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Spicy Sesame Shrimp with Chili Rice Noodles

sesame noodlesThis was simply awesome.  Light, spicy and packed with flavor!  This is the perfect summer meal– you get the freshness of the cilantro and red pepper with the shrimp, the heat from the jalapeno and chili paste and great texture with the rice noodles.  If you want to low carb it, you can sub out the rice noodles for zucchini “noodles” or daikon radish “noodles.”  The other bonus, is only takes about 15 minutes to prepare, start to finish.  Winner, winner, shrimp noodle dinner!

Spicy Sesame Shrimp with Chili Rice Noodles

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Ingredients

    For the sauce
  • 1/2 onion diced
  • 3 garlic cloves diced
  • 1-2 Tb red chili paste
  • 1 jalapeno sliced into rings
  • 1 red bell pepper diced
  • 2 Tb Tamari or soy sauce
  • 2 Tb honey or agave
  • 1 Tb sesame oil
  • 1 Tb butter
  • 1/4 cup heavy cream or coconut milk
  • 1 package rice noodles
  • handful of chopped cilantro
  • handful of chopped scallions
  • For the shrimp
  • 1 pound medium shrimp (peiled and deveined)
  • 1 Tb butter
  • 1 Tb sesame oil
  • 1 tsp coriander
  • 1/2 tsp kosher salt plus more to taste
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper
  • 1/2 tsp cayenne

Instructions

    For the sauce
  1. In 1 Tb butter and 1 Tb sesame oil, saute onion, garlic, jalapeno and red pepper until soft on medium heat, about 5 minutes.
  2. Add 1-2 Tb chili paste (I like it super spicy so I made this with 2 heaping Tb!)
  3. Stir to combine and continue stirring occasionally for another 5 minutes.
  4. Add 2 Tb honey, 1/4 cup cream, 2 Tb Tamari, stir to combine and turn heat to low.
  5. Boil water for pasta and toss rice noodles in. Let cook for 5-7 minutes until you like the texture. Watch the time on these, because they can get mushy if you leave in them in much longer than 7 minutes!
  6. For the shrimp
  7. Mix together coriander, salt, pepper and cayenne and sprinkle on the shrimp.
  8. Heat a frying pan (I like using a cast iron skillet) with 1 Tb butter and 1 Tb sesame oil until butter is bubbling.
  9. Add shrimp and do not move around pan. Set your timer for 3 minutes and turn over.
  10. Set your timer for another 2 minutes and turn over. Take out of hot pan immediately and set aside until ready to serve. (Get these on the plate quick so they're super fresh!)
  11. To put together your dish
  12. Drain rice noodles and mix with the sauce.
  13. Top with shrimp, cilantro and scallions.
https://whatsonparkersplate.flywheelsites.com/2014/07/spicy-sesame-shrimp-with-chili-rice-noodles/

 

Nutella, Graham Cracker & Cream Cheese Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Nutella SammyIt’s as naughty as it looks.  I mean, Nutella and cream cheese and graham cracker crunchiness and butter and chocolate drizzled?  #carbcomaneverlookedsogood.  This was part of my “grilled cheese duet” that I served last weekend until I ran out of food.  ) :

I used those mini Hawaiian sweet rolls (Kings brand) but you can just use small, soft dinner rolls, or really any kind of bread you want.  It’s the inside that matters, naturally!!  The result is melt in your mouth delish, or as I like to say, “melty delish.”  Make it.  Eat it.  And then go to the gym.  Immediately.

Nutella and Cream Cheese Grilled Cheese Sandwich

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Ingredients

  • Hawaiian Rolls or fluffy dinner rolls
  • Cream Cheese
  • Nutella
  • Butter
  • Graham Crackers crunched up (but not crumbs)
  • Chocolate Syrup

Instructions

  1. Slather a layer of Nutella, cream cream cheese and some crumbled graham crackers inside the roll.
  2. Spread some butter on both sides of the roll.
  3. Heat up a grill pan with 1 Tb butter and place roll on pan when hot.
  4. Sear both sides until cheese is melty delish.
  5. Drizzle chocolate syrup on top before serving.
https://whatsonparkersplate.flywheelsites.com/2014/07/nutella-graham-cracker-cream-cheese-grilled-cheese-sandwich/

 

Tequila Lime Grilled Catfish and a Watermelon Margarita

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If you happened across my holiday themed “Low-Carb Mistletoe Margarita” recipe, you know that I have a love/hate relationship with Tequila taking me back years, to a dive bar in Mexico when I fought for my life against a Cobra and a salty bartender who served me snake juice.  You can read all about that story here.  But I digress.  It’s National Tequila Day, y’all!  Time to celebrate with my new fave Tequila….Casa Noble.

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Before we get into the delish factor, let’s get real scientific about the hooch.  By their nature, blanco tequilas, also called silver tequila, is considered the purest.  These are clear, essentially unaged tequilas, unlike reposados, which spend 2 to 12 months in oak barrels, and añejos, which are generally aged 1 to 4 years in oak.

According to gizmodo.com Virtually all tequila distilleries take the ordinario (first run) and distill it a second time. Casa Noble is one of the few that distills it a third time. Either way, what comes out is tequila blanco aka “silver” or “white,” though Casa Noble calls theirs “crystal,” for whatever reason. It tastes, essentially, like what you’re going to end up drinking if you buy a bottle of tequila blanco, except it’s stronger. It comes out of the still at 57-percent alcohol by volume. Enough water is then added to bring it down to 40-percent ABV for bottling.”

That translates to MUCHO BUENO.

I used Casa Noble in 2 Tequila based recipes in honor of National Tequila Day– Tequila Lime Grilled Catfish with Chunky Pico de Gallo and a refreshing Watermelon Margarita.  I did NOT slam shots.  But if you do, you’ll be pleased that there is a smooth finish with a kick in the ass at the end that screams, “MAS TEQUILA!!!”

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Tequila Lime Grilled Catfish with Pico de Gallo and Watermelon Margarita

Ingredients

    For the fish
  • 2 catfish fillets
  • 1/4 cup Casa Noble Tequila
  • juice from 1 lime
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1/2 tsp coriander
  • 1/2 tsp kosher salt
  • 1/4 tsp cayenne
  • 1 Tb butter
  • 1 Tb olive or canola oil
  • For the pico de gallo
  • 2 tomatoes diced
  • 1 jalapeno diced
  • 1/4 red onion diced
  • handful of cilantro chopped
  • juice from 1/2 a lime
  • 1/2 tsp kosher salt plus more to taste
  • Cotija cheese
  • For the Margarita
  • 2 shots Casa Noble Tequila
  • 1 1/2 cups fresh watermelon
  • Juice from 1 lime
  • 1/2 cup seltzer water (I like using Lime LaCroix)
  • 1-2 cups ice

Instructions

    For the catfish
  1. Mix together Casa Noble and spices in a flat casserole dish.
  2. Cover the fish with the marinade and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  3. Pat dry the fish and heat up a frying pan with butter and oil on medium/high heat.
  4. Grill fish for about 5 minutes on one side, then flip and continue grilling for another 5 minutes until cooked through.
  5. For the Pico de Gallo
  6. Fold the ingredients together and top onto fish.
  7. Sprinkle cotija cheese over everything and enjoy!
  8. For the Watermelon Margarita
  9. Put ingredients in blender and blend till frothy!
  10. You can rim your margarita glass with salt, sugar or a combo of both.
https://whatsonparkersplate.flywheelsites.com/2014/07/tequila-lime-grilled-catfish-and-a-watermelon-margarita/

*Disclaimer:  All of the opinions and recipes in this post are mine.  Casa Noble supplied the product for this review but did not influence the content.

BBQ Pulled Pork Grilled Cheese Sandwich with Caramelized Onions, Smoked Gruyere and Sharp Cheddar

grilled cheese

Here it is, folks.  The sandwich that SHOULD have won the Great Grilled Cheese competition at Paris on Ponce this weekend.  I put in my best effort.  I slow cooked 3 massive pork butts all night.  I was slinging sandwiches like the Pied Piper of Pork…for an hour.  And then, I ran out.  OF EVERYTHING.  Like, 17 pounds of pulled pork was ‘hasta la vista, baby.’  How did it happen?  The crowds gobbled it up and kept coming back for more.  More, which I simply didn’t have.  I also ran out of of the Mac and Cheese that I piled onto people’s sandwiches for added tasty effect.  (I doctored Bobby Flay’s recipe here with a little more cheese and pancetta.)  I was totally wiped out of all delish.  Doneski.  I had to turn people away and watched as they went to my competition.  *Sob.

So there it is.  I sulked.  I stewed.  I sucked down a few cocktails.  And then I realized, it wasn’t for lack of a delicious sandwich.  I just couldn’t compete against restaurants with unlimited supplies, resources and industrial sized griddles on site.  Whatev.

So, I packed up my crockpot and pulled up my big girl panties and went home.  But this sammy is still a winner, y’all!  Enjoy– just be prepared to run out of delish– in a quickness!  Oh yeah, and the lil’ grilled cheese “duet” I had going on to start out the competition– with Nutella, cream cheese and Graham cracker crumbs?  That recipe is on tap for tomorrow.

A HUGE thank you to Alon’s Bakery for providing the incredible country white bread and to The Fresh Market for supplying the cheese and pork butts!

Pulled Pork Grilled Cheese Sandwich with Smoked Gruyere and Sharp Cheddar

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Ingredients

    For the Mustard Moisturizer
  • • 6 tablespoons yellow mustard
  • • 6 tablespoons water
  • • 1 1/2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • • 1 1/2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
  • For the Seasoning Rub
  • • 1/4 cup chili powder,
  • • 2 tablespoons paprika
  • • 2 tablespoons firmly packed dark brown sugar
  • • 1 1/2 teaspoons dry mustard
  • • 3/4 teaspoon garlic salt
  • • 3/4 teaspoon coarsely ground fresh black pepper
  • • 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
  • • 1/2 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning
  • • About 1/4 cup canola or vegetable oil
  • • 1 cup Apple Juice
  • For the Wrapping Mixture
  • • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter melted
  • • 1/4 cup honey
  • • 1/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
  • • 1/4 cup yellow mustard
  • • 1/4 cup water
  • For the BBQ Sauce
  • • 2 Tb butter
  • • 5 garlic cloves, peeled and coarsely chopped
  • • 1 medium sweet white onion coarsely chopped
  • • 2 teaspoons kosher salt, plus additional as needed
  • • 1/4 cup bourbon
  • • 3 tablespoons chili powder
  • • 1 tablespoon coarsely ground fresh black pepper
  • • 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice, plus additional for seasoning
  • • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves, plus additional for seasoning
  • • 1 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
  • • 2 cups water
  • • 2 cups ketchup
  • • 1 cup Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ Sauce or your fave bottled sauce
  • • 1/2 cup molasses
  • • 1/2 cup prepared yellow mustard
  • • 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar, plus additional as needed
  • • 2 teaspoons hot sauce
  • • 1/2 cup apricot preserves
  • • 1 jalapeno chile, grated on a Microplane grater, stopping before the seeds
  • • 1/2 Granny Smith apple, grated on a Microplane grater
  • For the Caramelized Onions
  • • 2 red onions sliced into rings
  • • 3 Tb butter
  • • pinch of kosher salt
  • • 1/4 cup red wine
  • For the sandwich
  • • Country white bread
  • • equal parts butter and mayo mixed together with a sprinkle of garlic powder
  • • smoked gruyere cheese
  • • sharp cheddar cheese

Instructions

    For the pork
  1. Lightly pat the pork butt dry with paper towels.
  2. Combine all of the mustard moisturizer ingredients.
  3. Combine all of the seasoning rub ingredients.
  4. Spread the moisturizer on the pork and then sprinkle liberally with the seasoning blend, and using your hands or a brush, blot all sides to evenly, but lightly coat with canola oil.
  5. Preheat oven to 250. Pour 1 cup apple juice at bottom of a large pan and place the butt in the pan, covered with foil. Baste with apple juice every hour for 3 hours.
  6. Pour Wrapping mixture over pork and continue to cook (foil covered) for another 3-4 hours.)
  7. While pork is cooking make BBQ sauce. Saute onions and garlic in butter until soft, about 5 minutes. Then add the rest of the ingredients and simmer on low until combined.
  8. Shred meat with a fork and put the BBQ sauce on the side for people to mix. (Some people are purists and don’t like their pork drenched in sauce!)
  9. For the caramelized onions
  10. Slice onions into thin rings
  11. Heat up 3 TB butter in a large sauce pan and add onions.
  12. Cook for 30 minutes on low/medium heat, stirring occasionally.
  13. Add 1/4 cup red wine (any kind will work!) and crank up the heat until onions are simmering, about 5 minutes.
  14. Turn heat back down and cook wine off for another 20 minutes.
  15. To assemble the sandwich
  16. Spread the butter/mayo/garlic powder mixture on the bread
  17. Heat up a frying pan,
  18. Layer smoked gruyere and sharp chedddar on the sandwich with a layer of caramelized onions and a big honkin' scoop of the pulled pork smothered in BBQ sauce.
  19. Cook until bread is nicely browned on one side, about 4 minutes. Flip and continue cooking until cheese is melted.
https://whatsonparkersplate.flywheelsites.com/2014/07/bbq-pulled-pork-grilled-cheese-sandwich-with-caramelized-onions-smoked-gruyere-and-sharp-cheddar/

Video: Low Carb Bacon Bowls Stuffed With Caeser Salad

bacon bowlBacon bowls?  Wha-what??  Oh yes, lovelies.  This is my idea of low carb perfection!  And you don’t need anything fancy to make them– just some bacon, tinfoil and a muffin tin.  The caeser salad is absolutely fabulous—  extra garlicky by design, but if you don’t want the kick, you can just cut down a bit on the garlic.  This is major delish– and major WOW factor if you’re serving dinner to guests.  Edible bacon bowls stuffed with caeser?  You’re welcome.

Low Carb Bacon Bowls Stuffed With Caeser Salad

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Ingredients

    For the bacon bowls
  • 3 slices of bacon for each bacon bowl
  • Muffin tins
  • For the Caeser salad
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 4 anchovy filets
  • 4 garlic cloves (if you don’t want it this garlicky, reduce to 2 garlic cloves)
  • 1 Tb Dijon mustard
  • 2 Tb water
  • Juice from ½ lemon
  • ¼ cup fresh grated parmesan (plus a little extra to top on salad)
  • Fresh grated pepper
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • Romaine lettuce

Instructions

    For the bacon bowls
  1. Take large muffin tins, turn upside down and coat with tin foil.
  2. Cut one slice of bacon in half and lay over first muffin cup. Put the second half over the first half so it forms an "X".
  3. Repeat with another slice of bacon cut in half so you have covered the outside of the muffin cup with a "bacon star."
  4. Wrap a third piece of bacon around the outside of the muffin cup.
  5. Repeat with more bacon for additional bacon bowls.
  6. Bake at 400 for 20-30 minutes (watch to see if they are getting crispy.)
  7. Take out of oven, slip bacon bowls off muffin cups and place INSIDE muffin tins. Bake for another 5 minutes to crisp up the inside of the bacon bowls.
  8. For the Caeser salad
  9. In food processor, blend egg yolks, anchovies, mustard, water, lemon juice and parmesan cheese. While food processor is on, add 1/2 cup olive oil to emulsify.
  10. Toss dressing with romaine and add cracked pepper and extra parmesan.
  11. Fill bacon bowls with caeser salad.
https://whatsonparkersplate.flywheelsites.com/2014/07/video-low-carb-bacon-bowls-stuffed-with-caeser-salad/

Grandmom’s Fruit Crisp

crispMy Dad’s mother, whom we called “Grandmom,” was smart, thrifty and always imaginative… It’s still the stuff of Parker family legend that once she made a party dress out of a trash bag and then wowed the crowd at the yacht club dance with her ingenious creation!  She was the only person who would stay up late and watch horror movies with me– Stephen King’s Carrie was our favorite.

Grandmom and Me

As a little girl, I loved riding on the back of her bike and going to Bay Village on Long Beach Island to a bakery for Elephant Ears.  It was a treat I relished— and one-on-one time with Grandmom was priceless.  She never enjoyed cooking the way my other grandmother did— but she had one dish that was an absolute show stopper: Blueberry Crisp.  This is modified from her recipe to use peaches, but combining some blueberries in there would be divine!  This just TASTES like summer. There’s nothing like a bite of warm, melt-in-your-mouth peaches with a crispy, sweet crust.  Grandmom would be proud.

Grandmom in Kitchen

Peach Crisp

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Ingredients

  • 6 peaches (peeled and pitted)
  • ½ lemon zested
  • Juice from ½ lemon
  • 1 Tb brandy
  • Pinch kosher salt
  • 1 cup white sugar (plus ¼ cup for peach mixture)
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour (plus 2 Tb flour for peach mixture)
  • 2 sticks butter cut into pieces

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter the inside of a casserole dish.
  2. Put peaches in a bowl and combine ¼ cup with sugar, brandy, lemon zest, lemon juice, 2 Tb flour and kosher salt. Toss well. Pour the peaches into the baking dish.
  3. Combine 1 cup white sugar, 1 cup brown sugar, 1 ½ cup flour and 2 sticks of butter in the food processor with the paddle attachment. Mix on low speed until mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle evenly on top of peaches bake for one hour until top is browned and juices are bubbly. Serve immediately!
https://whatsonparkersplate.flywheelsites.com/2014/07/grandmoms-fruit-crisp/

 

Brats, Apples and Taters in a Creamy Mustard Sauce

Brats in sauce

I love Brats!  (As long as kids aren’t involved!)  This is a super low maintenance meal that is ultra-budget friendly!  I’m putting together a week of “budget meals” and this is one– more on how much it all costs next week when I add up my grocery tally….

And, I love when I don’t have to cook extra veggies— it’s all thrown in together and tastes fabulous.  I decided to add the creamy mustard sauce because everything looked a little dry without some saucy-sauce.  The hint of sweet with the savory mustard and the sour of the sauerkraut was THE BOMB.  Initially, when I served it to JP, he said, “Um, honey, there’s nothing I hate more than sauerkraut….”  MMMMK.

Well, he ended up licking his plate and going back for seconds.  And thirds.

Winner, winner, Brats for dinner!

Brats, Apples and Taters in a Creamy Mustard Sauce

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Ingredients

  • 1 Tb canola oil
  • pinch of kosher salt and pepper
  • 1 Tb butter
  • 4 Bratwurst cut into quarters and split open
  • 1 medium onion cut into rings
  • 1 red bell pepper cut into thin slices
  • 1 cup sauerkraut
  • 1 Granny Smith apple peeled and sliced
  • 1/3 cup chicken stock
  • 1/3 cup heavy cream
  • 1 Tb dijon mustard
  • 1 Tb honey
  • 1 Idaho baking potato peeled and diced

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400
  2. Drizzle oil on potato pieces and put in oven to roast for 15 minutes. Flip over and roast another 15 minutes.
  3. While potatoes are roasting, saute Bratwurst, red pepper slices, apple slices and onion rings in butter until onion is soft and starts to caramelize, about 10 minutes.
  4. Add chicken stock, cream, mustard and honey to combine.
  5. Add sauerkraut.
  6. Stir sauce to thicken and until Brats are cooked through, another 10 minutes or so.
  7. Serve over roasted potatoes.
https://whatsonparkersplate.flywheelsites.com/2014/07/brats-apples-and-taters-in-a-creamy-mustard-sauce/

 

 

 

Bourbon Peach Parfaits and Handcrafted Wooden Platters

peach segmentA couple weeks back, I was on AMHQ with Sam Champion and the gang, talking about peaches!  It’s a new segment I’ll be doing called, “What’s in Season?”  Scroll down for the delish bourbon peach parfait recipe…

Notice those gorgeous wooden serving trays?  They’re hand made by my talented friend, Michael Courts. They are $260 for a set of three. Check out www.mcmeubel.com for his incredible work.

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traysHere’s the segment if y’all missed it!

Bourbon Peach Parfaits

Ingredients

    For the peaches:
  • 4 peaches peeled and diced
  • 1/4 cup bourbon
  • 1 stick butter
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • For the whipped marscapone:
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1 Tb vanilla
  • 2 (8oz) containers of marscapone cheese
  • 2 Tb honey or agave nectar
  • For the pecans:
  • 1 pound package of pecan pieces
  • 4 Tb butter
  • 2 Tb brown sugar
  • 1 Tb cumin
  • 1/2 tsp cayenne
  • 1/2 tsp kosher salt

Instructions

    For the peaches:
  1. Bring bourbon to a boil in a small saucepan. Add butter and melt down. Add sugar and stir to combine. Stir peaches into bourbon sugar mixture to fully coat. Drain peaches. Chill in fridge.
  2. For the whipped marscapone:
  3. Using a hand mixer, whip heavy whipping creams until soft peaks form. Scoop in both packages of marscapone with vanilla and honey or agave and continue to whip together until combined and smooth.
  4. For the pecans:
  5. Melt butter in small sauce pan and stir in brown sugar, cumin, salt and cayenne. Stir in pecans and coat and let simmer on low in pan for 10 minutes. Spread coated pecans on baking sheet to dry.
  6. To assemble:
  7. At the bottom of clear glass, layer peaches, cream and candied pecans two to three times, starting with peaches and ending with pecans so there are layers of delish!
https://whatsonparkersplate.flywheelsites.com/2014/07/bourbon-peach-parfaits-and-handcrafted-wooden-platters/

 

Chicken and White Bean Yum Yum Over Corn Bread

chx bean gravyTurn Chicken salad into Chicken WHAT???

Yup.  The delish started out as this…Scrumptious chicken salad with fresh cherries and toasted almonds….It’s very similar to my turkey cranberry salad-– just use chicken instead of turkey (I dice up rotisserie chicken to cut down on cooking time) and instead of cranberry, toss in some fresh chopped cherries and almonds.  Divine.

chicken salad croissants

But who wants to eat chicken salad for leftovers….AGAIN?  Not this girl.  And since chicken salad does not freeze well, I wanted to turn it into a hot meal that’s a stick to yer ribs kinda dinner for my man.

So, I whipped up what is, in essence, a chicken pot pie filling that’s spooned over my homemade jalapeño cornbread.   The addition of cannellini beans really adds to the body of the sauce– making it really rich and hearty.  I would also serve this over Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry Shells-— they’re fabulous for a savory chicken pot pie type dish!

Super easy.  Soooo delish.

Chicken and White Bean Yum Yum Over Corn Bread

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Ingredients

  • 1-2 cups leftover chicken salad
  • 1/2 onion diced
  • 4 Tb butter
  • 5 Tb all purpose flour
  • 2 cups chicken stock
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 1 can cannellini beans drained
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Melt butter in large sauce pan and add diced onion.
  2. Saute on medium heat until onion is soft, about 5 minutes.
  3. Add in flour and stir until combined with butter and becomes like a thick paste.
  4. Add chicken stock and stir until sauce thickens on medium heat.
  5. Once consistency is like a thick gravy, add buttermilk. (You can use heavy cream if you don't have buttermilk on hand) If you don't want sauce as thick, add more chicken stock until you get the desired consistency.
  6. Add chicken salad and drained beans. Stir to combine.
  7. Add salt and pepper to taste.
  8. Spoon over cornbread.
https://whatsonparkersplate.flywheelsites.com/2014/07/chicken-and-white-bean-yum-yum-over-corn-bread/

Bacon Beef Burger with Bacon and more BACON

bacon burgerYour resident Bacon Babe here….with a Bacon Beef Burger topped with, what else….BACON!!

All you need is a food processor to chop up 5-6 pieces of thick cut bacon and fold it into your favorite ground beef mixture.  Put it on the grill and BAM.  Bacon delish inside your burger and ON your burger.

inside bacon burger

Your 4th of July BBQ will be all bacon-y delish!

Bacon Beef Burger with Bacon and more BACON

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Ingredients

  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 5-6 pieces of thick cut bacon plus more pieces for topping on burger
  • your favorite cheese
  • kosher salt and pepper

Instructions

  1. Pulse 5-6 pieces of bacon in food processor and fold into ground beef.
  2. Form patties, sprinkle kosher salt and pepper on and grill until desired temperature.
  3. Top with cheese and more bacon!
https://whatsonparkersplate.flywheelsites.com/2014/07/bacon-beef-burger-with-bacon-and-more-bacon/