I don’t want to alarm anyone or anything, but I am married to a very picky eater. He has passed his pickiness onto our 9 year old son and I have a feeling that one day soon our 4 year old daughter is going to start proclaiming that everything except for hot dogs and chocolate is GROSS! It’s a sad life to live, I tell you.
The one vegetable that everyone will eat is corn. Corn on the cob or corn off the cob, it doesn’t matter so long as it is yellow and has a bit of butter and salt on it. I’m sure I don’t have to tell you how very boring corn can get after eating it once a day for the past 27 years of my life.
Well, I am through eating boring old corn every single day.
Let’s make corn exciting again, shall we?
First, chop up six slices of bacon into bite size chunks. Pop them into a pan and let ‘em cook.
While the bacon is frying, dice a couple bunches of green onions. If your family is really picky you can leave these out. You could also use a yellow onion, but there is no way my kids would go for that. As it was, my husband took one bite and said “That green stuff is ONION!” and then he wouldn’t eat anymore. Yes, it’s true. I married a big baby.
After the bacon is nice and crisp remove it from the pan, but leave the drippings. Add in the onion and cook it until it’s nice and soft.
Dump your corn into the pan along with the green onions. I used 2 cans of corn this time, but I normally use one bag of frozen corn. I like the frozen stuff much better than canned. You could also use fresh corn.
Drop in a handful of grated cheddar cheese.
Saute the corn, green onions, and cheese for about 5 minutes, stirring pretty often. Don’t let the cheese burn on the bottom of the pan. You’ll regret it.
After the cheese has melted and the corn is good and hot, go ahead and dump in 1/2 cup of milk, cream, or half and half. I used cream, of course. I’m a bad girl.
Add the bacon back in, give it a stir, and cook over low heat until hot and bubbly.
It’s hard to tell from this picture, but the corn is so creamy and delicious. The cheese just kind of disappears into the background and leaves you wondering just what the heck it is that makes this so yummy. The bacon brings a nice smoky flavor to the sweet corn. What I’m trying to say is, go make this. Now.
Corn with Cheese and Bacon
6 slices bacon
2 bunches green onions
1 bag frozen corn
1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream, half and half, or milk
salt and pepper, to taste
Chop bacon into bite sized pieces and fry until crisp. Remove bacon from pan, but leave drippings. Cook diced green onions in bacon drippings until soft, add corn and cheese to pan. Cook over low heat for about 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Add cream and bacon to pan, stir and cook for about 5 more minutes until hot and bubbly.
| Tags: bacon, holidays, side dish, vegetables 23 comments »
June 3rd, 2009 at 3:48 pm
Hello!
I just discovered your blog – very nice. I can’t wait for more!
This corn looks so good. I also prefer frozen corn to canned. It tastes so fresh. Lovely photos, btw.
June 3rd, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Oh. My. Holy. Flippin’ Deity
That looks so good and I can’t believe it’s low-cal
I’m making in with my fake shep. pie next week.
I am all for frozen vs. canned but I’m really anti creamed corn (GASP!)and to me canned corn has that same flavor.
Are you all done with the reeses p-b eggs?
June 3rd, 2009 at 8:59 pm
NOM NOM NOM! You have to join Eat, Drink and Blog with me!! You can totally cross post to raise your readership!
June 4th, 2009 at 3:09 am
When it womes to veg my hubby is also a picky eater, which my daughter has also automatically inherited.
Corn looks yumm.
June 4th, 2009 at 5:38 am
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM….
June 4th, 2009 at 10:24 am
You had me at bacon and cheese… Yum!
I feel your pain with the picky eater. My husband is too, luckly he will at least try somthing before he decides he doesn’t like it. I pray that my children (when I have them) will take after me and not him.
June 5th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
My husband and kids love corn. I don’t, but this I would eat and of course make. I’ll have to try this when the local corn is ready. You’re right, bacon DOES make everything better!
June 5th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
And I thought I had to complain because my husband doesn’t like cheese…
How can you not like green bits in anything..:) Haha… This looks absolutely delicious!
June 5th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
This is soooo good!!! I add green chilies or fresh jalapenos when I make this and EVERYONE loves them! NOM NOM!!!! Great recipe and darlin’ site!!
June 7th, 2009 at 3:26 am
My god, I’m drooling.
June 10th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
My husband doesn’t eat any veggie but corn either. He’d love this.
June 12th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
This is my new favorite recipe.
June 16th, 2009 at 11:09 am
What a great idea.
June 16th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
terrible idea, why is something like this even taking up server space..
June 16th, 2009 at 10:22 pm
Nutritional Fail.
Corn is full of empty carbohydrates. It hardly counts as a vegetable.
June 17th, 2009 at 5:57 am
This looks awesome! I came over via a link from StumbleUpon, and I’m glad I did… I think I must also put you in my RSS feedreader so I can keep track of the awesome yumminess you post
And I second the opinion of AWESOME pics!
As for “can cook” (I have my doubts) and “Joe” – pffffft! Didn’t your mother teach you that if you can’t say something nice, it’s better to say nothing at all??
June 17th, 2009 at 8:36 am
Hi,
I found this site via Stumbleupon and I think your corn/bacon recipe sounds great! My wife and I like corn and all the rest. I can’t wait to try this. I’m also going to sign up for your RSS feed. Good job! Keep cookin’!
June 20th, 2009 at 7:22 am
Beautiful photos on your blog! The recipe looks delicious. I agree that bacon makes everything better.
June 22nd, 2009 at 2:29 am
Sorry for my negativity, but this recipe bugs me to no end, if only because it’s food like this that’s expanding the waistbands of this country. You don’t have to switch to rabbit food, but for your hearts’ sake get some real veggies in there.
Here we got corn (mostly starch and sugar), bacon (fat), heavy cream (yet more fat), and cheddar cheese (even more fat). The only real vegetables in this dish are the &@#$ green onions!
Cut down the cream and cheese by half, or leave them out entirely. Add a half bag of real vegetables like peas and carrots, would be better.
Alright. I’ll quit raining on your parade.
June 22nd, 2009 at 6:29 am
@Joe I never said this dish was healthy! I’m perfectly aware that it’s not and I’m sure all the other people who choose to make this dish are aware as well. Thanks for your concern about my diet, but I promise I know the difference between healthy and unhealthy foods. Sometimes I just choose to go the unhealthy route.
-Karly
November 23rd, 2009 at 7:35 am
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December 25th, 2009 at 11:51 am
Hahaha Karly, you should have just told Joe you were Canadian, not a fat American.
I’m making this as our contribution to Christmas dinner. Word to your elastic pants.
xoxo
January 16th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
Another WIN! Ignore the haters…they’re just bitter from lack of yummy food! I made this using corn off the cob that we froze ourselves…YUM-O!