I knew my freezer was getting low on meat, not that I buy it or use much of it anymore. I still do like to have a bit on hand. A little bit goes a long way in our house so it could be months before I buy meat again. Saturday night movie night is usually a night we have a popular ‘takeaway’ meal made at home. It could be anything like nachos, hot dogs, pizza or burgers. I went searching through a very bare freezer and out from back, like the holy grail, was a freezer bag containing 2 slices of bacon. I hit the jackpot!
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Bacon and egg burgers are as popular here in Australia as a hamburger so it was bacon and egg burgers for us. (Not that I’m a huge egg person so my boy and I shared one egg.) In Australia our bacon slices (or rashers) include the loin section of the middle bacon. You can buy it as a whole rasher, just the loin part (known as short cut bacon), rind on or rindless. I love it all. Some places are now selling a kilo for $5 which is a real bargain. When the fat and/or rind is trimmed from the bacon, you do have quite a nice, ‘healthy’ cut of meat and it is so versatile and a little bit goes a long way.
Here are some other dishes where 2 rashers could quite easily feed a family of four.
If a recipe calls for say 4 rashers of bacon, and you only have 2, chop it up finely to make a little go a long way.
Good Morning Anne….certainly a lot of ways with bacon here. One never thinks of it's many uses till you show us all….But this post is making me hungry though and I haven't had brekky yet!
Great ideas, Anne – and it's really amazing how far a small amount will go!
We had bacon and egg rolls for breakfast yesterday. I love mine with BBQ sauce… yummo!!!!!
Long time between comments from me BUT I do read your posts via email and enjoy them. Hope all is slowly getting back into place for you after your Mum's death. You were so lucky to have a loving mother in your life. I love all your bacon recipes so am even going to make a heap of Ned Kelly pies. Had never heard of them. Where have I been???
Best wishes..xo
I think bacon is a great way to do a thrifty meal. Thanks for the inspiration.
Carolyn
The kids are having fried rice for dinner tonight Anne. I'm just about to root through the freezer to try to find said two rashers! 🙂
What awesome ideas!!! I have to go find out what a Ned Kelly pie is 🙂
You had me at bacon.
Awesome recipes you have here, Anne ! I also tend to end up with half packets of bacon, now I have even more ideas on how to use them 🙂 Thank you for sharing at our ALL MY BLOGGY FRIENDS party !
Linda
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Thank you so much for linking this recipe to the Tasty Tuesdays link party! I’ve pinned this recipe to my Tasty Tuesday’s board. 🙂