Crispy Bacon Strips

Why does everybody love bacon? Because everything is better with bacon. :-)

After all, what would breakfast be without crispy bacon strips? Eggs with bacon, French toast with bacon, pancakes with bacon, great on a sandwich or salad.... I love it.

You can even buy chocolate bars with bacon.

There are many ways to cook bacon, one of my favorites and a very easy way to cook it is in the oven. No mess in the kitchen with all the bacon fat.

So let's see how we bake it.

Ingredients:

bacon

black pepper

Directions:

Line a baking sheet with foil for an easy cleanup.

Preheat oven to 400°F.

Place bacon slices on the foil or on cooling rack used for cookies.

Season with black pepper and place the baking sheet on the center rack in the oven.

Bake 15 minutes or until golden brown. The exact time will depend on the thickness of the bacon slices. Bacon gets crisper as it cools. 

Remove from the oven.

Arrange bacon slices on a plate lined with paper towel to absorb the fat.

 Serve on a sandwich or salad, with french toast, or on soup... the sky is the limit.

Enjoy it!

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Baked Meatballs

This is what my mom made today: baked meatballs. Sooooo good :-)

Ingredients:

2 lb ground pork

2 large eggs

1 onion, chopped

4 cloves garlic, crushed

1 large potato, shredded

2 thick slices of bread, moistened in milk

salt

black pepper

Layered Cabbage - Kolozsvari Kaposzta - Varza a la Cluj

Ingredients:
1 pound ground pork
1 cup water
1 pound sauerkraut
pinch of dry thyme
1 cup of cooked rice
smoked sausage or ham
1 cup sour cream
1 large onion, chopped
1½ tablespoon sweet Hungarian paprika
2 tablespoons oil
salt
black pepper

Pork loin stuffed with sausage

Servings: 6
Ingredients:

1 (3-pound) boneless pork loin

1 link Andouille Sausage or other sausage

Salt

Black pepper
Olive oil

1 cup of white wine
butter

Hungarian Meat Balls

Ingredients:

2 lb ground pork

2 large eggs

1 onion, chopped

4 cloves garlic, crushed

1 large potato, shredded

2 thick slices of bread, moistened in milk

salt

black pepper

1 cup oil

Hungarian Sauerkraut and Pork

Ingredients:
1 lb pork cubed
1 1/2 lbs. sauerkraut, rinse and drained
1 white onion, chopped
2 Tbls. oil to brown the meat (if meat is very lean)
2 Bay leaves
1-2 cups of water
salt and pepper to taste

Stuffed Cabbage

Ingredients:

1 head sour cabbage with very thin leaves

1 pound lean ground pork

1/3 cup uncooked white rice

2 clove garlic minced

1/4 cup chopped onion

2 teaspoon paprika

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

2 tomatoes

smoked ham or sausage (optional)

 

Meatloaf with hard bolied eggs

Ingredients:

1 1/2 pounds ground pork and beef (I used only pork)

1 egg

1 onion, chopped

1 cup milk

1 cup italian seasoned bread crumbs

garlic powder

salt and pepper to taste

Filling: 4 hard boiled eggs

Pork Schnitzel

Ingredients

6 boneless top pork chops (1/2 inch thick, 1 1/2 pounds), trimmed

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/3 cup all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon paprika

1/4 cup plain or seasoned bread crumbs

1 egg

1/4 cup milk

3 tablespoons oil

Garnish: Lemon wedges