June 2014 archive

Maple Syrup and Bacon Breaded Chicken Wings

Maple Syrup & Bacon Breaded Chicken WingsFarmland Bacon recently launched their Farmland Bacon Club, and to help spread the word — or I guess as more of a bribe to get me to mention it — they sent me a few packages of their bacon to try. Well Farmland, you’ve been heard!

So what exactly is the Farmland Bacon Club? It’s an all-encompassing website where you can find bacon news, contests and giveaways, crazy bacon creations and more. You’ll also find a … CONTINUE READING »

DiGiorno DESIGN A PIZZA Kits

DiGiorno Design A PizzaBack when I was a kid one of my favorite dinner experiences was when my mom would take me to the grocery store to buy a pizza crust and a bunch of toppings and we’d come home and she’d let me make my own pizza.I may not have been quite as adventurous foodwise way back then, but I still managed to come up with some pretty delicious creations!

The one annoying part about doing that … CONTINUE READING »

How to Make Your Own Bacon and Corn Tortilla Chips

Bacon and corn tortilla chipsHormel recently sent me a case of their new Black Label Cob Smoked bacon to try out. So what’s cob smoked bacon you ask? It apparently dates way back to the days of the settlers, when farmers would harvest corn, dry it out and then build slow-burning fires with the cobs in smokehouses where they’d then hang freshly cured pigs.

For a while now I’ve wanted to try making my own corn tortilla chips, and … CONTINUE READING »

Deviled Ostrich Eggs

The Deviled Ostrich EggI’ve wanted to make Deviled Ostrich Eggs forever. I have a friend who works at a zoo who was supposed to grab me a couple ostrich eggs so I could make it happen, but when one ostrich egg is equivalent in size to about 24 chicken eggs sneaking them out of your place of employment can be pretty difficult I’m guessing.

There are a few ostrich farms that sell eggs online, but every time I … CONTINUE READING »

Bacon Wrapped Grilled Cheese Sticks

Bacon Wrapped Grilled Cheese SticksI keep thinking that one day I’ll get sick of eating so much bacon, but amazingly it still hasn’t happened. In fact, as time goes by I only seem to be growing more and more fond of it as I keep incorporating it into more of my meals, which with how much I already eat doesn’t even seem like it should be possible.

Recently I came up with an idea to make some grilled cheese … CONTINUE READING »