However, today I didn’t feel like making a pie crust so I made a bacon crust for the quiche. Basically you form it like you would a real pie crust. You need to blind bake it with the help of some parchment and beans. Then you fill with your egg mixture and serve. Completely amazing.
Awesome, all crusts should be made of bacon.
You need to make sure to fully cook the bacon before you add the egg mixture as it won’t get crispy with the egg mixture on top of it.
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