Bacon Fried Rice

My son made this fried rice in a class at the Junior High...minus the bacon.  When he asked if we could make it for dinner one night, we decided to add some bacon...and I'm telling you it was DELICIOUS!!

Seriously the BEST fried rice I have ever had!  You can add as much or as little bacon as you want...or even leave it out all together...BUT I think you should add some, the smokey flavor makes the stir fry...over the top!

Bacon Fried Rice

Ingredients:

1/2 T sesame oil

1 onion

4 T soy sauce

2 large carrots, diced or shredded

2 stalks celery, chopped

1/2 large red bell pepper, diced

1/2 large green bell pepper, diced

1/2 cup peas

4 cups cooked white rice

2 eggs, scrambled

1/2 - 1 package cooked bacon, chopped

Directions:  Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat.  Add onion and saute until soft, add 2 T soy sauce.  Stir in carrots, celery, red bell pepper, green bell pepper, peas and stir-fry another 5 minutes.  Add rice and stir thoroughly.  Stir in scrambled eggs, bacon and 2 T soy sauce.  Heat through and serve hot.

I baked my bacon and used one package, minus two pieces that didn't make it to the chopping board ;)

Smothered Breakfast Burrito...sausage gravy

I LOVE these smothered breakfast burritos for dinner!!  So easy and SO yummy!  If you like biscuits and gravy, you should definitely try these!

Smothered Breakfast Burrito

 Start with your breakfast burrito.  We make ours with scrambled eggs, hash browns and some roasted chopped green chili.  I usually add those ingredients separate...some of my kids only want eggs.  Roll your burrito fillings in a warm tortilla, sprinkle with cheese and top with your sausage gravy.

Sausage Gravy

Ingredients:  

1 pound ground sausage ( I use the hot)

1/2 cup flour

4 cups milk

salt and pepper to taste

Directions:  Brown your ground sausage until completely cooked.  Drain off most of the fat.  Add 1/4 cup flour to the sausage and cook for a minute of two.  Mix your other 1/4 cup flour with your milk(stir well to make sure you get the flour mixed well...with NO lumps) and add to the sausage flour mixture.  Cook over medium heat, stirring often, until it thickens.  If it is too thick, you can thin it with a little extra milk.  Add salt and pepper to taste.

Baked Omelet Roll

I found this recipe in an old issue of Taste of home. I made it for breakfast Sunday morning and it was a big hit!! We really enjoyed it. I don't have a 9x13" pan. Can you believe that? Me neither. I have a 9.5x13.5". I used a smaller pan and it still worked well, but I would recommend the 9x13" if you have one.

Baked Omelet Roll

Ingredients:

• 6 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 t. salt
• 1/4 t. pepper
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• other toppings of choice, I added green chili and Canadian Bacon

Directions: Place eggs and milk in a blender. Add flour, sat and pepper; cover and process until smooth. Pour into a greased 13-in. x 9 in. x 2 in. baking pan. Bake at 450 degrees for 20 minutes or until eggs are set. Sprinkle with cheese and other toppings. Roll up omelet in pan, starting with short side. Place seam side down on a serving platter. Cut into slices.

Breakfast Burritos

I've mentioned before that we REALLY enjoy our breakfast foods. This is one that my husband would love to eat for breakfast everyday:) We always make these when we go camping. The week before our last camping trip, every morning when I would ask our 2 year old what he wanted for breakfast he would say, "breakfast burritos up on the mountain." I am really not much of a morning person. Usually in the morning I barely have time to cook up the oatmeal, toast, juice or occasionally a fruit shake and get the kids out the door to school and husband off to work. These really don't take much time, but since I make the tortillas from scratch it takes a little longer. I just can't bring myself to buy tortillas when they are SO cheap to make.

Anyway, I felt like spoiling my husband(and my boys) this morning before he headed off for his elk hunt. You can really add anything you like to these. I sometimes makethese with regular bacon, but decided to reduce the fat and substituted Canadian Bacon. They were SO good!!

Breakfast Burritos

Ingredients:

• 2-3 T olive oil
• 1/3 cup chopped onions
• 2 cloves garlic, grated
• 1 green bell pepper, chopped
• 1 jalapeno, chopped
• 1/3 cup green chili
• 2 baked potatoes, grated
• 6 slices Canadian Bacon. chopped
• 6 eggs
• 1/4 cup evaporated milk
• salt and pepper to taste

Directions: Heat olive oil in large skillet. Saute onions for a couple of minutes. Add garlic, bell pepper and jalapeno and saute for another 5 minutes. Add green chili, potatoes and Canadian Bacon. Beat eggs and evaporated milk together, add to the skillet. Add salt and pepper and cook until eggs are cooked through. Wrap your eggs in a tortilla with some cheese and serve with your favorite fix-ins....salsa, sour cream, guacamole, whatever you like or have on hand.

I love it when you can buy roasted green chili here locally!! We split a 30 pound bag with my bro-in-law. We got 15 lbs. for ~$15. SO much cheaper than buying it in the can!! I just peel the skin off, get out most of the seeds, throw it in my food processor and pulse a few times. I put it in small snack size bags to freeze. So yummy!! We eat green chili with ALMOST everything:)