Drats. I have six slices of leftover bacon. What to do?

I know! Combine it with butternut squash and pasta. Not sure how I stumbled on this recipe, as it's buried fairly deep in a post about something totally unrelated to food, but whatever. Can't wait to try it.

Roasted Butternut Squash and Bacon Pasta picture and post via the Daily Struggles of the Domestic Un-Goddess

Let them eat Pumpkin Cake

My aunt made the best, best cake a couple of years ago for Thanksgiving. It was approximately 50,000 calories a bite, but worth every single one. While I'm searching for the recipe, how about this?

Pumpkin cake=perfect alternative to pumpkin pie picture and post via Yum Sugar

Together at last: Brussel Sprouts and Bacon

Just in time for Thanksgiving, via Yum Sugar:

Hash it out with brussel sprouts and bacon

Oh, parmesan black pepper biscotti, whereforart thou?

At browneyedbaker.com, apparently. Feast thine eyes, then stroll into thine kitchen.

Parmesan Black Pepper Biscotti

Not breakfast for MY kids

I'm always on the make for something new for the breakfast rotation here at Casa Latte, and came across this recipe and picture while surfing Food52.com.

Blueberry Almond Breakfast Polenta

Wow! Maybe someday if my kids are ever at somebody else's house for the night Monsieur and I will wake up in a most leisurely fashion. (6:45am, golly, would be sleeping late!) Whilst he lingers over the newspaper (whilst there are still newspapers) I will whip this up. Then we will go out for coffee. We will take bets how long it takes us to start talked about the kids again. I think once we made it a whole half hour.

Ode to my stomach with chickpeas

Stomach, leave me the f$*# alone! I want to eat these:

Smokey Fried Chickpeas

As it is, I can hardly bear to behold them. Woe.

Picture and recipe via Food52

Leftover Paella, Green Bean Casserole, Yakitori, and a Barn

Leftover paella is tasty. I would know because I just nibbled some, standing at the counter, reading the NYTimes food section, which I picked up at work today while I was sucking on a mint and some Sprite but didn't read at the time because I felt like death warmed over and didn't want to eat much or read about food because, in fact, I spent the first several hours on the job puking between patients. And no, I am not pregnant. A Sprite, said mints, an egg, and some toast later, I felt up to nibbling leftover delicious paella. But just a little. Me and my tummy aren't sure if we are friends yet.

Whilst nibbling paella, I was reading a recipe for homemade green bean casserole. I am not generally a green bean fan, but for this I might make an exception:

Green Bean Casserole @ the New York Times

What sounds better right now, though, is this:

Butterscotch 's Whiskey Cookie Bars

And hello, at the end of the recipe, note the picture of Jello pudding! And a little teaser:

I should add that JELL-O pudding mix is NOT in the recipe but the first picture is just a picture of my groceries. Cookie dough pictures aren’t very interesting anyways…the pudding is for another recipe though: Rum Cupcakes! I shall await with scotched-laced breath.

Did I mention that my Brudda, the Pork Master, got a slow cooker? And guess what? I found a slow cooker brined pork recipe with Alton Brown's fingerprints all over it. Possibly worth a try:

Slow cooker pork chops, apples, and sweet potatoes via Cheap Healthy Good

Two from Simply Recipes recently:

Cauliflower pasta with anchovies (I'll probably be eating this alone but oh, how I love anchovies and cauliflower, united at last in this recipe)
Scambled eggs with tomatillos (Green Eggs & Ham!)

THESE are going to be here at this house this weekend. I am going to need them:

Salted brown butter crispy treats from Smitten Kitchen

(Note the cute baby picture above the recipe and know that my friend Dr. Fabuloso's new baby is 20 times cuter and I have the pictures to prove it.)

Have a bit of beef hanging around and the urge to eat Vietnamese? Try this:

Vietnamese-styled sauteed beef

Thinking ahead to that turkey you're going to have left over? Grind it and try:

Turkey Yakitori Burgers

(Shout out to Columbus Foodie for the tips.)

Roger. Over and out.