Bacon Cookies, Potatoes, Marinade

I've tried a few new recipes this week that I thought I'd share.

The other night I got together with a few friends for a chocolate night. We sat in a friend's living room, talked and sampled various chocolates. It was soo fun!! A much needed MNO (Mommy's Night Out). I found a new favorite that night. It's Lindt Dark Chocolate with Sea salt. It's so creamy and delicious! I baked something to share with the girls. Every once in a while I hear of a fad food and get curious to try it. This time my curiosity was peaked about the combo of chocolate with bacon. I found a chocolate chocolate chip cookie with bacon recipe. The boys and I baked it as a project one day. I made half the batch with bacon and half without. It was a fun recipe to experiment with, but I doubt I'll make them again. It was fun just to say I tried it. :)

One night I made the following recipe as a side dish and I think it'll be a new fav at our house. This is something similar to what my Dad makes.

Skillet Potatoes

4-5 red potatoes

1/4 cup EVOO

1 teaspoon salt

dash poultry seasoning

dash pepper

Poke potatoes with fork. Microwave for ten minutes or until mostly cooked. Stir remaining ingredients in skillet. Slice cooked potatoes then add to EVOO mixture in skillet. Stir to coat potatoes. Cook on medium-high until crispy brown. Four potatoes made plenty for D and I to eat for dinner and I had some leftovers. Tomorrow morning I'm going to use up the rest of the potatoes to make a breakfast skillet. I'll add a couple scrambled egg whites and some turkey bacon (leftover from cookies) to the potatoes for a yummy breakfast.

Tonight for supper I tried a new marinade for our grilled chicken. Here it is below. I ate my chicken plain, but D made his into a yummy sammy. He put a couple slices of turkey bacon and one slice of cheese on top of the chicken and it was delicious!

Delicious Grilled Chicken Marinade

Courtesy of food.com

• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 5 ounce Worcestershire Sauce
• 1 1/2 tablespoons italian seasoning
• 1 1/2 tablespoons garlic powder
• 1/2 tablespoon salt
• 1/2 tablespoon white pepper (I didn't have this)

1. Put the amount of chicken that you want to grill in the bottom of a big bowl.
2. In another bowl put all above ingredients in and whisk together.
3. Then pour the prepared marinade over the chicken, and refrigerate overnight, or for 4-5 hours.