Hello and welcome to this thing we’re doing where we help you figure out what you’re gonna put in your mouth this week. Some of these are recipes we’ve tried, some of these are recipes we’re looking forward to trying, all of them are fucking delicious. Tell us what you want to put in your piehole or suggest your own recipes, and we’ll talk about which things we made, which things we loved, and which things have changed us irreversibly as people. Last week, we ate figs.
So after thirteen years of vegetarianism and an abrupt realization of my digestive issues, I had to cut bread and dairy out of my life forever. In lieu of something like a log of goat cheese and a baguette for dinner, I turned back to red meat, namely bacon, and quite a lot of it. Turns out red meat isn’t so great on the stomach either, but I discovered that being a carnivore really suits me. Actually, if I pretend hard enough that butter isn’t made from milk, I can imagine that my insides aren’t turning against me. So, in honor of my inability to maintain a healthy diet, here are 20 recipes that were perfectly healthy until they were blessed by bacon and/or butter.
Because avocado balances out the unhealthy stuff.
Jeez can you imagine if you used sweet plantains instead? Can you imagine?
Recently realized that if you add mayonnaise to any cold meat it automatically makes it a salad. Really complicates my whole outlook on healthy eating.
This recipe was written for people following something called the KetoDiet. I dunno about all that, but this looks unbelievable.
Classique.
Is this real life?
I want to kiss the person who invented this recipe. This is mad genius.
Because as far as I’m concerned honey is a health food.
Is this taking it too far? One way to find out.
Putting the devil in deviled eggs.
Of all the foods one could wrap in a smoky blanket of bacon, how id I not think of this before this foodie blog did?
Prosciutto, bacon’s suave european cousin.
Forget cheesy broccoli, bacon is the new cheddah.
When in doubt, alliterate.
I think this is actually still genuinely good for you.
It’s not in the title but I promise it does have bacon. And peas! I seriously adore fresh peas. So damn cute!
Personally there is way too much cooking involved to call this a salad.
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Hannah Hodson is a 22-year old Brooklyn-bred writer and actor. She graduated Hampshire College with a very valuable BA in Theatre and Black Studies. She currently resides in DUMBO, Brooklyn, where she admires the view while writing poetry about gentrification, climate change, race, class and other heavy stuff, but tries to keep a positive outlook on it all. She recently met Abbi and Ilana from Broad City (IRL), and has photos to prove it. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter, for her thoughts on Beyonce.
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As usual I’m in awe at American ingenuity when it comes to wrapping things in bacon.
Needless to say, I’m gonna try at least half of these.
Bacon wrapped bananas = mind blown. I need to make this ASAP.
Can I come over because that sounds SO GOOD. Like, I didn’t know I wanted this thing, but now it’s ALL I WANT.
This made me hungry for bacon. Who am I kidding, I’m always hungry for bacon.
This website understands me so well….
i think the sweet potato salad link is broken :( please help, i need it to be in my stomach soon!
god bless bacon.
Yesss! That bacon and Brussels sprouts hash looks so good!
Yassssss~! Visiting the fridge in 3, 2, 1…