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Today is National Bacon Day!

Now that's what I call a holiday! National Bacon Day will be celebrated today, Monday, December 30th. In honor of this great day, I wanted to share my favorite recipe using bacon that I have been making for years!

 

Bacon Wrapped, Cheese Stuffed Jalepenos

 

The fun part about this is that it's like playing Jalepeno Roulette! Some are mild and some are just plain smokin' hot! And you never know until you bite into it. I used local bacon from Black Pig Bacon Company and it really makes a difference! It is made with spices and brown sugar, so you get extra flavor!

 

Ingredients:

 

12 Fresh Jalepenos (pick medium size so they are easier to stuff)

8 oz package Cream Cheese (room temperature)

1/2 cup Cheddar Cheese - Shredded

2 Tablespoons milk

12 slices of Bacon - Black Pig Bacon Co.

1 tablespoon bacon grease

Salt & Pepper

 

Toothpicks

 

 

Directions:

 

1. Cut off the tops of the jalepenos and remove the gill and all seeds with a small knife.

2. Rinse the insides of them with water to be sure you have removed all of the seeds. Set aside.

3. In a cast iron pan, heat the bacon grease to just barely smoking. This means the pan is the right temperature.

4. Place the cleaned peppers into the pan and turn them occasionally to get a good blister on them. This will help dissapate some of the heat of the jalepenos.

5. Mix cream cheese, shredded cheese and salt and pepper together.

6. Add milk slowly to the cheese mixture for a frosting texture.

7. Place the cheese mixture into a large ziploc bag and squeeze to one corner.

8. Cut off the corner of the bag allowing an opening big enough to squeeze the cheese into the jalepenos.

9. Stuff the cheese mixture into the hollowed out jalepenos using the ziploc bag.

10. Wrap each stuffed jalepeno with bacon and secure with a toothpick.

11. Place them on a tray and freeze them for about 15 minutes. This will keep the cheese from melting out completely when grilling.

12. Remove from the freezer and place them on a hot grill or place the tray into the oven for baking.

13. If on the grill - turn them several times until the bacon is cooked, then remove from grill.

14. If in the oven, bake for approx 20 minutes keeping an eye on the bacon. When the bacon is cooked, remove the pan.

14. Let them cool for about 10 minutes (trust me, you don't want to bite into these babies right off the grill!)

 

 

 

 

If you'd like to read more delicious recipes using bacon, visit my personal blog SueBonzell.com

The Top 30 Best Christmas Movies

The debate continues as to which Christmas movies should be in the top 10. I have compiled a list of movies that are MY favorites. I am guaranteed to watch at least the top 10 but likely all 30 of these. I'm a bit of a movie nut and there is nothing better than a cup of hot cocoa and a holiday movie binge spree! I had to separate out the top animated Christmas movies, because I just couldn't decide! Let us know what you think should be the top movies this season!

 

Sue's Top 30 Christmas Movies

  1. Elf
  2. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
  3. Love Actually
  4. A Christmas Story
  5. It’s a Wonderful Life
  6. Bad Moms Christmas
  7. Home Alone
  8. The Family Stone
  9. Gremlins
  10. The Holiday
  11. Die Hard
  12. White Christmas
  13. Bad Santa
  14. Trading Places
  15. A Miracle on 34th Street 1947
  16. Scrooged
  17. Christmas with the Kranks
  18. Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
  19. A Miracle on 34th Street 1994
  20. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
  21. Mixed Nuts
  22. Just Friends
  23. While You Were Sleeping
  24. Deck the Halls
  25. Four Christmases
  26. Serendipity
  27. Office Christmas Party
  28. Jingle All the Way
  29. The Santa Clause
  30. Last Holiday

 

Sue's Top 10 Animated Christmas Movies

  1. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
  2. Frosty the Snowman
  3. Santa Claus is Coming to Town
  4. A Nightmare Before Christmas
  5. Charlie Brown’s Christmas
  6. Muppet Christmas Carol
  7. The Grinch
  8. The Polar Express
  9. Arthur Christmas
  10. Mickey’s Christmas Carol

 

 

Holiday Shipping Deadlines Are Coming Up!

Doing a little last minute shopping? Need to send some gifts or a holiday card to family members? Some shipping deadlines are looming!

 

If you want to ship overseas and have it arrive by Christmas, you need to send your packages off by Wednesday, Dec. 11.

 

The deadline for standard ground service is this Saturday, Dec. 14.

 

Next week, you need to have all first class mail in by Friday, Dec. 20. That includes any holiday cards.

USPS Priority Express can get your stuff to the destination if shipped as late as December 23.

 

First Class service for other parts of the world through USPS including Europe and Asia is December 7th – oops missed that deadline!

 

FedEX has similar dates for deadlines, except they do have a “Same Day City Direct” service that can actually ship on Christmas Day.

 

Fortune has a FULL list of shipping dates from USPS to Amazon Prime here: https://fortune.com/2019/12/09/when-to-order-gifts-by-shipping-deadlines-christmas-2019-ups-fedex-usps-amazon-walmart-target/

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