Dill Pickle Cornbread with Bacon
Enjoy Dill Pickle Cornbread with Bacon with a big pot of chili, hot crunch bread, and a side salad–the perfect falltime easy dinner!
Friends, we spent a day this week getting ready for winter! I hate even talking about it. I wish every day was an October day, for the rest of my life. But reality is, winter is coming! And quite honestly, I do enjoy the 4 beautiful seasons we’ve been given!
Dill Pickle Cornbread with Bacon
Just in time for “cozy,” we made my delish Bacon Pineapple Chili and this Dill Pickle Cornbread with Bacon for dinner last week. I love Ina Garten, and I bet you’ll love this recipe, too! And dill pickles? The best!
This year we’re on our game! We’ve cleared off our patios, front and back, and closed up the “family table” for the season. It’s hard to say goodbye to our outdoor dining table, we created so many lovely memories here this summer and fall.
One thing we noticed, in our quick sprucing and cleaning up for winter, was that once again, we have too much stuff. How do we acquire this overload of things we do not need? We are an active family, an outdoors family, so we do have a lot of equipment for all seasons. Plus, have I mentioned all of my entertaining stuff? I’m constantly thinning though, and it feels GOOD!
Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things
A long time ago we watched the Minimalism: A Documentary About The Important Things, on Netflix.
Minimalism doesn’t just mean getting rid of, decluttering and detoxing, it means living within your values.
I love the idea of getting rid of stuff, to only add “more” to our lives. More easy living (in our mountain home), more quality time (less room, but we make it work!), more outdoor experiences in a smaller yard, and overall more time with family and friends, being active in church, and getting to know our neighbors!
We’ve also been surprised in our new location by better flight connections for my husband and his travels, and fewer trips into town in general. We’re more intentional when we drive anywhere now, which makes me think I used to run around a LOT in my car! Now I can hop on my bike! And when I shop, I have a plan (because I can’t run to the store every time I want to).
So another way to look at minimalism is to discover the things you want to add to your life: the freedom from fear, worry, overwhelming guilt, anxiety, and the trap of thinking that having more, more, more, is the only way to find self-worth and satisfaction.
Extra stuff that clutters your life
I like that approach.
Ironically, the first step to living with “more” is to shed the extra “stuff” that clutters your life, to make room for what truly fills you up.
Paul and I started the process a couple of years ago, when we thought about moving.
What do you value and what do you desire? We wanted more nature, a slower pace, no yard work, a smaller house, a cozy place to entertain and enjoy people coming to stay with us, and we moved to a town where we love our church (very important to us).
Dill Pickle Cornbread
Friends, I’d love to hear your thoughts on downsizing. Some people just can’t do it, they don’t want to leave their family home. I get it, and I never judge. You have to do what is best for you! But if you’re called to a change, be brave and walk through the changes. I promise it will be worth it!
Enjoy the next few weeks of October and some chili, with Dill Pickle Cornbread with Bacon!
So good!
Get the Recipe:
Dill Pickle Cornbread with Bacon
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup yellow cornmeal
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 2 cups milk
- 3 extra-large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 cup 2 sticks unsalted butter, melted, plus extra to grease the pan
- 8 ounces extra-sharp cheddar, grated, divided
- 1 cup chopped dill pickles
- 6 slices bacon cooked, crumbled
- Paprika
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9 by 13 by 2-inch baking pan.
- Combine the flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. In separate bowl, combine the milk, eggs, and butter. With a wooden spoon, stir the wet ingredients into the dry until most of the lumps are dissolved. Don't overmix! Mix in 2 cups of the grated cheddar, pickles and bacon; and allow the mixture to sit at room temperature for 20 minutes.
- Pour batter into the prepared pan, smooth the top, and sprinkle with the remaining grated cheddar. Sprinkle with paprika. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool and cut into large squares; serve!
More cornbread recipes: Easy Blueberry Cornbread Recipe [Crazy for Crust], Taco Cornbread Waffles [Taste & Tell], and Honey Cinnamon Cornbread Muffins [A Spicy Perspective].
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It’s great to hear your personal life and experiences interweaved with this beautiful recipe! It’s hard parting ways with things that have memories attached to them – our family is full of hoarders, so keeping the house sparse and not full of random things is a struggle. Thank you for your recipe, so excited to try it!
After selling our house, our family of 4 moved into a 2 bedroom apartment for a year and a half. Downsizing to an apartment (even though temporary) with a toddler and preschooler was interesting. My boys
Legos and wooden train tracks nearly filled up the place! But, we loved “living smaller” and the freedom it gave us to do a lot of other things. That experience had a profound impact on us and our decision making for our next home. We ended up buying a smaller home then we had lived in previously, have been here for five years now, and we still love it!
okay, this sounds interesting…lol. But probably good. I made the zucchini cupcakes with maple frosting you had posted. So good.
We’re still trying to finish our house, but definitely always think about going smaller and one of our thoughts when we get the house finished, is that my hubby and I will live in the new part, and since we’ve lived in this half and so it would almost basically be two houses, we’d rent out the other side to someone or my youngest daughter who has already laid claim to it…lol. Which means our side will be pretty small, smaller than the current half we are living in.
And since my hubby works in disaster restoration, we don’t keep a lot of “extra” because of the hassle he has experienced trying to pack out a house that has had smoke, fire or water loss, if we don’t use it we don’t keep it. lol