Bacon and Megs: Archive

Dressed Up Tomato and Chicken Salad

With spring and the coming of summer I am always in the mood for something cool and light. So, after cruising around in Slovenia with Matthias all day a few weeks ago, we came home and devised this salad for dinner which I am only just now getting around to posting. We all know my poor food blog is very neglected. Keep in mind this is a salad. It’s difficult to mess it up and is easily...

May 14th

Vegetarian Gulasch Soup

I don’t like gulasch because I hate the type of meat that is used in it. In most cases it’s kind of fatty, which is probably my worst meat nightmare. When I found this recipe, it solved the problem by giving me a tasty gulasch without the meat. It’s definitely one of my favorite dishes at the moment. What you’ll need (Austria): 250g of soja schentzel 2/3 tube of...

Feb 18th

Sweet Potato Chili

I am not good at blogging, it’s a fact, but after hearing a few comments from friends I am going to try harder at keeping more of my recipes here. Which brings us to tonight’s experiment…sweet potato chili. I had seen a recipe similar to this before on Pinterest and I thought to myself hmm…well there’s an idea especially since I am starting to really get excited...

Oct 19th

Candy Corn Snack Mix

It is September 2, pumpkin and Oktoberfest beer is on tap, Halloween decorations are out, my Pinterest is exploding with pumpkin recipes and candy corn is in stores…I declare it officially fall…despite what the weather seems to be saying about that. In honor of September, fall and candy corn here’s a quick and simple candy snack mix that you can mix up in less than 5 minutes and...

Sep 2nd

Peanut Butter Sheet Cake

All I can say is make this…if you like peanut butter…make this RIGHT NOW! Sheet Cake isn’t something I am usually excited about, but I stumbled upon this recipe and thought of my Mom who happens to be a huge peanut butter lover. Since her Birthday was coming up, I decided to give it a go and see if it was worth adding to my recipe collection. Turns out it is probably the best...

Sep 1st

Red Lentil Lasagna with Feta

Another vegetarian lasagna with an Indian flavor twist. Firstly, this recipe is a slight adaptation of a recipe found in Das Ox-Kochbuch Band 4, rote-linsen-lasagne mit schafskaesesauce, which can be bought here at Amazon if you’re interested. I would say this recipe would feed about 4 people. Things you’ll need: 1 box of lasagna noodles…whichever you prefer…we used...

Feb 22nd

Sugar Cookies

These are what I would consider to be a type of traditional American Christmas cookie. They’re also great for other holidays since you can cut them into any holiday shape you like. American Recipe: 1 1/3 cup shortening/butter 2 tsp vanilla 8 tsp milk 3 tsp baking powder 1 1/2 cup sugar 2 eggs 4 cups flour 1/2 tsp salt I combine all of the wet ingredients first…or...

Dec 14th

Deseeding Bell Peppers.

Getting the seeds out of a bell pepper (or a mango if you’re a specific kind of Ohioan) was something that made me want to die a little inside. It usually involved me randomly cutting into a pepper and removing chunks to get at the seeds and then having to wash it all off because there were seeds everywhere. Not your ideal vegetable situation. Just this past summer I learned this little tip...

Dec 1st

Tomato Soup

I’ve decided that Autumn is soup season and since my soups usually come from a can or packet I’ve decided it’s time to learn how to make a few. My current favorite is my version of a tomato soup I found in Jamie Oliver’s “Genial Italienisch”. (I have no idea what the name of the book is in English, but I am sure you can find out easily enough.) It’s easy...

Oct 16th

Apple Strudel

If you’ve ever thought about making apple strudel in your life and were put off because you thought it might be too difficult you’re going to be kicking yourself because it’s one of the easiest things in the world to make…especially with a couple extra little tips that make something easy even easier. This recipe has no real measurements. It’s all kind of done to...

Sep 11th

Monster Cookies.

I’ve been wanting to try to make Monster Cookies for a really long time and today I finally got motivated to do it. Monster cookies are great because they’ve got a little something of everything. American Recipe: 1 cup butter 1 cup creamy or smooth peanut butter 2 cups light brown sugar 2 cups white sugar 4 eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla 4 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons...

Jul 18th

Corn, rice and bean burritos

The title pretty much gives away what this one is so there’s not much explaining to do. I made this one for dinner tonight and it was awesome. So, here’s what you need to do to make it. 1 1/3 cups corn 1 green pepper (red, yellow or orange work fine too) 1 tbsp oil small onion 2 minced garlic cloves (or just use garlic powder if you need) 1 1/2 tsp chili powder 1/2...

Jul 3rd

Bean Dip

This is one super easy dip. My family calls it bean dip, but our version has no beans in it. It’s great if you are invited to something where you need to bring something along, but you don’t have a lot of time. Here’s what you need: 1 package Philadelphia cream cheese 1 can Hormel Chili No Beans All you do is heat up the two ingredients on the stove or in the microwave and...

Jun 26th

Peach Cobbler

Peaches are starting to show up in grocery stores and so this peach cobbler recipe is a perfect way to use them. It’s a great dish to bring along to a cookout or just to make when you have some extra time. It’s really easy and I think it tastes pretty great as well. The things you’ll need: 2 large peeled and sliced peaches 1 1/2 cups sugar (divided) so 2x 3/4 cups 1/2...

Jun 23rd

Pancakes

I have been having a craving for pancakes for a while now and this morning seemed like as good a day as any to make some. The recipe is a simple tried and true one that my parents have used since as long as I can remember. 1 1/4 cups flour 1 tbsp sugar 1 egg 2 tbsp oil 3 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1 cup milk Combine all of these things in a big bowl. Cook them on a hot griddle or...

May 31st

Vegetarian Lasagna

Growing up I hardly ever ate anything without meat. Now, as an adult I mostly eat vegetarian because I am just tired of meat dishes. So, I spend a lot of time thinking of how I can convert my Mom’s dishes into meatless dishes. This is one of my Mom’s dishes that’s been converted to fit my vegetarian tastes AND it tastes great. Seriously. Vegetarian Lasagna: 1 big jar of...

May 26th

Chocolate or Vanilla Frosting

If you’re going to make cupcakes you’re going to need frosting. We can’t have bald cupcakes running around now can we? So, this is the frosting I decided to pair with today’s cupcakes. 2 cups sifted confectioner’s sugar 1/2 cup butter 1 tsp vanilla 1 1/2 tbsp milk 2 tbsp cocoa powder (optional) Cream your butter and add then sugar and vanilla. Once...

May 19th

White Cake

So, I promised myself no sweets for a while, but today I broke down and tried to make some cupcakes. I didn’t want to use the Austrian box mix stuff so I had to try a new recipe and to be honest it came out great. (It did stick to the paper forms more than I had hoped, but that was a minor detail.)It reminds me a little bit of the cake version of sugar cookies and in my opinion you...

May 19th

Chicken Divan

So, as you may have noticed. I am very reliable and update often. However, to make it up to the no one that reads this blog I have something exciting and easy for you today….chicken divan….also known as one of my favorite meals if not THE favorite. The original: 3 cups broccoli 1 can cream of chicken soup 1/4 cup mayo (I prefer using miracle whip) 1/2 cup dry bread crumbs or...

May 15th

Beer Bread

First off, as an American (who doesn’t mind not having the most precise measurements) I use cups. So, each recipe will also be shown in metric for any European interested in making the recipe. So, we’ll start off with my most recent experiment…beer bread. American Version 1 (12 oz) can of beer 3 cups of self-rising flour 3 tbsp sugar You mix the dry ingredients and then...

Apr 13th

Welcome to Bacon and Megs.

I like to do lots of things, but one thing I really like is baking and sometimes cooking. I’m currently living in Austria and sometimes making my American recipes work in a country that doesn’t always have the ingredients that I need is difficult. I’m sharing some of my favorite recipes I ate growing up as well as adding new recipes I discover along the way and their...

Apr 13th