Wednesday, February 07, 2007
I bought this bar pan at the beginning of last year at a Pampered Chef party. I bought it with Pumpkin Roll in mind but during the party the show lady suggested baking bacon in it. I've had that bar pan for over a year now and Monday was the first time I tried her suggestion. But let me tell you--what a fabulous idea. The bacon turned out absolutely perfect. The house wasn't stinky. And, clean up was a snap. I don't know if you have to have a stoneware bar pan to have success with cooking bacon in the oven but it's certainly worth it. I just baked it at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes at the same time as I baked my potatoes and wah-la--Perfect Bacon!
I got this next handy tip while watching Sandra Lee on the Food Network with Denver. She suggested spraying your liquid measuring cup with PAM anytime you need to measure corn syrup for a recipe. Then all of the sticky stuff comes out, no mess. Well, we tried it over Christmas and sure enough, it worked. It also works great with measuring molasses, next time you get a hankerin' for homemade gingerbread men or somethin'.
Okay, you're gonna think all I do is watch TV but the truth is I can't remember the last time I watched an entire show all the way through without getting interrupted or falling asleep. But, this next tasty morsel comes from the Martha Stewart show. All you gotta do is cut a grapefruit in half and sprinkle about a teaspoon of sugar on each half, just enough to lightly coat the tops. Then, stick them under the broiler for a few minutes till the sugar melts and carmelizes a bit. Then you eat it. I'm telling y'all--broiled grapefruit. . . it's a good thing. And good for you too.
And last of all, an idea I came up with all by myself. This past week I made a bunch of homemade breakfast burritos. Basically I scrambled up a couple dozen eggs, fried up some sausage and then filled up some burritos with cheese, scrambled egg and sausage. I rolled them up burrito style and then wrapped 'em up in foil. Then, I kept them in the fridge for any morning I was in a rush and didn't have time to sit down and eat a real breakfast. A minute in the microwave and they're ready to go. And the nice thing is, they are packed with protein which means I don't even get hungry until 1:00-2:00pm. You can also freeze them and just add an extra minute or so when you microwave them. It's quite tasty and quick too. (I add a little salsa for some zip and I bet a little lite sour cream would be yummy.) They're great for Mark as he runs out the door to work and they'd be great for high school kids running out the door to seminary or the school bus. I'm definitely going to make more and this next time I'll try 'em with bacon, that I will bake in my oven.
posted by Shana # 11:18 AM 
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