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These look amazing!

Twice Baked Potatoes

2 large baking potatoes
salt to taste
pepper to taste
3 Tbs milk
2 Tbs butter
2 Tbs sour cream
1 tsp fresh chives, diced
¼ cup shredded Swiss, Cheddar or your favorite cheese, optional
Bacon, cooked and crumbled, optional

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Scrub potatoes, prick with fork and bake for about an hour or until tender. Remove from oven and let potatoes sit for 15 minutes to cool slightly.

Cut potatoes in half lengthwise. Carefully scoop out pulp leaving a thin layer in shell. Mash potato, then use an electric mixer on low until smooth.

Heat milk and butter over medium low heat in saucepan until butter is melted. Add to mashed potatoes; cream together well. Stir in sour cream, and 2 Tbs cheese if using. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Heap mixture into potato shells. Sprinkle with crumbled bacon if using and remaining cheese if using.

Place potatoes in baking dish; bake another 20 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven, garnish with chives and serve.

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Bacon, Egg & Hash Brown Breakfast Bites

Ingredients:
12 slices precooked bacon (from 2.1-oz package)
1 can Pillsbury® Place 'n Bake® refrigerated crescent rounds
24 frozen potato nuggets (from 2-lb bag)
5 eggs
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
Chopped fresh parsley, if desired
Directions:
Heat oven to 350°F. Generously spray 24 mini muffin cups with non-stick cooking spray.
Cut each bacon slice in half crosswise.
Unroll one crescent round; cut into thirds, forming strips of dough. Place half slice of bacon on 1 dough strip; top with potato nugget and roll up, stretching dough and pinching ends to seal.
Place in mini muffin cup, spiral side up. Repeat with remaining crescent rounds, bacon and potato nuggets.
In medium bowl, beat eggs, salt and pepper until well blended. Very carefully spoon scant tablespoon egg mixture around each dough-wrapped potato nugget.
Bake 13 to 20 minutes or until light brown on top and egg mixture is set. Remove from muffin cups to serving platter. Garnish with parsley. Serve warm

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Ingredients:
Dough:
Flour -1/3 cup
Water (boiling) - 1 tbsp
oil - 4 tbsp
Sugar - 1 tsp
salt - 1 tsp
Filling:
Tomatoes - 5
cheese or cottage cheese (in my case - hard cheese) - 200g
Garlic - 2 cloves
Green
Salt
Preparation:
Pre-cook the filling. Cut tomatoes into slices. Fork, mash cheese, cottage cheese, if you add salt, squeeze it chopped garlic, add the chopped herbs and stir. Now comes the test. In water (boiling water), stir the sugar and salt, add the vegetable oil. Water is mixed with flour and knead the dough well. Roll half of the dough into a large thin layer. Spread the dough with tomato slices and no closer than 3 cm from each other. Tomatoes put stuffing. Roll out the second layer of dough, cover it first with the stuffing. Make a suitable diameter cut along the contours of each patty with tomato slices and thus with all the pies. walk through her fingers along the edges of each cake so they properly closed (almost do not have to, cakes and so well stick up through the glass, only here and there were holes). Fry pies in a lot of hot oil on both sides. served hot.

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Taco Ring

2 crescent roll tubes
1 LB ground beef (or ground turkey)
1 packet of taco seasoning
1 1/2 cups grated cheddar cheese

Lay out the two tubes of crescent pastry, thick
sides in. Use some of the left over crescent rolls
to to make the center a bit thicker.

Brown beef and add taco seasoning.
Lay beef in a circle inside of the laid out crescent rolls
Add cheese to the top
Pull over crescent rolls and tuck in under meat and cheese.
Add cheese, lettuce, tomato, black olives, sour cream or
whatever you desire for your tacos, in the middle.

Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until golden brown

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Do you have leftover potatoes and no taco shells or tortillas? Then this is your recipe! I always have leftover mashed potatoes and now I know a way to use them! I love this because it is so simple, different, but tastes absolutely delicious!

Ingredients
1/4 cup butter
2/3 cup milk
1 package taco seasoning mix
2 1/2 cups mashed potato flakes (you could also use left over mashed potatoes and omit the butter and milk)
1 pound ground beef
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup salsa
1 cup shredded lettuce
1 medium tomato, chopped
1 cup sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
Sour cream, optional

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium sauce pan, melt butter. Add milk and 2 tablespoon taco seasoning. Remove from heat and add potato flakes until incorporated. Press mixture into the bottom of a 10-inch pan.
2. Bake for 7-10 minutes until it just BARELY turns golden brown.
3. In a medium skillet, cook beef and onions until beef is browned and cooked through. Drain. Add Salsa and remaining taco seasoning. Cook until bubbly.
4. Pour into crust. Bake for 15 minutes, or until crust is golden brown.
5. Let cool for 5 minutes. Top with cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes. Cut and serve with sour cream.

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Green Bean Haystacks

1 pound Bacon, Cut In Half
2 bags (16 Oz. Bag) Whole Green Beans, Thawed
½ cups Butter
1/2 teaspoons Garlic Powder
½ cups Brown Sugar
1/2 teaspoons Black Pepper

Prep early in the day: thaw bacon, cook slightly, pull from pan while still soft. Bundle 10-12 green beans together and wrap with half a slice of bacon. Lay side-to-side in a 9×13 pan with bacon ends down. Place butter, garlic powder, brown sugar and black pepper in a saucepan and heat on low until sugar dissolves. Pour over bean stacks. Refrigerate for 4-6 hours, Bake at 350ºF for 25-30 minutes

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Bacon Mashed Potatoes

Feeds 4

Ingredients

1 pound new or baby potato, scrubbed and cut into 1-inch chunks
2 slice bacon
1/3 cup low-fat milk or buttermilk
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1/3 cup reduced-fat sour cream
2 scallion, sliced

Directions
1.Place potatoes in a large saucepan and cover with 2 inches of water. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium and cook, partially covered, until tender, 10 to 12 minutes. Drain and transfer to a large bowl.
2.Meanwhile, cook bacon in a skillet over medium heat until crisp. Drain on a paper towel. Crumble when cool enough to handle.
3.Mash the potatoes, milk (or buttermilk), salt and pepper with a potato masher until the liquid is incorporated but some chunks of potato still remain. Fold in sour cream, scallions and the crumbled bacon.



Per Single Serving / Serves 4 Total
Calories 140 6%
Calories from fat 36 4%
Total Fat 4gm 16%
Sodium 391mg 8%
Total Carbohydrates 22gm
Fiber 2gm
Protein 5gm
Cholesterol 12mg 7%

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Get Bacon In Every Bite

I do not have instructions I posted this because I wanted to share a great idea for you to use your own imagination.

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Eggs in a Bun

Take out the insides of bread rolls, fill them with mixture of your choice. Bake at 350c / 175f until your eggs are cooked to your liking. Can be made with cracked eggs or scrambled.