How do you make Salad Night exciting? Bacon! Bacon makes everything better, right?

The game of sandwich to salad and salad to sandwich is a fun one to play – caprese salads make great panini so why not turn the BLT into a salad? 

This BLT Salad is better than the American classic BLT Sandwich because this salad has a balsamic-mayo dressing!

BLT Salad

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 romaine hearts, chopped
• 2 on-the-vine tomatoes, seeded and diced
• 6 slices of bacon
• 2 handfuls croutons
• 3 tbsp mayonnaise
• 1 tsp balsamic vinegar
• zest of 1/4 lemon
• S+P

Steps

1. Cook bacon until extra crispy (in your preferred method – in the oven, on the stove top, or in the microwave). Transfer to a paper towel to absorb extra grease. When cool enough to handle, break up the bacon.
2. Whisk together mayo, balsamic, lemon zest. Season with S+P to taste.
3. Assemble salad and top with dressing.

*This recipe is adapted from Lyndsy at http://www.dinnervine.com/2012/09/blt-salad/*