I'm beginning to recognize a theme...BACON!

The other night I had invited some friends over for a party and didn't realize that I had gotten an RSVP from everyone until about two hours before the party.  After I got finished slamming some glasses of wine and freaking out I pulled a few appetizers together with items I found in my fridge.  They were a hit!

Shrimp and Bacon Egg Rolls

Ingredients 

I bag frozen raw shrimp
1/2 lb of bacon
2 cups grated mozzarella
3 cups fresh raw spinach
1 package egg roll wrappers
cooking oil (corn or vegetable)

Directions 

Thaw shrimp and peel off shells.
Meanwhile fully cook the bacon in a pan
reserve the grease
chop bacon, shrimp, and spinach.
Combine with cheese
place a small amount of the mixture on an egg roll wrapper
roll up the wrapper and seal with a small amount of water
add cooking oil to bacon grease and heat up pan
cook each egg roll on medium heat for approximately 6 minutes

BACON BACON BACON!

I'm going to go ahead and say that you can NEVER go wrong with bacon. This dish turned out a little spicier than I would like so next time I will use either less jalapeños or a more mild pepper. This dish was pretty simple but full of flavor!

Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Chicken

Ingredients

4 chicken breasts
4 slices of bacon
1 jalapeno
1.5 C fat free mozzarella cheese
chopped cilantro
1 shallot
3 cloves of garlic
Old Bay Seasoning (or any other seasonings you have on hand that you like)
Garlic Powder
1/2 C BBQ sauce
1/2 C Chicken Stock

Directions

Heat oven to 375 degrees.
Prepare a large baking dish.
Chop shallot, garlic cloves. Add cheese and seasonings.
Slice Jalapeno into thin round slices.
Pound chicken breasts between two pieces of cling wrap until they are thin.
Place shallot, garlic, cheese and seasonings mixture onto flatted chicken breast.
Roll up chicken breast and wrap chicken breast in bacon. Repeat until each of the chicken breasts has been rolled up and wrapped.
Sprinkle top of chicken with Jalapeno slices.
Whisk together BBQ sauce and chicken stock.
Poor mixture over chicken.
Cover baking dish with tin foil.
Place in oven.