Microwave bacon

or using two connected sheets.

You don't need a skillet to fry up some bacon. Follow these easy instructions to sizzle it in the microwave instead.

Ingredients:
4 to 8 - pieces bacon

Method:

Step 1
Place 2 sheets of paper towel on a microwave-safe plate.

Step 2
Lay up to 8 slices of bacon on the paper towels. Make sure not to overlap the slices. (we usually do just six per layer of turkey bacon.)

Step 3
Place 2 more sheets of paper towel on top.

Step 4
Heat in the microwave on high for 4 to 6 minutes.  (with five pieces, I use three minutes and 2 3/4 minutes for 4 pieces.)

Note: some turkey bacon can cook in as little as 3 minutes. 

Pre-cooked:

Cooked:

Quesadilla sort of.

Boiling bacon?

Allegedly a way to get crispy bacon without being brittle. Put bacon in a frying pan and fill with enough water just to cover the bacon.

Bring the water to a boil.

Turn the heat down to medium.

When the water has boiled away, turn the heat to low.

Turn off heat. Put bacon on paper towel to drain juices.

Eat.

Our pasta carbonara.

Pasta carbonara is good and custary, you would think you might be eating dessert. If your pan is hot enough, they eggs will temper (aka cook) in the sauce as you are maiking it.
Around for a zillion years, this is a simple dish that people have eaten most noticeably during and after World War II when food was hard to come by. Legend has it that powered eggs spared by solder's passing through was the basis for the eggs. They also used pig jowls for the meat of the dish. It was made in coal fired stoves or what be might called barbecue pits today. Though, we will make it on a regular stove. Rumor has it that they used penne (edges make you think of a quilled pen) shaped noodles as it was easier to toss than the long stringed pasta.
Notes: Lidia of Lidia's Italy like lots of onions in their version pasta carbonara and they only use the yolk of the eggs. She also talks about in her version of the history of pasta carbonara, that coal miner's wives who had coal dust in their hair as they cooked coal ust would fall in the dish as they were making it and that is where the name came from. Everyone has their own story.
Heard yet another story of where the lady who brought the coal around would fix this dish with lots of ground pepper so that it seemed like there was coal dust in the dish. Black pepper and cheese go good together.
Also see: http://www.instructables.com/id/Our-food-instructables/

Step 1: What's needed:

Ingredients:
1 tablespoon cooking oil.
4 ounces (1/2 cup) turkey bacon, diced. (4 to 5 strips).
1/2 pound (1 cup) spaghetti or pasta. (if using dried spaghetti and the package is one pound, use half a package).
1 1/2 cups of the water from the cooked pasta.
3 large eggs at room temperature and lightly beaten.
3/4 cup grated home made cheese.
Good grinding coarse black pepper.
Salt to taste.

Step 2: Pasta:

Boil your pasta in plenty of water till it is to the tooth of your preference.

Step 3: Bacon prep.

Cut up the bacon in small but not too small pieces.
Put oil in the pan and fry the bacon till semi crisp.
Turn off and remove from the heat while you prepare the eggs.

Step 4: Egg preparation.

Step 5: The main event.

Take about a cup of water from the pasta pot.
Drain the pasta and then put in the pan with the cooked warm bacon.
Add a bit of water to moisten the pan and make it easier for the eggs to be tossed in.
Stir that around.
Add the creamy eggs to the pan and mix well.
Grate the home made cheese into the pan.
Add a generous amount of pepper, but not too much. Cheese loves pepper.
Add a tiny bit of salt to taste.

Hint: If you put too much water, you can always toast some bread and grind it up. Then put it in the dish to absorm the liquid. You can also heat the pan back up gently as to not scramble the eggs but evaporate the liquid.

Step 6: Serve.

On the plate, add a salad or vegetables if you have some.
Serve out the pasta/
Add more cheese if you like.
Eat.

Pasta with sage-butter sauce.

Simple pepper butter pasta dish.

Ingredients:
8 to 12  ounces uncooked capellini pasta (angel hair)
6 - turkey bacon strips
1 - gallon water )for boiling noodles)
1 - stick butter (1/2 cup)
1 - teaspoon sage
1 - teaspoon black pepper
1 - slice swiss cheese
1 - dash garlic powder

Method:

Start to boil the water in a large pot.
When boiling, add the dried pasta and cook for several minutes.
In a skillet fry  the bacon strips till semi-crisp, the remove for skillet.
Melt the stick of butter gently.
Add the pepper and sage.
Tear bacon into small pieces and add back to the pan.
Remove the pasta from the water and add to the skillet and toss well.
Tear a slice of swiss cheese and add to the skillet.
Add garlic powder to taste.
Stir well and server while hot.

Animated gifs of some food prep.

Animated gifs of some food prep.

White sauce (with spinach and mozzarella cheese) pizza topped with turkey bacon.

Italian tostada (corn tortilla comvered with lentils, mozzarella cheese, salad, and fruit)

Baked chicken.

Good old version of a piadina.

Bruscetta