Start three hours before dinner. Bake the bacon, dice some peppers and onions, slice some onions. Make a bechamel, add cheese. Layer pour, top with more cheese. Bake for 90 minutes. Let rest for 10. Eat.

Bake for 90 minutes

At what temp? That’s pretty long.

I pickled/canned about four pounds each of jalapenos and carrots. But I had some peppers left over. Also I had shredded cheese leftover from yesterday’s burritos, and half a pound of bacon from yesterday’s dinner.

Well that sounds like the start of a wonderful dinner. Poppers would have been too much work. I have a bag of potatoes… Oh. Let’s do this. Jalapeno bacon potatoes au gratin.

Cost for pickled peppers: $1.30 per pint Cost per person for dinner: $3.40 (realistically I ate two full servings so this should really be $1.70 each for four people.)

I pickled/canned about four pounds each of jalapenos and carrots. But I had some peppers left over. Also I had shredded cheese leftover from yesterday’s burritos, and half a pound of bacon from yesterday’s dinner.

Well that sounds like the start of a wonderful dinner. Poppers would have been too much work. I have a bag of potatoes… Oh. Let’s do this. Jalapeno bacon potatoes au gratin.

Cost for pickled peppers: $1.30 per pint Cost per person for dinner: $3.40 (realistically I ate two full servings so this should really be $1.70 each for four people.)

400. All those potatoes piled in a 9x9 with the cheese sauce is pretty dense.

I pickled/canned about four pounds each of jalapenos and carrots. But I had some peppers left over. Also I had shredded cheese leftover from yesterday’s burritos, and half a pound of bacon from yesterday’s dinner.

Well that sounds like the start of a wonderful dinner. Poppers would have been too much work. I have a bag of potatoes… Oh. Let’s do this. Jalapeno bacon potatoes au gratin.

Cost for pickled peppers: $1.30 per pint Cost per person for dinner: $3.40 (realistically I ate two full servings so this should really be $1.70 each for four people.)

You don’t precook the taters?

For au gratin? Never. Extra steps, extra dishes. Just bake.

I’m sure they taste great, but my mind is seeing the science class at college with a shelf full of dead small animals in jars.