Oh Paula Deen!  I know my boy Anthony Bourdain doesn’t think that highly of you, but I’ve got a little place in my (clogged) heart for you!

This is one of hers, courtesy of Smithfield (hence the shout of in the recipe):

Blazin’ Hot Bacon Dip

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb. Smithfield bacon, cooked crisp and crumbled
• 8 oz cream cheese
• 1 (10 oz.) can of diced tomatoes with green chilies, drained
• 2 limes, juiced
• 1/2 chipotle pepper in adobo sauce, chopped
• 1 bunch cilantro, roughly chopped
• Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Place all ingredients, except Smithfield bacon, in the bowl of a food processor and pulse a few times to combine. Do not process until completely smooth, keep slightly chunky. Pour mixture into a mixing bowl and fold in all but a tablespoon of bacon.
2. Pour dip into a serving bowl and top with remaining tablespoon bacon. Serve with tortilla chips, crackers or vegetables.

photo and recipe via Smithfield

This recipe comes across my desk just in time as all of our tomato plants (and that one basil plant) have blown up!

Simple, easy, fresh and tasty!  It’s Bacon & Tomato Pasta.

Bacon and Tomato Pasta [Read more →]

Yesterday we had a great breakfast/brunch recipe for bacon wrapped eggs. Today we share with you a gourmet hot dog recipe from my morning Detroit Free Press called the 3 a.m. Dog.

Created by Chef Aaron Cozadd of the Union Woodshop just north of me in Clarkston (also winner of the Free Press “Restaurant of the Year” Honor for 2011) comes this dog with egg and a bacon jam!

Recipe after the jump: [Read more →]

Those of you who have followed this blog for a while know that I don’t dig on eggs, but even I have to admit that this look pretty darn good and an incredibly easy thing to put together.  Don’t have any ideas for this Sunday’s family breakfast? Why not give these a try this weekend and let me know what you think!

In the words of Lil’ Baird – “Bon Appétit, you may eat!”

because you never know what you are going to find.

Like today for example…

I get my daily alerts from the Google Machine and notice an article from Marcus Samuelsson’s blog where he explains the different cuts of bacon.  It’s a good read as he talks through side, pancetta, slab, back, nitrate free…then I see something that makes me stop in my tracks:

Cooking with bacon can be a great way to add a little bit of flavor to a dish. You can chop some side bacon or pancetta and use it to enhance your favorite pasta, or in a banana bread or leave the strips whole and wrap them around fruits for a great appetizer like tapas or “Devils on horseback” or wrapped around oysters to make “Angels on horseback.”

Wait…back up…banana bread? Are…….you……kidding me?

*CLICK*

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So Easter has passed and you got yourself a mess of colored hard boiled eggs…now me, I don’t dig on eggs, never have.  But there are enough of you bacon & egg combo lovers out there who would appreciate this:

Bacon & Cheddar Deviled Eggs [Read more →]

I was doing some searching on my Google machine for some brunch ideas that I could whip up this Sunday and stumbled across this…

Hummena, hummena…

I know it’s more of a dessert, but my o my this just sounds wonderful!

Praline Bacon Bread Pudding with Rum Raisin Creme Anglaise [Read more →]

Yes, I said it, PIG NUTS!!!  Pig Nuts, Pig Nuts, Pig Nuts!!!

Candies Pig Nuts!

I CAN NOT BELIEVE that in the 2 1/3 years of this blog I had yet to come across this incredible recipe. God bless Instructables!

Better yet – I have EVERYTHING to make this in my kitchen RIGHT NOW!

It will happen this weekend.  I will have PIG NUTS! [Read more →]

Better Half was working late tonight so I was pickin’ up Lil’ Baird.  The thing with Daddy pickin’ up Lil’ is that the first time I picked her up at her new school, we went out for a Daddy / Daughter day that included a trip to Rainforest Cafe.  Since then, every time I pick her up she wants to go to a “res-TA-runt”.  Well today she got to me and we headed down to Noodles & Company just down the street.

As I walk in, one sign had me at hello…“Grown Up” Mac & Cheese.  Three new bowls including this…

Bacon, Mac & Cheeseburger.  Yeah, I’m game! [Read more →]

Look at this…I mean seriously look at this…

Guac, cheese, bacon…ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?  You can literally taste this through the screen.

Hit the jump to find out more about this absolutely delicious guilty pleasure. [Read more →]