Walnut chocolate chunk ice cream

1 13-oz can coconut milk
1/2 cup walnuts
2 ripe bananas, mashed
1/4 cup finely chopped dark chocolate
pinch of salt

Heat coconut milk until smooth.  Stir in walnuts, banana and salt.  Pour into a container and cool to room temperature.  Fold in chocolate.  Freeze, stirring occassionally.

Bacon-wrapped tenderloin for Christmas dinner!!!!

This was our Christmas turkey this year....

Ingredients

4 lbs beef tenderloin

8 rashers smoked bacon

1/2 cup of finely chopped fresh thyme, rosemary and sage

Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

On a piece of parchment papers, layout strips of bacon side by side to for a bacon mat. The mat should be slightly shorter than the tenderloin.

Allow the tenderloin to come to room temperature. Salt and pepper the whole tenderloin. Rub the herbs all over the tenderloin.

Place the tenderloin on the bacon mat, so that the bacon strands are perpendicular to the length of the tenderloin. Wrap each piece of bacon around the tenderloin and secure with a toothpick. If the bacon is too short to wrap around the tenderloin, use two toothpicks. 
Place tenderloin on BBQ and grill until the internal temperature reaches 130F. This should produce a medium rare tenderloin.
Once done, move the roast to a cutting board. Remove all the toothpicks, tent the roast with aluminum foil, and allow it to rest for about 10 minutes. Carve and serve.

Broccoli soup with bacon

• 12 ounces bacon, uncooked and roughly chopped
• 6 ounces bacon, cooked and crumbled (garnish)
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 large parsnip, peeled and diced
• 1 large carrot, peeled and diced
• 2 celery stalks, chopped
• 3-4 garlic cloves, peeled and quartered
• 6 cups broth of choice 
• 1.5 lbs fresh broccoli, chopped
• 1 tsp ground pepper; 1 tsp salt  

In a heavy-bottomed pot, cook bacon on medium heat. While this is cooking, cut the onion and add to pot. Stir a few times. Cut parsnip, add to pot and stir. Do this with the carrot, garlic and celery as well. Let this mixture cook for about ten minutes.
Add the broth. Stir. Add the broccoli, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce and simmer covered for 30 minutes.
Using an immersion blender, blend soup until smooth. If you do not have an immersion blender, transfer soup in batches to a standing blender and process until smooth. Taste to see if any additional salt is needed.
Serve in bowls. Add cooked bacon for garnish.