Category: Recipes

Dark Chocolate Chip Cream Scones

dark chocolate chip cream scones // my bacon-wrapped life

Helloooooo, giant tray of enormous scones that we consumed in less than 24 hours.

What can I say? This is my all-time fave scone recipe, and I’ve been craving it for, I dunno, MONTHS. I’ve had this recipe on my short list to share with you guys basically since the blog started, and I decided it’s finally time to right my scone-withholding wrongs. Because this is a weekend to celebrate!! Yesterday, my parents and I drove up to Santa Barbara and Malibu to finally (!!) look at wedding venues and guys, it was so fun! We found a place we absolutely loved, and spending a day looking for the perfect place to get married was basically the best day ever. My point is: wedding venue touring dream day deserves some celebration dark chocolate chip cream scones. And champagne!! But first, scones.

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Ham, Gruyere, and Spinach Strata

ham, gruyere, and spinach strata // my bacon-wrapped life

Are you finding yourself in the midst of a too-much-leftover-ham problem this Easter Sunday afternoon?

 Well, to be clear. Extra ham is not so much a problem, PERSAY, as an opportunity. An opportunity to make as many delicious hammy things as possible in the name of efficiency and non-wastefulness. These few post-Easter days aren’t QUITE as exciting as the post-Thanskgiving turkey-leftovers days, but they are pretty darn close if you ask me.

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Coconut Milk Butternut Squash Lentil Curry

coconut milk butternut squash lentil curry // my bacon-wrapped life

And the award for the ugliest-looking but seriously most amazing-tasting food goes to….

This here coconut milk butternut squash lentil curry. What can I say? It’s true.

I know it ain’t no beauty queen, but I promise, it’s one of the best things you’ll put in your mouth today/this week/this year/EVARRR. I just had to share it with you, down-home looks and all. You understand, right?

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