Bacon Stuffed Roasted Chicken

It's been a while, I know. But I've been busy with this PhD business and #SmilingBaby. But I was inspired by some split chicken breasts and bacon. So loves, here it is. It was pretty good.

Ingredients
5 cloves garlic
1/2 lb bacon, chopped
1 Tbs coconut oil
3 Tbs fresh thyme
2 Tbs fresh sage
2 split chicken breasts

This is pretty simple. Mix all these ingredients. Loosen the skin from the chicken breasts and stuff with bacon mixture. I baked it at 350 for about 45 minutes with potatoes and carrots, rubbed the chicken with grape seed oil, and added salt and paprika to taste on the skin.

Bacon Wrapped Asparagus

Did you know today was National Bacon Day? Here's a tasty bacon treat that is super easy to make.

Bacon Wrapped Asparagus

Preheat oven to 400. Spread about 1 cup of light brown sugar on a plate. Pat one side of bacon on the brown sugar. Roll the asparagus and bake until crisp, about 30 minutes.

BBQ Bacon Meat Loaf

I was playing with stuffed mushroom recipe and had extra meat left over. So I made a meat loaf.

Ingredients
1 lb spicy sausage
1/2 lb bacon, chopped and fried
1 medium onion, chopped
6 garlic gloves, minced
1/2 cup ketchup
1/2 BBQ sauce (I use Sweet Baby Ray's)
1 egg
1 cup bread crumbs

Fry bacon until crisp. Add onions and garlic and saute. Let bacon cool and mix with the rest of the ingredients leaving 1/4 cup ketchup and 1/4 BBQ sauce for topping.  Bake at 350 for 1 hour.

This is by no means healthy, but the bacon is really good. The BBQ sauce and sausage give it an extra kick.