Awesome Stovetop Green Beans with Crispy Bacon and Garlic
Canned green beans get a bad rap. This skillet version with crispy bacon, garlic, and a splash of vinegar fixes that in about 20 minutes.
Homemade Maple Bacon
Who doesn’t love Maple Bacon! Ever since I made homemade hickory smoked bacon, I have been addicted to home cured bacon. It is simple, easy and most of all, DELICIOUS!!! This time around I used a wet brine to make the best bacon I have ever eaten! Maple bacon has a slight sweetness and a beautiful saltiness.
How to Make Homemade Hickory Smoked Bacon – Easy Recipe
Once you make homemade hickory smoked bacon, store-bought will never cut it again. This easy dry cure and smoke recipe produces the most flavorful bacon you have ever eaten.
- Bacon | Christmas | Thanksgiving | Turkey
Bacon Wrapped Turkey Breast
Bacon wrapped turkey breast is an easy, moist way to serve turkey for Thanksgiving or any holiday. Includes step-by-step bacon weave instructions and roasting tips.
- Bacon | Christmas | Potatoes | Sides | Thanksgiving
Grandma’s Twice Baked Potatoes (with Bacon!)
Grandma Donna’s twice baked potatoes loaded with bacon, cheddar, sour cream and green onions. A perfect side dish for any meal and an absolute must-have at Thanksgiving!
- Appetizers | Bacon | BBQ | Fourth of July | pork
Pork Belly Burnt Ends AKA MIYM Bacon Cubes
Pork belly burnt ends (MIYM bacon cubes) — crispy, buttery smoked pork belly cubes glazed with brown sugar, honey and BBQ sauce.
- Bacon | cheese | Sandwiches
Bacon Onion Jam Grilled Cheese
A couple of weeks ago, I made a batch of Bacon Onion Jam. It was the one of the greatest condiments that I have ever had. I love it so much, that I put it on everything. During one of my tests I put it on a grilled cheese sandwich. After a little testing with…
- Bacon | BBQ | Fourth of July
Bacon Onion Jam
This bacon onion jam is slightly sweet, slightly salty and all around bacon-y. Perfect on burgers, crackers, omelets or straight off the spoon. Inspired by the Jack Daniels BBQ Championship!
Penne Alla Vodka with Pancetta
Dana’s Penne Alla Vodka with Pancetta is quite possibly the best pasta dish you will ever make. Rich, creamy vodka sauce with crispy pancetta — a total family favorite. Trust me, you have to try it!
Cream of Crab and Bacon Soup
In the top menu bar of this website you will see a tab that says “Ask Rex”. This is the section of the website where you can ask me to recreate a recipe, come up with a recipe or add bacon to your favorite recipe. One of my readers, Ashley, asked me for my take…
- Bacon | Fourth of July | Pizza
Bacon Crust Pizza
Ever since my BreakFast Fatty post, I have been getting bombarded with emails requesting more bacon recipes. So I took the bacon weave from the breakfast fatty, cooked it like my bacon crusted quiche and mixed it with America’s Favorite Dish, PIZZA! Yep, I took this pizza to the carbohydrate free extreme (ok a few…
Breakfast Fatty
In the bbq world everyone talks about fatty’s. The Gist of it is a smoked log of sausage. I did a quick take on it by stuffing the log of sausage with my favorite breakfast items. It is hash browns, cheese and hard boiled eggs wrapped in sausage and bacon.
- Appetizers | Bacon | cheese | Fourth of July
Easy Cheese Bread Recipe – Warm Cheesy & Perfect
Ever since I was a kid, the holidays meant it was time for hors d’ouerves / appetizers.  Since everyone is coming and going, my Mom would always have a table full of them.  For this reason, I am always on the lookout for new and interesting ideas.  I stumbled upon a single picture that excited my taste buds.  It…
Spinach, Bacon and Swiss Quiche
I am a huge fan of Quiche. The other night I was clueless as to what to make for dinner. I had a bunch of eggs lying around and figured a Quiche would be perfect. Add a little bacon and Swiss and this was going to be a great meal. I used the basic recipe…
- Bacon | Chicken | Fourth of July | Grilling
Bacon Chicken Kabobs
I love grilled chicken. However, if you cook boneless skinless chicken breasts life can become dry and boring. So I devised a surefire way to cook chicken, keep it moist and give it a smokey bacony flavor. Yep, skewer the chicken with a couple strips of bacon. The fat keeps the chicken moist and imparts…
BLT Salad
Gourmet BLT salad with fire-roasted tomatoes, crispy bacon, charred croutons, and bacon vinaigrette. A delicious twist on the classic BLT sandwich.
Baked Eggs with Spinach
On the weekend I like to cook breakfast whenever I get a chance. This Sunday I woke up early and started to read the September issue of Bon Appetit. I know it is October, but I just got around to it. It happens. Anyways, I came across a baked egg dish in the 5 ingredient…
Bacon Waffles
Last year I made Bacon Pancakes and they were some of the best things that I have ever eaten. Actually they are one of my popular posts. So I decided to update the recipe and do it with waffles. Yep, bacon baked right into the center of the waffles. I think I might have a…
- Bacon | Memorial Day | Seafood
Memorial Day 2010
Happy Memorial Day! I just want to give a quick shout out to all of the Veterans out there that have served this country. Thank you very much for all that you have done. The United States would be nothing without you. Thanks again.
Breakfast Pizza
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…
