Bacon egg and cheese on a roll

DinnerSmith is all about the best meals prepared ahead in batches. My sister called me and suggested i try this..freezer-breakfast-sandwiches-from-scratch. I read thru the whole blog post and think this is a great idea. With modifications. 

I use an English muffin because they are sturdier. This breakfast needs to travel and stay together. Also i used bacon instead of sausage. I cooked the whole pound of bacon up first and chopped in smaller pieces and cooked it into the eggs. This way the bacon stays in the muffin and doesn't fall out. I recommend use this recipe first. Then modify it for your personal taste, like sausage or taylor ham. Note: a dozen eggs seems like a lot: it wasn't.

Bacon egg and cheese on a roll.

Dozen eggs
 one pound of bacon
cheese, pre-sliced or not
6 English muffins

Cook all bacon and chop in to 1" pieces

Scramble eggs in a bowl and cook in one large piece in the pan, adding bacon at the begining.

slide eggs onto cutting board, cut into pieces that fit into a muffin, you can use an upside water glass as  a cutter. or just squares. 

Assemble sandwiches , laying out all muffins and layering cheese and egg . 

Wrap in foil or put in individual ziplocks.

This was a big hit around here! try it and make a lot at one time: they disappear!

Easy choco-cherry cake

Heat wave simplicity! Make at night in the cool kitchen.


Chocolate cherry cake cake , simple and yummy


This cake is moist and sweet.so easy to make. Made in a loaf pan, it is simple to slice in a good sized serving piece. It could be served with whipped topping or ice cream. 


One box chocolate cake mix
2 eggs
One can cherry pie filling


Mix together and pour into loaf pan. Bake for one hour at 350. allow to cool before slicing.

Chickpea salad inspired vegetarian fare

Another hot weather idea. Try this during the heat wave. Lots of protein and you can substitute your favorite salad dressing. This is a simple salad I make up in a big batch for side dishes or lunches or a filling snack.


Chickpea salad


1 can of Chickpeas
1 bunch of parsley ( i like flat leaf)
1/2 cup each of vinegar and oil
1/2 cup scallions or red onions
juice and zest of one lemon


Drain can of chickpeas.


remove leaves from stalks on parsely and mince with knife


cut onions in small slices or dice. Or leave them out.


mix all together with lemon and oil and vinegar.


Best the next day when chilled. ( Never lasts so long here.)

Pork Roast: because you need time to garden!!!

Pork Roast is very inexpensive this week. At $.99, it is good cheap eats. Here is a recipe that anyone and everyone can do. This  was a seven pound roast and i rubbed it with a store bought spice rub and put it in this alum pan. The oven was set to 250 degrees and left the roast in there for 12 hours. Yes 12 hours. This is an overnight. you can cover it with foil if you want. It was so tender : like butter. It can be in sandwiches or with potatoes and veg. It was so simple and so good. The bone is going in the crockpot with two pounds of split peas and water to cover....So much good eating but me not in the kitchen. Thinking about flowers and vegetables. Gardening. If you dont garden , this roast will give you plenty of time for whatever your passion is!!!

Soup to keep us going til Spring gets warmer

Its a busy time of year so make a pot of soup in the crock pot, Add some biscuits and lunch or dinner is done.Today's soup at our house. in the big crock pot, a sleeve of that dried bean and barley soup, (throw out the spices :it is mostly salt) a pound of mushrooms (washed broken up by hand), and two turkey legs (mine were leftover from last weeks turkey: get some smoked ones at the store).cover with water and leave on high for for a couple of hours. Variations on the same theme for last week: pound of leftover ham, two cups of dried beans and barley (my mom's mixture) a bag of frozen turnips and a bag of frozen carrots.

Cant manage it ...shoot me an email info@dinnersmith.com. Ask me - I can help!