Italian bacon :

Butternut Squash and Bacon Risotto

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The cooling off period is here. Crisp evenings, dewy mornings and the crackle of fires and smoke filled air. Autumn is a season full of emotion for most people, scents, sounds, sights; they all conjure something different for everyone. My[...]

Vegetarian Bacon Broccoli Penne Recipe

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Day 42. This is my first official "act of nature" affected recipe. Sigh. Read onto the results to learn more about this probably delicious Bacon Broccoli Penne in its natural state. Bacon Broccoli Penne Adapted from [...]

Spaghetti Carbonara with Homemade Bacon

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The cuisine of most countries is often associated with a certain style/focus, like French cuisine is mostly linked to elaborate, complex dishes, German to heavily meat based dishes with hardly any vegetables besides potatoes or Italian to simple[...]

Pasta with bacon, peas and ricotta

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Macaroni with peas, bacon and ricotta After working today I figured I wanted something tasty and quick. Quick these days seems to be the major keyword…. Tom is out tonight, which meant I get to make things he doesn’t like and he[...]

Tagliatelle with saffron, bacon and peas

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Delicious pasta What I sometimes like to do and I am sure I have told this before, but o well, I am getting old so then it is allowed to repeat onces self (within reason ofcourse..lol) When I need to work in the studio I sometimes decide I[...]

Pancetta, Bacon, and Cured Pork Perfection

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(photo: locally produced bacon from a nearby butcher) By now, you've read my countless references to salame, prosciutto, capicola, cured pork , etc. and you may be thinking: what's wrong with this guy, does he have a thing for pigs or[...]

Bacon and Sun-Dried Tomato Alfredo Penne

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This wonderful pasta dish uses sun-dried tomatoes which are packed in olive oil, multi-grain penne pasta, specifically, the Barilla Plus brand, and a packaged light Alfredo sauce by Buitoni brand to produce this calorie reduced dish, another[...]

Pasta with Chicken and Bacon-new recipe!

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I tried to write this last night, but once again I was “locked” out of my blog by some weird glitch. It seems to happen to my blog and my email. Very strange. Yesterday afternoon I was dealing with some anxieties over a few ants I found[...]

Grandma's leftover Ham and Bacon Lentil Soup

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 Grandma's Ham and Bacon Lentil Soup 1 (6-ounce) package baby spinach (remove the stems if desired) ½  cup chopped celery ½  cup carrots, roughly diced  2 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped 1/4 cup fennel chopped 2[...]

Spaghetti alla Carbonara with Bacon Bits - VIDEO

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My shortcut spin on this Italian pasta classic will have you digging into a steaming plateful in 10 minutes. And my outre entree will never be taught in culinary colleges -- you can only learn it in The 99 Cent Chef's kitchen of hard knocks![...]