Cook With It: Bacon

The first time I prepared brussels sprouts for the in-laws their response was, "Uh...great...uh...thanks...brussels sprouts...." but then they ate my brussels sprouts and there was much brussels sprouts rejoicing in the land.

(thx to daily green for the pic)

My friend EC signed up for one of those delivery veggi boxes and was dismayed at the amount of chard and kale and other such wintery leafy greens. "Whatever will I do with these?" she asked. And I told her. And there was much rejoining in that land, too.

(thx to yumsugar for the pic)

The answer to the quintissential problem: I wanna eat better but don't want it to taste worse?

Bacon, my friends. Bacon. Or pancetta. Or any kind of cured meat. Whatever. If it's salty and fatty and meaty then it'll probably work. It can even be vegan if it needs to be and will do more help than harm.

Don't feel guilty about this. Plenty o' fat soluble vitamins are delivered in greens and you need fat to process them. Or something. I dunno, I'm not a nutritionist but it sounds right.

Other places to enjoy bacon? In chocolate. On pizza. With white bread and mayo. In a turducken.

I didn't put a picture of bacon here because seeing bacon makes me want to eat bacon and I'm in the middle of a bout of food poisoning. Consider it self preservation. But you - you look fine. Go get yourself some bacon and start eating better today.