Bacon Rounds

I made these for a holiday lunch at work and they were all gone by the end of the day. These are in no way healthy, but they are amazing. If you need to bring something around the holidays and are looking for a good appetizer. Try these!

I got the recipe from Jaime over at Good Eats 'n Sweet Treats, and it's actually a Kraft recipe. The original recipe calls for these to be crescents but I used the instructions in Jaime's blog to create pinwheels and I think they look cuter if anything else.

(Source: Kraftfood.com)

1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
8 slices bacon, crisply cooked, crumbled
1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
2 Tbsp. chopped fresh parsley (I used 2 tsp. dried parsley flakes)
1 Tbsp. milk
2 cans (8 oz. each) refrigerated crescent dinner rolls

Preheat oven to 375°F. Mix cream cheese, bacon, Parmesan cheese, onions, parsley, and milk until well blended; set aside.

Separate each can of dough into four rectangles; firmly press perforations together to seal. Separate mixture evenly onto each rectangle and spread evenly across dough. Cut each rectangle lengthwise into 3 strips which should give you 12 pinwheels per can for a total of 24. Roll up strips to form pinwheels, and place on greased baking sheet.

Bake 12-15 minutes.

Pico de Gallo

I was looking for a way to fix my craving of Mexican that happens on a daily basis. I blame this on the fact that I can smell a Mexican restaurant on the way to and from work. Well ok, I can't really smell it, but I can see it which is close enough. I decided to settle for pico de gallo, because I'm feeling lazy and hungry today and that usually doesn't get me far on days like this. I decided to try Pioneer Woman's recipe and it was a really good mix. I left out most of the membrane and seed in my jalapeno peppers because I'm a big ol baby and it still had just the right amount of kick to it.

(Source: Pioneer Woman)

Servings: A bunch

5 roma tomatoes

1/2 large onion or 1 small onion

3 jalapeno peppers

cilantro

lime juice

salt

Dice jalapenos, tomatoes, and onion and mix together. Chop cilantro and add to mix based on taste. Squeeze half of a lime into mixture and add salt. Serve with tortilla chips.