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Monday, May 26, 2014

Warm bacon and potato salad


Happy Memorial Day!  Many of you know that I do not like Mayonnaise based salads, especially during an outside BBQ or Picnic.  I have been trying different recipes for a "warm" potato salad and I finally now have one that I enjoy.

Ingredients:
2 lbs Yukon gold potatoes
8 slices of hickory smoked bacon (or your favorite kind of bacon)
1/2 a large red onion diced  (about half a cup)
1/3 cup white vinegar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
2 tbs Country Dijon mustard
1 1/2 tsp salt
chopped chives for garnish


Boil the potatoes with 1/2 tsp of salt until they are fork tender.  Drain and chop into rounds.
In a large saute pan cook bacon until crispy. Once bacon is done put on paper towels to drain.  Keep 1/4 bacon fat in the pan and add the onions.  Cook the onions until they become translucent.
Whisk together the vinegar, sugar, mustard and remaining 1tsp of salt.  Add to pan and cook until it begins to thicken.  Return potatoes to pan and carefully stir.  Do not stir too much or your potatoes will break apart.  Top with chives and crumbled bacon.






  

Sunday, May 18, 2014

Quick Banana Bread

It was raining this morning and I had a few bananas that if not used would be tossed to the animals in our back yard.  So I decided to make a quick banana bread.


Ingredients
3 to 4 ripe bananas
1/3 cup melted butter
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
1 egg
1 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
pinch of salt (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Using a wooden spoon, combine bananas and butter (does not have to be smooth, if you have a few banana chunks it is ok).    Incorporate the remaining ingredients one at a time.  Pour batter into a pre-greased (Pam or butter) loaf pan and bake for 1 hour.

We serve with a generous slab of butter.