BLT Salad

Don’t you just LOVE a fresh cool BLT in the summer!? My deck tomatoes are starting to pop, so I’m excited to taste them! Instead of an actual BLT, I put all the ingredients into a salad so I could have all those flavors together! Check this out. This is the salad version! SO yummy!

• ½ pound bacon

• ½ cup mayonnaise

• 2 TBS red wine vinegar

• ½ TBS sugar

• 1-2 TBS Bacon grease (yep)

• Croutons

• 1 pound romaine lettuce – rinsed, dried, and chopped

• 1 pint grape tomatoes, sliced

Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium-high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside, reserving 2 TBS of the drippings.

In a small bowl, whisk together the reserved bacon drippings, mayonnaise, vinegar, sugar. Let stand, covered, at room temperature.

In a large bowl mix together the romaine, tomatoes, bacon and croutons. Pour the dressing over the salad and toss well.

(Add avocados for a California BLT Salad!) YUM!