Grilled Bacon & Tomato Sandwich

I pulled out my trustee Cuisine Tonight: Weeknight Menus book for this recipe. I knew it had to be good because before I sat down Mike took a bite and said, “Did you take a picture yet?” How can you go wrong, though, with pepperjack cheese, bacon and avocado?

Spinach Salad with Maple Vinaigrette

Maple syrup, dijon mustard, bacon and apples. I can’t think of a better fall salad. This one from Cooking Light was delicious…although I should have probably cut back on the red onions a little bit. Another recipe for the “keep binder!” All these Cooking Light recipes…you’d think I would’ve lost a little weight by now.

p. 67: Blue Cheese & Bacon-Stuffed Dates

A big thanks goes to my sister for cooking these for me. It was a recipe I wasn’t looking forward to eating but after her review, I might change my mind! I made the bacon-wrapped blue cheese-stuffed dates tonight. Not a great one to photograph but they were certainly yummy. To quote Bob Banner, “These [...]

p. 222: Creamed Spinach with Bacon

So maybe creamed spinach isn’t the most photogenic of all the vegetable side dishes. But it sure is tasty! You should have seen the icky face Mike made when I told him what we were having for dinner. He was a trooper, though, and ate his whole serving (about half the size of my serving, [...]

p. 124: Chicken & Bacon Pot Pie

This recipe definitely does not fit in with the whole “Biggest Loser: Bagolitas” challenge I’m supposedly doing at work. Instead of making the sauce with butter, flour and chicken stock, Sam uses a shortcut of sour cream and prepared chicken gravy. Can you hear my arteries clogging as you read this? Nonetheless, it turned out pretty good. [...]