Meh

In the interest of trying something new, I envisioned an egg bake with avocados and bacon, and some onions since we had some lying around. Unfortunately it was not all that exciting in the end. It's actually getting better as it ages in the fridge, but the first day it was very bland. I think I should have fried the bacon longer to bring out more flavor. Also I think I should have put the bacon on top instead of mixing it into the onions on the bottom.

After cooking the bacon enough that is was no longer raw, I cut up a few medium onions and put them into the pan. As I was stating above, the bacon needed to cook longer. What I want to do next time is cook the bacon longer and then set it aside, but return the fat to the pan. Then I can cook the onions in the fat. They were done cooking fairly quickly which is why I could not cook the bacon as long as I had originally intended. Live and learn.

This week I have a normal glass (Pyrex) cake pan. No need to grease it ahead of time because there is plenty of fat in the bacon and onion mix.

This is a nifty tool I found on the internet. It is especially for avocados. The knife and the pitting tool are nice, but what I really like is the slotted part. It makes it super-easy to slice up the flesh.

See what I mean? No need to mess around with another knife. It was easy to spread the pieces around and they were cut fairly evenly. The tool is also nice for making sushi. Or even when making guacamole, it's easier to mash up the small pieces than a big chunk.

I probably could have used more seasoning too. Usually bacon is salty so I try to take it easy on the salt, but this bacon was not too salty. Needed more black pepper too. I think the cayenne was about right though. I also had added some crushed garlic to the bacon and onions when I was frying them in the pan.

This is 18 eggs with a splash of heavy cream. An even dozen would have probably been plenty. I also think this one could have benefited from some cheese.

I cooked it for about 45 minutes at 350.

Looks good, doesn't it? It's actually not bad, but I've done better. I think I will try this again with just the onions on the bottom, and then the bacon on top of the avocados. I'm not sure if I will add cheese or not. You'll have to tune in next time to find out!