What's good with bacon?

...Everything. In all seriousness, no, not everything is better with bacon. I haven't tried bacon and chocolate, though I know some people swear it's amazing, but we have made bacon infused vodka - trust me, that's NOT a good idea.

In this case, broccoli rabe is amazing with bacon.  Inspired by a recipe I round for rabe with pancetta and pumpkin, I got to work. I had some leftover thick cut bacon from our trip to the farm, just a couple of pieces, but it was enough to crumble up and saute the rabe in.  Rabe is a very bitter green, so you'll need to squeeze some lemon and add a little salt to it to kill off that bitterness.  While the bacon got nice and crispy, I roasted some butternut squash and turnips. Not wasting a thing, I toasted the butternut squash seeds (to sprinkle on top of it all when it was done)! 

It was colorful and tasty and for a moment, I thought...maybe everything IS better with bacon.