Cheesy Bacon Mashed Potatoes

Garrett and I made a decision to start trying to eat at home more often and to try out new recipes. Y'all, we eat out WAY too much!

So far, it's been great, thanks to Pinterest! I have found so many delicious new recipes on there! A couple of nights ago we made my new favorite recipe which I will definitely share on here sometime in the near future.

Today I am sharing the recipe for these Cheesy Bacon Mashed Potatoes. They make the perfect side dish! We had them with chicken and it was so good!

What you need:

3-4 Large Baking Potatoes

1/4 Cup Milk

1/2 Cup Sour Cream

4oz Cream Cheese

1 Teaspoons Parsley

1 Teaspoon Garlic Salt

1/4 Teaspoon Ground Nutmeg

1 Cup Grated Cheese

6 to 8 Slices of Bacon, Cooked

What to do:

Preheat oven to 350

1. Cook quartered potatoes in boiling water until soft. Remove and beat with a mixer until smooth.

2. Add milk, sour cream, cream cheese, parsley, garlic salt, and nutmeg, and mix until thoroughly mixed and texture is creamy.

3. Add salt and pepper to taste. Remember that the cheese and bacon will add salt later!

5. Spoon into an 8x8 baking dish that has been sprayed with cooking spay. 

6. Top with cheese and bacon.

7. Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake for 10 additional minutes, or until cheese is melted. 

Original recipe here.

Enjoy! : )

Easy Crockpot Mac&Cheese

I am really into using our crock-pot these days.

Since Garrett and I have completely opposite schedules, I work at 5:30 am and get home around 10:30am and he usually isn't home until 6:30 or later, a good old fashioned crock-pot meal is nice! I can get it going when I get home and it'll be ready when he walks in. The best part is, I barely have to do anything but the meal comes out as if I had slaved in the kitchen for hours. Score! : )

Last week I shared a crock-pot BBQ Chicken recipe. It was delicious and really great with this mac&cheese recipe I am posting today. Throw in some mashed potatoes and it would be the best comfort food meal ever!

What you need:

1 1/2 Cups Milk

1 12oz. Can Evaporated Milk

1/4 Cup Unsalted Butter, Melted and Cooled

3 Eggs

3 Cups Shredded Cheese

1/2 Lb Elbow Macaroni, Slightly Cooked and Drained ( Cook macaroni for about five minutes until it is tender but not all the way cooked)

Salt and Pepper to Taste

What to do:

Spray the inside of your crock-pot with cooking spray. Combine milk, evaporated milk, eggs, butter and salt in the crock-pot and mix until smooth. 

Add the shredded cheese and macaroni. Sprinkle with black pepper. Stir to coat with previous mixture.

Sprinkle some grated cheese on top as well for a nice cheesy topping! Cover and cook on high for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes is up, reduce to low and cook for 2 to 2 1/2 hours.

So, I want to apologize for the pictures I am about to add. If you know me you know that I usually take a TON of pictures. Well, this one time I took only about five pictures. And none of them turned out too great. These two were the best I had! 

Just imagine this displayed on a really cute dish next to some BBQ Chicken and you will have the mental picture of what I wanted my pictures to look like! : )

Hope everyone is having a great week! I am already ready for the weekend. And the next Bachelor episode. Even though Ben is making me a little mad!

 Is anyone else watching this season??