Potato & Bacon Salad

I actually found this recipe on a website and tweeked it to be made the way I like it :o)

As with any recipe take out what you don't like and add in what you think would taste good. For example; this recipe doesn't call for chopped onion in it but I think it would be delish! The recipe also doesn't call for tomato's on the top but I always add them.


Ingredients

• 5 eggs
• 4 slices bacon
• 2 tablespoons mustard, or to taste
• 1 cup mayonnaise (or to taste)
• 3 stalks celery, minced
• 2 pounds small potato's   

Directions

1. Place the potatoes in a pot with enough water to cover, and bring to a boil. Cook for about 20 minutes, or until tender. Drain and cool.
2. Meanwhile, place eggs in a saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring water to a boil and immediately remove from heat. Cover, and let eggs stand in hot water for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from hot water, and place in a bowl of cold water to cool.
3. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Then place bacon on a cookie sheet and bake in oven until crispy.(This can be done in a skillet too, this way is easiest for me)
4.  Peel the eggs, and place 3 of them into a large bowl. Reserve the rest for later. Mash the eggs in the bowl with a fork. Stir in the mustard, mayonnaise, celery, salt and pepper. Set aside.
5. Crumble 2 of the bacon slices into the mayonnaise mixture. Reserve the rest for garnish.
6. Peel and chop the potatoes, and stir into the bowl until evenly coated. Slice the 2 remaining eggs, and place on top of the salad. Crumble the remaining bacon over the eggs.

 I also like to slice tomato's and place them over the top....
Takes a little bit of time to cook all of the pieces but I can get other things done around the house while eggs and potato's boil. This recipe is a keeper in our house.. we make it all year long. Feel free to ask questions or leave comments below :o)

Making Quesadilla's

Hard to list a recipe for Quesadilla's.. a video was easier.. lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByuXFGj5uZ8

Quesadilla's are a fast and easy way to make dinner (or lunch) and it's great if you have picky eaters. In our house I prep everything ahead of time and put it all in bowls so I can grab and make as I go. Kurt likes to eat everything and Rich is very picky so this is a great meal that will make everyone happy because it is so easy to customize. I only show making Kurt's but it's the same for all. You can also make this in a skillet but then you can only do one at a time. The cost to make this for our family of 4 was under 6.00. Feel free to ask questions in the comments section below.
(Blogger had issues with the video so I had to link it to you tube... I will always try to put them on the blog. Sorry)

Here We Go!!

For those of you that have asked.. Here it is!!! My own little corner of the world where I can toss out recipes that I make for my family. I can normally feed my family a delish and healthy meal for around 5.00 for the four of us. Way cheaper than eating out and so much better for you. I only cook with what I have in my house and I don't normally shop for making a specific meal... what this means is that I cook out of what I have in my cabinets, some days you just make it up as you go but that is half the fun!

I may not have alot of time to post over the next few weeks, but I will add more things as I have the time. We are moving in 6 weeks so my time may become limited. Please feel free to ask questions or make comments under each post as you need to. I'll answer anything I can :o)