Pork Burgers and Kale avocado salad

1lb. ground  pork

1/2 onion

1 clove garlic

1 bunch of kale

2 avocados

1lime

1tbsp olive oil (I used garlic olive oil)

dash of cayenne pepper

pepper to taste

Kale Avocado salad

rinse and chop the kale bunch into bite size pieces. Place in mixing bowl. Dice 3/4 of the onion 1/2, place in bowl with kale. Half the lime and squeeze juice from both halves over kale. Add olive oil. Add avocado and mix all ingredients with you hands, smashing avocado as you go. Pepper to taste.

Pork Burgers

Add rest of onion to ground pork. Dice garlic and add as well. Add pepper and cayenne to taste. Mix ingredients together and patty the meat, then place in a pan on the stove top. Cook on medium to low heat until no longer pink in the middle.

Farmhouse Butternut Squash Soup

More bacon accents.....

4 bacon slices
4 large garlic cloves, chopped
1 teaspoon caraway seeds
2 pounds butternut squash, peeled, seeded, and chopped
1/2 pounds carrots, chopped
1 Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored, and chopped
3 thyme sprigs
2 Turkish bay leaves or 1 California
3 1/2 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth
2 cups water
1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons cider vinegar

Cook bacon in a 4-to 6-quart heavy pot over medium heat until crisp. Transfer bacon to paper towels to drain.

Add garlic and caraway seeds to fat in pot and cook, stirring occasionally, until garlic is pale golden, about 1 minute. Add squash, carrots, apple, thyme, bay leaves, broth, water, 3/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper and boil, uncovered, until vegetables are tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Discard thyme and bay leaves.

Purée about 4 cups soup in a blender, in batches if necessary, until smooth (use caution when blending hot liquids). Return to pot and season with salt, pepper, and vinegar. Serve topped with crumbled bacon.

Chopped Broccoli Salad

So easy and so good

Chopped Broccoli Salad

3 cups broccoli, finely chopped

1 ½ cups of carrots, diced

1 apple, diced

9 strips of bacon, cooked and diced

3 green onions, diced

3 tablespoons olive oil

2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar

1 tablespoon spicy brown mustard

1 tabelspoon fresh dill

Black pepper to taste

Mix all ingredients together and serve!!