This Grilled Vegetable Salad with Bacon and Spaghetti is the perfect melding of flavors and textures. Great summertime salad! Thank you to Albertsons/Safeway for helping me share this recipe with you. The first time I was served a green salad with pasta mixed in, I remember thinking how bizarre that was. It was in a…
Healthy BLT Slaw Recipe
Once you taste this healthy BLT Slaw recipe, you’ll want to make it for every summertime potluck and barbecue! Plus, it’s a breeze to make. There are some recipes that swoop into your life like a super hero streaking towards a hapless victim. That’s a lot of pressure to put on a salad, but this…
Breakfast Egg Wrap with Bacon, Mushrooms & Tomato Recipe
Whip up this tasty breakfast egg wrap for a great refueling snack after exercising or a make-and-go breakfast on a busy morning. Running has been on my mind a lot lately. After a somewhat uneven summer when motivation was at an all-time low (seriously, I don’t think I could have been any lazier), I’m finally…
Pancetta & Mushroom Crustless Quiche Recipe
Serve this light Pancetta and Mushroom Crustless Quiche for brunch (think Mother’s Day) or dinner. The leftovers are great for quick breakfasts during the week. When you make the commitment to healthy eating, but are a lover of anything in the bacon family, you have to make an internal deal with yourself. Mine involved continuing…
Light Sweet Potato Skins with Bacon & Goat Cheese
These dressed-up sweet potato skins still have bacon, but are a lot healthier. They are perfect for game day snacking or appetizers at any time! Potato skins were a really big thing when I was a teenager. I think it had something to do with the fact that my friends and I could drive to…
Mushroom, Bacon & Spinach Whole Wheat Pasta Recipe
Mushrooms, bacon and spinach in a (fairly) light whole wheat pasta recipe that’s ready in 30 minutes. Does it get any better than that? As much as I enjoy meatless meals (I’ve been making this one over and over again), I can’t fathom completely giving up meat. There’s one word to explain this…bacon. Well okay,…
Easy Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp Appetizer
Smoky bacon is dressed with sweet cherry preserves and wrapped around juicy and succulent shrimp for the perfect holiday appetizer. They say that bacon makes everything better. Who am I to argue with that? And if you have just a little bit here and there, you don’t have to worry about blowing your holiday healthy…
Sweet Potato Hash Recipe with Creamy Avocado Sauce
This sweet potato hash pops with color and flavor, thanks to a creamy avocado sauce. Thanks to California Avocados for sponsoring this post and helping me to share this recipe with you. As Kristen of Dine & Dish and I gear up for an avocado link-up party, we are happily slicing and dicing California Avocados…
Mini Apple, Cheddar & Bacon Fillo Snack Tart Recipe
Surprise your kids with this fun after school snack – mini fillo (phyllo) shells, stuffed with apple, Cheddar and bacon. Thanks to Athens Foods for sponsoring this post and helping me to share this recipe with you. I warned you in my slow cooker shredded chicken post the other day. This is the post where…
BLT Naan Pizza Recipe with Bacon, Arugula & Tomato
This BLT Naan Pizza with Bacon, Arugula & Tomato is an easy and healthy lunch or dinner idea. Last week, I told you about the surprise that my husband, Steve, and I planned for our youngest son’s (T) ninth birthday. As soon as he headed off to school, we started on some heavy lifting. Two…
Warm Bourbon Spinach Salad Recipe with Bacon & Avocado
Celebrate Mardi Gras with a spinach salad tossed with a bourbon dressing, and topped with avocado and bacon. If you can’t be at Mardi Gras in person, you might as well douse your salad in bourbon. Now, I know this isn’t traditional Mardi Gras-esque food. It’s not gumbo, jambalaya or etouffée, and there’s not even…
Fresh Green Beans with Bacon, Mushrooms & Herbs Recipe
Fresh green beans are tossed with crispy bacon, sauteed mushrooms, shallots and fresh herbs. This is a wonderful, bright side for your Thanksgiving feast. This post is a two-fer. If you are looking for a side dish for your Thanksgiving feast, then these fresh green beans will do the trick. Bacon, mushrooms, shallots and fresh…
Mashed Potatoes Recipe with Bacon & Caramelized Onions
This addictive Thanksgiving side dish is filled with creamy (but low-fat) mashed potatoes, salty and crispy bacon and sweet caramelized onions. I’m a traditionalist, from the top of my head to the tip of my toes. That means that I typically don’t want anyone to mess with my holiday side dishes. Just give me a…
French Onion & Endive Soup Recipe with Pancetta
Before jumping into the French Onion & Endive Soup recipe (with my favorite pairing of pancetta), I want to sincerely thank each and every one of you who left comments and sent me emails and tweets after I posted My Health & Weight Loss Journey: Before & After Photos. Your support and kind comments, as…
Frittata Recipe with Pancetta, Mushrooms & Roasted Garlic
After preparing extra garlic for my How to: Roast Garlic post last week, I have been adding the flavorful little jewels to every pasta sauce, sandwich and pizza that crosses my path. Even eggs weren’t safe. As if pancetta and mushrooms weren’t enough to bump up the flavor of a simple frittata, I chopped up…
Onion & Bacon Marmalade Recipe
One can never have too many appetizer and hors d’oeuvres recipes. At least that’s how my mind works. I would much rather sit down to a tableful of many little dishes than a large meal of one meat, one carb and one vegetable. This is one of the many reasons that I am determined to…
Make-Ahead Baked Eggs with Bacon, Mushrooms & Sage Recipe
Christmas is just over a week away and I am in denial about my state of panic. Presents to buy, holiday meals to plan, house to clean, Christmas tree to decorate…breathe….breathe. One thing I can count on is that I will be making The Pioneer Woman’s Maple-Glazed Cinnamon Rolls for Christmas morning, as we do…
Chicken Spinach Salad Recipe with Warm Bacon-Artichoke Dressing
What the heck is a girl from Canada doing in a place where the thermometer creeps up into the hundreds on the hottest of summer days? This is the time of year when I take full control of the air-conditioner and threaten anyone that dares to turn it off or even nudge it upwards one…
Tortellini Pasta Salad with Bacon, Broccoli & Basil Recipe
One of the first things I made on my own after leaving the comfort of my parents’ kitchen was my mum’s pasta salad. Growing up, it was a staple on the patio table during the summertime. Bowtie pasta, salmon, capers and red bell peppers, tossed in a mayonnaise-based dressing, made up the salad that I…
Poached Egg on Toast with Chipotle Mayonnaise, Bacon & Avocado Recipe
If you love Eggs Benedict, you will love this even more. Chipotle mayonnaise, bacon and avocado make this breakfast or brunch recipe irresistible! Before I learned to poach an egg, the only chance I had of eating Eggs Benedict was at a restaurant. It is the only thing on a brunch menu that I simply…