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best bacon tip ever…a quick and savory friday friend-1-1

25 Friday Jul 2014

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These two belles loooove bacon. We also love to save time (usually because we have run out of it!!) and we love brilliant ideas that don’t break the bank!

Tracy from shutterbean.com shares the perfect bacon tip. She suggests a great option to relieve yourself of muss and fuss and a greasy clean-up. Head to your nearest Whole Foods breakfast bar and load up on a container of their hormone free, humanely raised bacon. It is marked at a pretty reasonable price and is absolutely delicious to boot! A great way to save time and effort when you are running out of both.

Lately, when we do have time, we have found cooking bacon on a broiler pan at 350 for 15 to 20 minutes is easy-peasy. Clean up is no problem and it is really easy to save the bacon fat from the broiler pan.

If y’all have any other great tips, please share as we love any excuse to “bring home the bacon and fry it up in a pan “!!

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an apple a day…your friday friend 1-1

24 Friday Jan 2014

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Can it possibly be true, that old saying about keeping the doctor away?  Well, these belles never claimed to have anything resembling a medical degree…we leave that to the professionals…but we have actually come to the conclusion that a good old apple can be just about the perfect snack/breakfast/lunch…yes, we have even been known to nosh on one for dinner!  Add a tablespoon or two of freshly ground almond butter (our favorite is Fresh Market…but Whole Foods comes a close second) with a pinch of sea salt, and you have quite the power meal!  Yum!!

One of us has had an apple habit for quite awhile and introduced the non-breakfast-eating one of us to it. Lo and behold, she liked it!  Lets see if you are willing to give it a try after reading these benefits:

Apples have been shown to:  reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s, reduce the risk of stroke, regulate blood sugar helping to reduce the risk and symptoms of diabetes, help prevent some types of cancer, and aid in the prevention of heart disease.  They are an excellent source of antioxidants…a very good thing…with the highest concentration being in the peel (which is why I buy organic..pesticides…not a good thing). Bonus…apples and other whole fruits and vegetables are REAL FOODS…nothing pre-packaged or artificial in sight!

Read more on the benefits of this little goodie:

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=15

By the by…if you have already tossed out a resolution or two, this might be an easy update to get you back on track!!

Belles ringing here…how about there?

a&a