Fried Okra Salad

I don't really like okra but when I tried this I ate two big bowls!!!

6 slices bacon
2 packages (10 oz each) frozen sliced okra (unbreaded), thawed
cornmeal for coating (season cornmeal for added flavor)
1 large tomato
1 small to medium onion
1/3 c. sugar
1/4 c. red wine vinegar
3 tbsp. oil

• Fry bacon until crisp, set aside.
• Add enough oil to the bacon drippings to fry okra.
• Lightly coat thawed okra in cornmeal.
• Fry okra in oil until cooked through, set aside to cool to room temperature.
• Just before serving, crumble bacon into okra.
• Chop tomato and onion and stir into okra.
• Mix sugar, vinegar, and oil, make sure sugar is dissolved
• Toss salad with dressing before serving.

Sausage and Cream Cheese Crescents

1 pound sausage

1 pkg cream cheese

2 cans crescent rolls

• Fry sausage (crumbled) until just done and drain
• Thoroughly mix sausage with cream cheese
• Spoon mixture into crescent roll triangle and roll up according to directions on can
• Bake at 350 degrees until crescent rolls are done.
• Serve with scrambled eggs for breakfast or serve as an appetizer.

If you like this you might also like Best Ever Breakfast Casserole.

Best Ever Breakfast Casserole

I modified a recipe from a dish I saw on a cooking show several years ago.  It was way too complicated and had Feta cheese.  This is my version because I'm lazy and I'm not a fan of Feta cheese.  Enjoy!

1 can crescent rolls
1 lb sausage
6 eggs
1 pkg cream cheese

1 1/2 cups cheddar cheese

• Layout 1 can of crescent roll dough flat in a 9 x 13 casserole dish.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes or until just done (not brown but not gooey)
• Brown sausage and drain.
• Mix sausage with cream cheese.
• Soft scramble  the eggs, you want them still a little wet
• Mix with sausage/cream cheese mixture
• Spoon on top of crescent rolls
• Top with cheddar*
• Bake at 350 degrees until cheddar is melted

* you may also top it with crumbled bacon and I like to add some provolone cheese in addition to cheddar

If you like this you might also want to try Sausage and Cream Cheese Crescents.