Meal with bacon- need ideas
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Anonymous
| My mother in law was visiting last weekend and insisted on buying two packages of bacon. My husband and I eat vegetarian at home (we will happily eat meat when served it at someone else's house). We did not eat the bacon. I don't want to waste it. What are some exciting ideas besides just frying it and eating it? BLTs are the only thing I can think of. Thanks! |
Anonymous
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Pasta Carbonara
Frittata Avocado BLT Fry it up and sprinkle it over salads and cooked veggies (excellent with brussel sprouts) Add it to your veggie burger or veggie sandwich |
Anonymous
| Quesadillas - cheese, avocado, tomatoes, corn, bacon! |
Anonymous
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Chili
Baked potato bar Vichyssoise (untraditional but delicious addition) Baked beans Split pea soup Clam chowder |
Anonymous
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-Iceberg Wedge Salad with Bacon Pieces - yummy
-Shrimp Sandwich with Bacon - really yummy - Quiche with Bacon - good - My Kentucky grandma used to make the very best green beans with bacon bits - my MIL made turkey meatloaf with bacon strips on top -- not bad -that's all I can think of |
Anonymous
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Honestly, you can put bacon on almost anything. It provides a nice savory, salty, smoky flavor.
Put it in your tomato sauce and then sprinkle extra bits over the pasta. Look up recipes with pancetta and use the bacon in place of it. |
Anonymous
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OP,
This is the easiest way I've found to cook up bacon: http://culinaryarts.about.com/od/breakfastcookery/ht/bacon.htm If you don't want to use it all at once, freeze the raw bacon in batches, so you don't have to defrost the whole thing. |
Anonymous
| Was also going to suggest freezing it. I lay the package out on parchment paper, piece by piece, then roll it up--that way I can just peel one slice at a time off the roll, without defrosting the whole package. |
Anonymous
| Cook the bacon, crumble, and then freeze, and you can add it as you wish to different meals. |
Anonymous
| Roast with brussell sprouts |
Anonymous
| Chop it up and sprinkle on salad or homemade potato soup. Yummmmmm |
Anonymous
Denny's has a bacon icecream sundae 
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Anonymous
| I second the fritatta. |
Anonymous
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Peanut butter and bacon sandwiches.
With blueberry pancakes and maple syrup. |
Anonymous
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My favorite Spanish rice recipe includes bacon
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/spanish-rice-original/ Hunter style chicken http://www.recipequick.com/recipe/Heinz-57-Hunter-Style-Chicken-1367.html |