Bacon Mania, Eat at Home Day 4, Oh My Gosh Quilt

First, I'll do the quilt.  This is the Oh My Gosh quilt.  These pieces are so teeny tiny - the little squares finish at 1/2".

She did a lovely job on the border.  It sets the quilt off beautifully.

Leftovers for the back. 

The only food I ate at home yesterday was breakfast (which was a repeat of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday), and an evening snack of cheese & crackers with a glass of wine while watching Greys Anatomy.  I was so full of BACON from our cooking excursion with Chef Rosa that I didn't need anything else for hours and hours and hours.  I had a few sniggers into my hand during the day - I am forever bugging DH to cook healthy, low cholesterol food for us, and yet I was pigging out all afternoon.

Here are the different items Rosa fed us, and as I go I'll let you know what I don't have in my own pantry.  Those are the parts where I failed at the week long eat-at-home-from-your-own-supplies challenge.

#1) Peanut butter and onion sandwiches.  We arrived at Rosa's at 12:30 and a few of us were starving. These took the edge off our hunger and gave us energy to watch (!) Rosa cook.  (we were supposed to help, I guess, but...)  I have everything on hand for these little goodies, but this is a combination I would certainly NEVER have imagined.  These were yummy.  Nice squishy bread, a touch of mayo, peanut butter, thinly sliced onion, a dash of salt. 

#2 - Maple Bacon wrapped Sweet Potatoes with spicy sour cream.  Again, I have everything on hand to make these, although sadly I would have to substitute the 14% sour cream with plain low-fat yogurt.  Absolutely delicious.

#3) - Spinach, Pear & Pancetta Salad.  My pantry totally failed here.  No spinach, no pear, no pancetta, no shallots, no pomegranate seeds.  :-(  This was delicious AND healthy.

#4) - Bacon Wrapped Chicken Bombs.  This was only a partial fail - I have no jalapeno peppers on hand.  These chicken breasts are stuffed with jalapenos which are stuffed with cream cheese and cheese, 'cause you always need more cheese, right? I really liked these.  Even when you got a stab of heat from the pepper there was enough cheese to cool you back down.  Yum.

#5) - Bacon Wrapped Perogies.  Easy peasy, I could totally make these tonight.  Except for the sour cream.  I do have lots of plain yogurt, so I guess I could substitute, but honestly - this is one place where it just isn't the same.

#6) - Bacon Wrapped Cinnamon Rolls with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting.  Ha ha ha ha!  Total fail on my pantry's part.  Holy shit - these are deep fried! *!#**!!  Ha ha ha ha!

But oh my, they were sooo good!!!  I don't have the main ingredient - Pillsbury Grand Cinnamon Rolls with Frosting.  I have the other stuff (bacon, maple syrup, cinnamon sugar or icing sugar, toothpicks).  But that would get me nowhere, fast.  I suppose I could make the cinnamon rolls from scratch - I do have all the necessary supplies.  But that will not happen.  :-)

Here we are BEFORE a wide-angle lens was required from all the bacon.  :-)  At one point in the afternoon we were laughing about cholesterol and the good luck that no one had to get their bloodwork done the next day.

This was such a fun day.  Rosa is a great cook, totally down-to-earth, and has a very normal kitchen.  For me, that takes the fear out of making some of these dishes when you want to 'wow' your friends with something a little out of the ordinary.  She is located in Port Dover and will do classes at her house or yours.  Definitely check her out.  Link HERE.