A delicious way to bulk up for Winter

The other night my husband and I were looking through our cookbooks and magazines for the weekly dinner plan. While going through a Paula Deen magazine, my husband found a recipe for "Fried-egg and Avocado Sandwich". He read the ingredients to me and I realized we already had everything in the kitchen to make this stack-of-fat-on-a-piece-of-toast.

We were lucky enough to live through the spontaneous triple bypass burger, I thought we could live through this.

Fried-egg and Avocado Sandwich

2 Tbs cream cheese - we didn't have this so we used sour cream and butter
1 slice of toasted wheat bread
1/2 tsp fresh parsley
1/2 tsp minced green onion
2 slices of bacon
1 large egg
1/8 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
2 slices tomato
1/2 avocado, peeled, pitted, and sliced

• Spread cream cheese over 1 piece of toast
• Sprinkle with parsley and onion
• In a small skillet, cook bacon over medium-high heat until crispy
• Remove from pan and drain on paper towels
• Remove all but 1 Tbs of grease from pan
• Fry egg in same skillet, over medium-low heat
• Sprinkle with salt and pepper
• Place egg over cream cheese mixture
• Top with bacon, tomato, and avocado

YUUUUM!! :)
Quick, easy, late-night snack to share.

aerial side-by-side of what we made compared to the picture in the magazine

Life's little let downs

Now a rarity, I was watching Dinner Impossible on the Food Network (back when they took a brief break from Mr. Irvine) and the challenge was to take boardwalk food and turn it into a gourmet meal. One item in particular caught my attention, chocolate covered bacon. It sounded gross, yet amazing. I new I had to try it, but where in the world would I find this.

Nearly a year later, my wait was over. In the Wisconsin State Fair's quest to have the world's largest selection of food on a stick, this year they've added chocolate covered bacon on a stick.

(by the way, it was really hard trying to get an appetizing shot of this thing)

There was quite the line outside of the Machine Shed tent to order this treat, but it moved very quickly. So quickly, I hardly had time to know what was going on. I can't even tell you how much I paid. But who cares?! How did it taste?

The verdict is..... meh. It wasn't really anything special. There was no harmony, no mmmmm, nothing. It just didn't work for me. Separate the two and they were good. The bacon was crispy and the chocolate was good too. But don't let my picky taste buds deter you from trying. There are some quality fair days left, so go ahead and try it. I Dare You!

p.s. Even though the State Fair's website says you can get kettle corn on a stick, you can't. The kettle corn guy said they weren't able to make it this year, but will try next year.

I survived...barely

So, we had the triple bypass burger and as you can see, I lived to tell about it.

It was as good as it looks! I loved it. It was great. The best part was the grilled cheese buns.

But incase you don't want to try it and are still curious about what it's like.
Here's a little recap of how it will go.

• MmmmYup, this is good
• You know what, this is pretty salty
• Man I love grilled cheese
• That was delicious
• I'm just going to lie down for minute. Wake me up in 10 minutes.....
• ....What happened?! Where did everyone go.

If that didn't make any sense to you. It means after you eat it, you will pass out worse than you did on Thanksgiving.