This bread is easy, healthy, and delicious. I’ve been making a loaf about every other day…..
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This recipe was adapted from: Heavenly Homemakers – Applesauce Bread
For our family it doesn’t get much better then Bacon Fried Rice!
Frugal, simple, yummy, uses lots of our fresh eggs, and how can you go wrong with BACON?
You will need 4 cups of cooked rice. It doesn’t matter what kind, I prefer brown organic rice (it’s much healthier than white), but I ran out and needed to use up this white rice so that’s what you will see pictures of. I put 2 cups of rice and 3 cups of water in my rice cooker and it was perfect about 20 minutes later. Cook your rice how ever you prefer.
While the rice is cooking, chop up LOTS of bacon.
This was 3 cups of uncooked bacon pieces. After it was cooked and drained it was 2 cups of bacon bits. I buy the big packages of ends and pieces (they are cheaper than sliced) and freeze them until I need them.
I only use 1 pan for this recipe, so you will need a big one. While the bacon is filling your house with that heavenly aroma, chop a large onion and green pepper.
You will also need six eggs, scrambled.
Yes, that’s a gargantuan bowl of eggs shells. 🙂 We save all our egg shells and grind them up for the compost pile and to feed back to our chickens for calcium. If you would like to recycle your eggs shells, here is a link to a post about 30+ things to do with egg shells on the Prairie Homestead Blog.
When the bacon is done(crispy) place it on a plate with a paper towel to drain, and pour some of the lovely bacon grease into a small glass bowl or coffee cup. Leave some of it in the pan to saute the onion and green pepper in.
Then look outside and see that it’s dark….and realize that you didn’t close the chicken coop doors yet. Then turn off the burner so you can run outside to do that. Grab a flash light, slip on your sexy clogs…. then remember that you are going outside for a couple minutes and leaving warm bacon bits on the counter with serious bacon snatchers in the house….slip off the sexy (chicken poopy) clogs and head back to the kitchen and hide the bacon bits in the cupboard. Slip sexy clogs BACK on, run out to the chicken coop, count 17 chickens, chase a cat out of the coop, close the doors, and run back to the house.
Warm the pan back up to medium heat (or just leave the pan on if you don’t have chicken issues) and saute the onion and green pepper, in the bacon grease until transparent. If they start to stick to the pan add more bacon grease.
Add the cooked rice to the pan. Stir the rice and veggies together and add a few more tablespoons of bacon grease (still on medium heat).
Pour the scrambled eggs over the rice mixture. Keep stirring while its cooking, when the eggs are almost set…pull the bacon out of its hiding place in the cupboard and add to the pan, stir in while the eggs finish cooking. When the eggs are completely done pull the pan off the burner, add salt and pepper to taste.
Four of us ate this for dinner last night with plenty of leftovers. Well I thought there was leftovers?? When I went to put them in the fridge I couldn’t find them…after making a few circles around the kitchen, I looked in the living room and this is what I saw:
Digger watching “Fringe” and eating leftover Fried Rice like popcorn. 😆
Here’s another recipe to help use all those fresh eggs…well 3 recipes actually. I love German Puff Pancakes, not just because they taste so good but because you mix up the batter, throw it in the oven and 20 minutes later….VOILA!! Everyone’s breakfast is done at the same time and mom (or whoever is cooking) isn’t still standing at the stove flipping pancakes while half of the family is finishing eating and the other half is waiting for seconds!! Don’t get me wrong, I love pancakes!! I just like eating more than flipping. 😀 OK, I’m done whining now.
Start by preheating the oven to 400 degrees.
Put the butter into a 13X9 inch pan and put it in the oven to melt the butter. Keep an eye on it and remove it when the butter is melted.
While the oven is heating and the butter is melting, put the remaining ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
Pour the batter from the blender over the melted butter and return the pan to the heated oven for 20 min.
How fun is that!! We top ours with butter and maple syrup or agave nectar.
German Sausage Puff Pancake
Follow the recipe above but sprinkle cooked sausage (I use 1 pound of breakfast sausage) over the batter in the pan just before baking.
So I’m not sure if this is still a pancake? Maybe more of a breakfast casserole? Whatever it is, we usually eat it for dinner with salsa, sour cream, and cheese on top….TASTY!
German Blueberry Puff Pancake
Follow the German Puff Pancake recipe above but before baking sprinkle 1 cup of frozen blueberries (fresh blueberries would work too) on top of the batter. Serve with powdered sugar, or maple syrup.
Our family has been a “biscuit from a can” kinda family for 11 years. They are pretty good….well, If you don’t think about what a home made biscuit tastes like, and if you don’t read the ingredients on the can. Yep, I looked…..then, I said “yuck!” Then I started experimenting.
This is what I came up with:
Light, Fluffy, Healthy, Yumminess!!
Start by stirring together the flour, baking powder, cream of tarter, and salt.
Then cut in the butter until crumbly. Here’s a little tip…instead of standing at the counter (forever) with a fork to cut in the butter. I put mine in my kitchen aid and let it mix for a minute (I cubed the butter first). It worked l great, but be careful not to over mix! Over mixing equals tough biscuits.
Combine the egg and milk; stir it into crumb mixture until moist. Turn onto a floured surface and knead about 10 times. Then roll out to 1/2 inch thickness and cut biscuits out with a cup or cookie cutter.
This is the fun part!
Bake at 450 degrees for 10 to 15 minutes.
This made about 16 biscuits.
No more biscuits from a can for us!!
Little Chef turns 10 today and she decided to make cupcakes so she could take them to AWANA and share with all her friends. So we got some super cute cupcake liners and found some yummy looking recipes at Your Cup of Cake.
This is why we call her “Little Chef”
She LOVES to cook and like her mama, she loves to eat!!
We are so thankful for our Little Chef and can’t believe how grown up she is!
This recipe is simple, VERY attractive and tastes every bit as good as it looks!!
Start by whisking together eggs and water.
Pour into a pan drizzled with olive oil on medium-low heat.
Stir with spatula until eggs are set up. Add salt and pepper.
Top with salsa, avocado and sour cream!!
I told you it was attractive!! Don’t you just love those colors??
Here’s a close up…..
Oh yeah!! That’s what I’m talkin’ ’bout!! Yummmmmmmmm!
Here’s the printable version of the recipe:
Dipped pretzels are a holiday FAVORITE at our house. They are not only yummy but extremely fun to make. There are no limits on the varieties you can make, and they also make easy, inexpensive gifts!! Here are some examples of what we have made so far this Christmas.
Dipped pretzels are a great idea for Christmas parties, kids can make them all by themselves and as you can see each pretzel is a masterpiece. 🙂
All you need to make these sweet, salty, crunchy goodies is:
Pretzels – Any shape or size and Almond Bark – Chocolate, Vanilla or both.
Melt the Almond bark in a microwave safe bowl following the directions on the package. Don’t over heat it!! You will end up with a HARD, over cooked mess and there will be no dipping and very sad faces (yes, I’m speaking from experience). When you reach a nice, silky, smooth consistency start dipping, dunking and sprinkling!! They will cool quickly, so sprinkle fast. For easy clean up, place them on waxed paper to cool.
I hope your family enjoys these as much as ours does. Be creative and have fun. 😛
I got this recipe from my mom many years ago, it’s the recipe I grew up on. So anytime I try to make a different chocolate chip cookie it just doesn’t taste right. In my opinion THIS is what a chocolate chip cookie should look and taste like!! I think they’re the best when under cooked just a little….soft and SUPER yummy!!
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