Taking full advantage of the word "feast"

Okay. We took full advantage of our Sunday feast day yesterday...bacon, cheeseburgers with homemade pasta salad [made from the leftovers lurking in the fridge, it's better than it sounds]. See...

We got .75lb ground chuck & 4 pieces of slab bacon from the meat house and already had all the fixin's in the fridge! 
The sweet husband made the burgers while I worked on caramelizing the onions and cooking the bacon, slow & low for both. 
Next up, pasta salad. We quickly realized that we didn't have any coleslaw or pasta salad to go with our "let's pretend it's summer" Sunday meal. We had some leftover plain shells from the Mexi Shells recipe a few days ago and plenty of mayo, sour cream and lemon juice & cilantro to go around. I chopped up the pasta shells, mixed in about 1/4 cup of mayo and a few tablespoons of sour cream, juice from 1/3 of a lemon, s/p, chopped cilantro and shredded carrots. Stuck it in the fridge until the burgers were ready to let the flavors combine.

We cooked the burgers until the inside temp. reached 160deg. and I topped mine with bleu cheese crumbles, caramelized onions and placed the bacon on the bottom and garlic mayo on the top.

 The sweet husband topped his with bacon & american cheese and placed his onions on the bottom. Dipped in ketchup, of course.

The combination of smoky, slab bacon, hearty beef and sweet onions was excellently paired with the tang of lemon and cilantro in the pasta salad. It was an excellent, delicious meal. Go big or go home ladies and gents. Enjoy!