Bacon | Eat at Home

Ingredient Spotlight: Bacon-fest!

January 4, 2012 by Tiffany

Smokey, crisp strips of bacon sizzling in an iron skillet. Does it get any better than that?

For me, yes. It can get better if the bacon takes the starring role in a classic BLT sandwich. Toasted bread, iceberg lettuce, garden-fresh tomato, bacon and Miracle Whip. Fantastic!

I cannot wait to see all the recipes you’ve got for bacon! I’ve already started a Bacon Board on Pinterest with my bacon recipes. I’ll be adding many of yours as we go.

Share your recipes! Link up any recipe that uses bacon. Feel free to link as many as you like. Be sure to link back to Eat at Home in your blog post. You can use the button below, if you like.

Pin It

Filed under: ingredient spotlight, Uncategorized Tagged with bacon17 Comments

Beef and Bean Topped Potatoes

March 4, 2011 by Tiffany

This is a quick meal, except for the potato baking. But even that can be done in the microwave if you’re really pressed for time.

And there are a couple things you can do to make it even faster. Keep cooked ground beef in the freezer so it’s ready to go for recipes like this. You can also keep cooked bacon and onion in the freezer.

Or you can slow it down by putting the topping in the slow cooker until you’re ready for dinner.

Another bonus, this recipe is versatile. Vary the ingredients for what you have in your pantry. I don’t think you can mess this one up. Nearly anything goes.

Here’s what you’ll need: [Read more...]

Filed under: Crockpot, Main Dish Tagged with bacon, baked potatoes, beans, cheddar, green chilis, ground beef, onion, tomatoes6 Comments

Bean and Bacon Soup – Ready in 10 Minutes

December 28, 2010 by Tiffany

This soup is really just assembly only, as long as you’ve got the bacon and onions in the freezer. It’s a good one to keep in mind for those nights when you really don’t have time to cook, but everyone needs to be fed.

The bacon, onion and tomatoes add a lot of flavor to the beans. It reminds me of the flavor of Italian Sausage and Bean Soup.

Here’s what you’ll need: [Read more...]

Filed under: Main Dish, Soup Tagged with bacon, butter beans, chicken broth, diced tomatoes, kidney beans, onion, oregano, pinto beans, Soup15 Comments

Bacon Tomato Ranch Pasta Salad

September 14, 2010 by Tiffany

Soccer season is presenting a real challenge to dinnertime. We’ve been picnicking on the field while we watch the games. But sandwiches can get old, especially if you’ve packed one for lunch too. I created this easy pasta salad to take with us one night. It’s creamy and flavorful with homemade ranch dressing.

Here’s what you’ll need:

[Read more...]

Filed under: Main Dish, Pasta, Side Dish Tagged with bacon, dill, garlic, mayonnaise, parsley, Pasta, penne, seasoned salt, sour cream, tomatoes14 Comments

Homemade Baked Beans in the Slow Cooker

June 22, 2010 by Tiffany

Last weekend we had friends over for dinner and I made these baked beans. They were so good and easy. I combined ideas from several recipes books, including a church cookbook and the More with Less Cookbook. The result is a recipe that uses canned beans and cooks in the slow cooker. I wanted to use the slow cooker because baked beans taste best with a long cooking time, but I didn’t want to heat up the kitchen.

[Read more...]

Filed under: Crockpot, Side Dish Tagged with bacon, brown sugar, chili sauce, ketchup, molasses, navy beans, onion14 Comments

Tropical Salad

March 12, 2010 by Tiffany

This salad was perfect with the Hawaiian Grilled Chicken. It’s full of pineapple, green onions, macadamia nuts, bacon…Yum! I found the recipe on Bethany’s blog, For the Love of Grub. I made the salad on Saturday, so we could eat it Sunday after church. I mixed the dressing up, but did not add it until right before serving. [Read more...]

Filed under: salad Tagged with bacon, coconut, green onions, macadamia nuts, olive oil, pineapple, red wine vinegar, romaine11 Comments

Loaded Baked Potatoes with Homemade Cheese Sauce

January 8, 2010 by Tiffany

Baked potatoes and salad make a great dinner, but when you add homemade cheese sauce, broccoli and bacon it gets even better. This dinner will warm you up on a cold, winter night. It’s also frugal and healthy. [Read more...]

Filed under: Main Dish, vegetarian Tagged with bacon, broccoli, cheddar, potatoes7 Comments

Potato Skins

December 22, 2009 by Tiffany

Potato skins done

A while back, I made a pot of Baked Potato Soup. That recipe calls just for the fluffy middles of the potatoes. I decided to freeze the skins to use another time. It worked great. I froze them in a ziplock bag and then let them thaw on the counter for a while before baking. There was a bit of frost inside the skins, so I used a spoon to gently scrape it off.

I altered the method used by Simply Recipes to make the potato skins. Here’s what you’ll need: [Read more...]

Filed under: Side Dish, Snacks Tagged with bacon, cheddar cheese, potatoes8 Comments

Baked Potato Dip

December 17, 2009 by Tiffany

baked potato dip done

Before I talk about this recipe, I must apologize for the poor photo. These short winter days are taking a toll of my photos. There’s just not enough light at dinner time to take a good picture. Some of my favorite food bloggers, who have excellent photos on their sites, use special lights or cook so they can take photos during day light.

For better or worse, my process is more natural than that. I take pics of food as I make and serve it. If it’s dark outside when the food is done, it’s dark and I just have to deal with it. The benefit is that the recipes I share are real recipes, coming out of a real kitchen. The down side is that sometimes the photos aren’t very good.

Now that I’ve apologized for the embarrassingly bad photo, I’ll tell you about the dip, which is oh-so-yummy. I found the recipe on Tasty Kitchen a few months ago and finally had the opportunity to try it out for a potluck meal. It was a hit. [Read more...]

Filed under: Snacks Tagged with appetizer, bacon, cheddar cheese, cream cheese, sour cream14 Comments

Baked Potato Soup

November 7, 2009 by Tiffany

baked potato soup done

My only complaint about this soup is that we only had enough left over for 3 people to have it for lunch the next day. It was so good, next time I’ll make a bigger batch.

I accidentally altered it a tiny bit from the recipe. I didn’t even realize that I’d made the mistake until I woke up at 1am and remembered that I hadn’t put the sour cream into the soup. Honestly, the soup was so good without it, I doubt I’ll ever add sour cream. (Am I the only one who wakes up in the middle of the night thinking about stupid things like sour cream in soup?) [Read more...]